Matthias Schmelzer

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Economic historian and transformation researcher • Author HEGEMONY OF GROWTH (Cambridge University Press) and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH (Verso) • History of capitalism, climate crisis, political economy, degrowth, social movements
Publicationshttps://uni-jena.academia.edu/MatthiasSchmelzer
Matthias SchmelzerJul 17, 2024

Heute erscheint unser neues Buch, gemeinsam mit Dennis Eversberg, Martin Fritz und Linda von Faber.

Es geht um Mentalitäts- und Interessengegensätze im Streit um Transformation - wir deuten diese als neuen sozial-ökologischen Klassenkonflikt.

Open Access: https://www.campus.de/e-books/wissenschaft/soziologie/der_neue_sozial_oekologische_klassenkonflikt-18313.html

Der neue sozial-ökologische Klassenkonflikt, ein E-Book von Dennis Eversberg, Martin Fritz, Linda von Faber, Matthias Schmelzer - Campus Verlag

Dennis Eversberg, Martin Fritz, Linda von Faber, Matthias Schmelzer: Der neue sozial-ökologische Klassenkonflikt - Mentalitäts- und Interessengegensätze im Streit um Transformation

Matthias SchmelzerSep 9, 2023
The results of the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake of climate mitigation policies is devastating. This core graph shows the profound failure of existing policy trajectories. We need much bolder policies, including demand reductions in rich countries. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/sb2023_09_adv.pdf
Matthias SchmelzerAug 28, 2023
"Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and plugged holes in golf courses this summer as part of an intensifying campaign against the emissions-spewing lifestyles of the ultrawealthy." #ClimateJustice
https://apnews.com/article/climate-activists-luxury-private-jets-948fdfd4a377a633cedb359d05e3541c
Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury

Climate activism has intensified in the past few years as the planet warms to dangerous levels, igniting more extreme heat, floods, storms and wildfires around the world. Tactics have been getting more radical, and activists are now turning their attention to the wealthy, after long targeting some of the world’s most profitable companies – oil and gas conglomerates, banks and insurance firms that continue to invest in fossil fuels.

AP News
Matthias SchmelzerAug 27, 2023

Reading this article in the night train to the Zagreb degrowth conference.

A very informative piece about the recent surge in appraisals of #degrowth in New Statesmen, New Yorker, NYT etc. and common misrepresentations.
https://truthout.org/articles/degrowthers-gain-support-as-planet-cooks-can-they-ally-with-green-new-dealers/

Degrowthers Gain Support as Planet Cooks. Can They Ally With Green New Dealers?

Degrowth and its opponents recognize the necessity of mass movements and system change to address the climate emergency.

Truthout
Matthias SchmelzerAug 23, 2023

The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and gas in 20 of the world’s biggest economies reached a record $1.4tn(£1.1tn) in 2022.

Of all subsidies to the energy sector, about three-quarters go to fossil fuels. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/g20-poured-more-than-1tn-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-despite-cop26-pledges-report

G20 poured more than $1tn into fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges – report

Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says

The Guardian
Matthias SchmelzerAug 22, 2023
In this article out today @monthly_review (with Elena Hofferberth) we make the case for planning beyond growth and sketch five sets of policy areas of ecosocial planning.
https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/democratic-planning-for-degrowth/
Monthly Review | Democratic Planning for Degrowth

Degrowth promises to liberate society from the imperative of capital accumulation. "So how," Matthas Schmelzer and Elena Hofferberth wonder, "might planning beyond growth look?" It is not, they write…

Monthly Review
Matthias SchmelzerAug 5, 2023
This chart 😱 : The amount of carbon emissions emitted by wildfires in Canada
https://www.ft.com/content/afaf57c2-cfc6-402f-bf69-a7382535c651
Canada’s emissions from wildfires more than double previous record

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Financial Times
Matthias SchmelzerAug 3, 2023
Neun von zehn Befragten sagen: Wir müssen Wege finden, wie wir unabhängig vom Wirtschaftswachstum gut leben können. Acht von zehn finden, dass die natürlichen Grenzen des Wachstums längst erreicht sind.
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/umweltbewusstsein-in-deutschland-2022
Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2022

Umweltbundesamt
Matthias SchmelzerAug 2, 2023
"We are careening toward fossil-fueled heatwaves that will kill over a million people in single events. And it will not plateau there: more fossil fuels, more heat, more death. The only way out is to end fossil fuels."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/joe-biden-climate-emergency-peter-kalmus
Joe Biden must declare a climate emergency. And he must do so now

Biden had the last opportunity of any president to keep the world under 1.5C of heating. Instead he is squandering time we do not have

The Guardian
Matthias SchmelzerJul 15, 2023
It's already 'hell on earth', as extreme heatwaves are testing the limits of human survival, but we are still discussing whether peaceful climate protest is legitimate.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/14/phoenix-heatwave-summer-extreme-weather-arizona
‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival

Residents of Arizona’s capital are used to scorching heat, but the summer’s unyielding sizzle is making it harder to live there

The Guardian