APPG on Limits to Growth

30/06/2023

The Summer 2023 edition of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Limits to Growth newsletter has just gone live. A round-up of recent APPG activities and latest developments in thinking and international policymaking, including the EU’s conference, and the Icelandic Government’s Forum. → mailchi.mp/9873500087a9/appg_l2g-jul2023

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Welcome to the Summer edition of the APPG newsletter. Many thanks to those who attended our AGM on 20 June 2023. We were delighted that Philippe Lamberts MEP could join us to report on the Beyond Growth Conference which took place in the EU Parliament in May. The conference was opened by EU Presiden...

10/05/2023

Early Day Motion from the APPG on Limits to Growth calling on the Government to support the transition to a . → https://limits2growth.org.uk/news/edm-beyond-growth/

Sponsors are Caroline Lucas, Clive Lewis MP, Deidre Brock MP, Claire Hanna, Ben Lake - Ceredigion and Ronnie Cowan MP.

This motion is supported by MPs across the political spectrum. If you think your MP should sign it too, consider asking them to add their signature.

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The Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Limits to Growth recently tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM), asking: That this House welcomes the call made by President Michael D Higgins of Ireland, on 28th April 2023, to look beyond the current obsession with economic growth and rebalance economy,...

24/04/2023

Welcome to the Spring 2023 edition of the APPG on Limits to Growth Newsletter. We highlight the APPG’s activities over the recent months, and round up the latest developments in postgrowth thinking and policymaking in the UK and internationally. For feedback and comments, please email us at appg...

18/04/2023

On 15-17 May 2023, scientists, politicians, policymakers and civil society organisations are gathering in Brussels for the second Post-Growth Conference for Europe. The event is a cross-party initi…

09/03/2023

16/12/2021

BBC Panorama's recent documentary revealed how the care of some of the most vulnerable in our society is in the hands of private equity firms and hedge funds. We must tackle the financially extractive and growth-dependent model of such companies which is draining funding from care.—APPG Vice-Chair Clive Lewis MP tabled an to raise the topic in UK Parliament. →

APPG vice chair Clive Lewis MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) to call on the Government to address the predatory financial practices as exposed in the recent BBC Panorama reportage ‘Crisis in Care: Follow the Money’ by amending the Health and Care Bill to prevent financial assistance being mis...

16/12/2021

Our APPG chair CarolineLucas MP led a debate in UK parliament on 30 Nov, with strong cross-party participation. For links to video an see the APPG website. → https://limits2growth.org.uk/news/wellbeing-economy-debate-30nov/ cc

APPG chair Caroline Lucas secured a debate in Westminster Hall at 4.30pm on 30 November on the following topic: “That this House has considered a wellbeing economy approach to meeting climate goals”. This follows an official parliamentary petition on the wellbeing economy, supported by several m...

01/03/2021

MPs & Peers from across the political spectrum have written to UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak today, urging him to use the Spring to build a green and fair economic recovery post Covid. The letter is offering five priorities for action. Every decision that the Treasury makes should be through a climate, nature and equality lens, and this budget must be the start. → https://limits2growth.org.uk/publication/letters/budget2021-letter/ cc H/T Reset UK APPG on Limits to Growth

25/02/2021

Video: A budget for a —Evidence session hosted with the APPG on the . Many thanks to our invited experts Lord Adair Turner, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Dr Luzy Morrissey and Robert Palmer → https://youtube.com/watch?v=8r_NmL8dAEg H/T Caroline Lucas Clive Lewis MP https://limits2growth.org.uk/events/budget-green-recovery/ cc

Ahead of the UK budget announcements on 3rd March 2021, this special parliamentary meeting—co-hosted by the APPG on the Green New Deal and the APPG on Limits...

22/02/2021

A budget for a —Special cross-party meeting coming up this Wednesday, co-hosted with the APPG on the . Chaired by Caroline Lucas MP and Clive Lewis MP, we'll be hearing from Lord Adair Turner, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Robert Palmer and Dr Suzy Morrissey | 24 Feb 2021, 9am → https://limits2growth.org.uk/events/budget-green-recovery/ cc APPG on Limits to Growth

12/08/2020

As figures today show it's high time to tackle the of the economy. This recent APPG
briefing presents a three-fold strategy for moving . >> https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/briefing-paper-no3/ H/T Tim Jackson

This policy briefing highlights some alternatives to the conventional approach to measuring social progress. It presents a three-fold strategy for moving beyond GDP by: changing the way we measure success; building a consistent policy framework for a ‘wellbeing economy’; and addressing the ‘gr...

24/07/2020

New peer reviewed study from CUSP shows that improved environmental and social outcomes are possible even as the economic growth rate declines to zero. >> https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/paper-tj-pv-lowgrowsfc/

This paper presents a stock-flow consistent (SFC) macroeconomic simulation model for Canada. Contrary to the widely accepted view, the results suggest that ‘green growth’ (in the Carbon Reduction Scenario) may be slower than ‘brown growth’. More importantly, we show (in the Sustainable Prosp...