Articles by: Robert Costanza

Forget GDP growth, it’s sustainable wellbeing we need to aim for

Forget GDP growth, it’s sustainable wellbeing we need to aim for

I’ve just been to a three-day conference on sustainable prosperity in Europe, attended by thousands of people. In a stirring opening address, the speaker said governments must stop misusing GDP growth as their goal and move swiftly and urgently to sustainable wellbeing within planetary boundaries. They got a standing ovation. The young leader of a climate and social justice movement[Read More…]

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Toward a Sustainable Wellbeing Economy

Toward a Sustainable Wellbeing Economy

Our current economic systems have become addicted to “growth at all costs”, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [i]. They assume that GDP growth is synonymous with increasing wellbeing and prosperity.  However this approach has led to growing inequality, an escalating climate crisis, and the depletion of natural and social capital.  We are no longer generating genuine progress[ii]. Our approach[Read More…]

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