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    Understanding Societal Inequality: History, Types, Causes and Effects

    Inequality is both a driver and a symptom of today’s polycrisis—a convergence of social, economic, political, and environmental challenges. Disparity takes many forms and arises from a complex web of causes. Intersecting systems of discrimination and disadvantage reinforce inequity between...
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    List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

    A diverse array of sustainability-focused private equity (PE) firms are proliferating around the world. Many of these private investment funds are venture capitalists with startup and early-stage investment strategies. These firms can be differentiated by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
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    The 10 Colors of the Economy and Sustainable Development Goals

    When it comes to the economy there are many ways that we can categorize different approaches . One of the ways we can do this is through color-coding these different economic approaches. Here is a brief description of ten colors that can be used to describe different areas of economic focus...
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    Environmental Implications of Three Types of Economies: Brown, Blue and Green

    Sustainable economic systems are focused on sustainable development rather than economic growth. The four types of economic systems all have environmental implications as do the three types of economies reviewed in this post (brown, blue, and green). It should be stated at the outset that most...
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    Types of Economies and their Implications for Sustainability

    What are the different economic systems and what is a sustainable economy? These are important questions that need to be asked in light of the fact that the prevailing economic systems are not working. It is becoming increasingly clear that we require a paradigm shift to address pressing social...
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    Patagonia Gives Everything to Fight Climate Change and Habitat Loss

    In September 2021, Patagonia was recognized as the world’s most responsible company and in September 2022, the sustainability juggernaut took its support for the planet to a whole new level by donating the entire enterprise to environmental causes. As explained in the company’s mission, “We’re...
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    Ecological Economics Vs. Classical Economics

    This paper explains, contrasts, and critiques ecological economics (EE) [1] and classical economics (CE). It examines the normalized assumptions from CE and some of the ways that EE can address salient critiques. It concludes by suggesting that to be effective EE needs a theoretical orientation...
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    Ecological Governance Respecting Planetary Boundaries through Degrowth and Social Processes

    We need of governance solutions to ecological crises that respect Planetary Boundaries. By re-embedding the economy into biophysical and social processes we can democratically promote degrowth that is both equitable and sustainable. We are faced with a growing ecological crisis, yet our anemic...
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    State of Global Environmental Governance Issues 2023

    Environmental governance provides frameworks for the complex, multifaceted political, social, and economic actions required to address the polycrisis. The urgency of the need for expedited action makes environmental governance more important than ever before. Although ongoing ecological...
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    Implementing Biophysical Socioeconomics: Ontology and Epistemology in Ecological Economics

    We are not living within planetary boundaries, and ecological economics (EE) has not secured sufficient engagement from governments, civil society, and the private sector to alter our perilous trajectory. We have not succeeded because we frame the issues with failed assumptions [0] that prevent...
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    Economic Growth is an Unsustainable Monster that is Devouring Us from Within

    The preoccupation with growth is one of the core impediments preventing us from addressing our perilous predicament. The pervasive influence of this flawed belief is antithetical to our efforts to respond to the crises we face at a scale commensurate with the threats. The logic is inescapable...
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    Fossil Fuel Pollution: Disinformation and Political Corruption

    The fossil fuel industry is the primary driver of climate change, they pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink, they also subvert democracy and deceive people with clever disinformation campaigns. The spill off the coast of Huntington Beach in California is another tangible reminder...
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    Types of Nuclear Energy: Where We Were and Where We are Today

    To determine the trajectory of nuclear power we need to appreciate where we have been and where we are now. We cannot understand the issues surrounding nuclear energy without knowing something about its history, who is using it, how it works, and the basics of different reactor designs. At the...
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    Fact Check Reveals Nuclear Energy is Safe and Clean but not Renewable

    Hyperbole bordering on hysteria has misinformed the debate about nuclear energy and obscured the facts. We have decades of data that clearly indicate nuclear is both safe and clean. The dangers have been wildly exaggerated and solutions to legitimate concerns like waste management have not...
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    Nuclear Energy Versus Fossil Fuels

    Nuclear power is garnering an increasing amount of attention as a climate-friendly energy alternative to greenhouse gas (GHG) intensive fossil fuels. Emissions-free nuclear energy is both safe and clean and as such it is a logical alternative to fossil fuels. Nuclear also generates a million...
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    Nuclear Power Versus Renewable Energy

    While renewable energy is widely touted as the future of energy, nuclear power is increasingly being discussed as a necessary part of the mix. To combat climate change we must replace greenhouse gas (GHG) intensive fossil fuels with emissions-free energy. Although both nuclear and renewables...
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    Renewable Energy is Growing Rapidly but is it Enough to Stop Climate Change?

    Renewable energy continues to grow at a prodigious rate, but are the tremendous advances we are seeing enough to keep us from exceeding the upper-temperature threshold limits? Green energy has been steadily growing and in 2022, it grew even faster. According to the IEA, global renewable...
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    Fossil Fuels Have No Place at Climate Talks

    Fossil fuels are at the center of the controversy surrounding the 2023 United Nations climate change conference known as COP28. The precedent-setting host of this year’s UN Climate Conference of the Parties (COP28) is an oil executive from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s...
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    The Economics of Fossil Fuels Explain Climate Inaction

    Explore the hidden economic costs of fossil fuels – from environmental damage to healthcare expenses. Learn how transitioning to cleaner energy sources can save money and safeguard our future The post The Economics of Fossil Fuels Explain Climate Inaction appeared first on Change Oracle.
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    Who Won the Fossil Fuel War at COP28?

    We did not get an agreement to phaseout fossil fuels at COP28, but we did get a deal that calls for a phasedown this decade. It was a hard-fought battle that saw two competing perspectives go head-to-head. On one side there was a large and powerful fossil fuel contingent that rejected phasing...
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