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Climate for a Steady State Economy? - By Brian Czech
The idea of a sustainable, ecologically aware economy has been around for many years but persistently ignored by mainstream ‘growth’ economists and politicians who can’t imagine a world without endless GDP growth.
The global economy treats natural resources as if the Earth were a business in a liquidation sale, undermining the life-support systems of our planet. There is little long-range thinking in a world where propaganda and big money have undermined governance and the media. Faced with growing energy challenges, we have abandoned strategic resilience for a fragile global supply chain for many basic goods.

‘Imagine flying a plane without a fuel gauge’
Scientists are increasingly waking up to the idea that our ‘business as usual’ economy is no longer fit for purpose, as key resources decline. The UN Environment program (UNEP) warned in February 2021 that our relentless assualt on the earth’s natural systems is damaging the environment that sustains us.

Ideas linked to a circular, ecologically coherent economy that prioritises green invstment and jobs over traditional GDP economic growth need to be looked at urgently.

Some far-sighted ‘ecological Steady State economists like Dr Brian Czech, director of the Center for Advancement of a Steady State Economy (CASSE) and Professor Tim Jackson, who published the ground-breaking report in 2009 – ‘Prosperity without Growth’ have been early leaders in this field.

More recently Oxford economist Kate Raworth, In an inspirational 15 minute TED talk in 2018 asks: What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? An economic model that is regenerative, distributive and works within the planet's ecological limits. She uses the model of a ‘doughnut’ concept.

Her TED talk is avalable here:    • A healthy economy should be designed to th...   (Click on option to skip adverts)

In November 2020 Dr Brian Czech gave a talk for Scientists Warning Europe’s week of online discussions to focus action, following the postponement of the COP UN Climate talks in Glasgow until November this year, This full length version complete with a Q&A session explores the issues more deeply and is available here
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Brian has authored three books on the subject and worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for many years. He gained a PhD from the University of Arizona.