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Degrowth could be the answer to the climate crisis: five takeaways from our climate justice conference

By: Zoe Drummond
Date: 1 March 2019
Campaigns: Climate

It is almost stated as an unquestionable fact: increasing GDP improves lives by lifting people out of poverty. However, it’s clear to see that economic growth does not necessarily reduce poverty. Rising country GDP more often than not goes hand in hand with unequal income distribution; it’s simply the accumulation of wealth for the richest 1%, while the number of people living in poverty are unaffected.

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