Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies

An agrowth strategy, defined as being agnostic and indifferent about GDP growth, is proposed as an alternative to unconditional anti-and pro-growth strategies. It is argued that such a strategy can contribute to reducing scientific and political polarization in the long-standing debate on growth ve...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:54ef1927fa0440538c9bbe139289caa72021-12-02T19:08:47ZAgrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies2398-54882398-5496https://doaj.org/article/54ef1927fa0440538c9bbe139289caa72018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/632https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5488https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5496 An agrowth strategy, defined as being agnostic and indifferent about GDP growth, is proposed as an alternative to unconditional anti-and pro-growth strategies. It is argued that such a strategy can contribute to reducing scientific and political polarization in the long-standing debate on growth versus the environment. Hence, it can broaden urgently needed support for serious sustainability and climate policies. The exposition includes a novel graphical illustration, a summary of recent surveys of citizens and scientists regarding support for an agrowth position, and a discussion of implications for population growth and policies. Jeroen van den BerghThe White Horse PressarticleEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Demography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENThe Journal of Population and Sustainability, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Demography. Population. Vital events
HB848-3697
spellingShingle Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Demography. Population. Vital events
HB848-3697
Jeroen van den Bergh
Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
description An agrowth strategy, defined as being agnostic and indifferent about GDP growth, is proposed as an alternative to unconditional anti-and pro-growth strategies. It is argued that such a strategy can contribute to reducing scientific and political polarization in the long-standing debate on growth versus the environment. Hence, it can broaden urgently needed support for serious sustainability and climate policies. The exposition includes a novel graphical illustration, a summary of recent surveys of citizens and scientists regarding support for an agrowth position, and a discussion of implications for population growth and policies.
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author Jeroen van den Bergh
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title Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
title_short Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
title_full Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
title_fullStr Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
title_full_unstemmed Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies
title_sort agrowth instead of anti-and pro-growth: less polarization, more support for sustainability/climate policies
publisher The White Horse Press
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/54ef1927fa0440538c9bbe139289caa7
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