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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Autor principal:	Jeroen van den Bergh
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	The White Horse Press 2018
Materias:	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fb2aa56ac3c445ebacf12f64cd9e74cc
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fb2aa56ac3c445ebacf12f64cd9e74cc2021-12-02T16:35:22ZAgrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies10.3197/jps.2018.3.1.532398-54882398-5496https://doaj.org/article/fb2aa56ac3c445ebacf12f64cd9e74cc2018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.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)
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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
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Agrowth Instead of Anti-and Pro-Growth: Less Polarization, More Support for Sustainability/Climate Policies

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