With speakers including:
*Jason Hickel*, author of The Divide: a brief guide to global inequality and its solutions
*Ann Pettifor*, prizewinning economist and author of The Production of Money
We’re rapidly racing towards the precipice. Billions of people are directly threatened by climate breakdown. But the reality is that this is completely avoidable.
The problems that hurtle us towards collapse are systemic. While the benefits of fossil fuels and growth accrue to the few, everyone else shoulders the costs. Our economy puts corporate profit ahead of ordinary people, and the planet.
So our choice is clear, system change or climate change.
The degrowth perspective is one conception of system change. Supporters say we have to detach living standards from growth to save the planet. But what would our lives look like in a post-growth world? Is something like a Green New Deal an alternative way of dealing with the climate crisis, or does it fail to get to the heart of the problem? And do people in the global south still need economic growth to achieve a dignified standard of living?
Join Global Justice Now for a day of workshops and discussion on the subject of degrowth and climate justice.
DAY'S SCHEDULE AND WORKSHOP DETAILS:
12noon Opening plenary with Ann Pettifor and Jason Hickel
1.30pm Lunch break (please bring your own or there is a food market in the church yard)
2pm Parallel workshops:
Degrowth and the global south (with Julien-François Gerber and Dorothy Guerrero)
What are the biggest barriers to a post-growth prosperity? (with Beth Stratford)
Post-growth alternatives: Co-ops, the commons and the solidarity economy (with Andy Marks)
3.10pm Reportback from workshops to all participants
3.30pm Facilitated session on forming some common principles on degrowth for Global Justice Now’s work
4.30pm Planning future activity for our climate justice network
5pm Close
Tea and coffee will be provided. There are disabled toilets, and the venue is wheelchair accessible.