Title: Beyond the &lsquo;green economy&rsquo;: System change, not climate change?&nbsp;
Author: Tadzio Mueller &amp; Nicola Bullard
Publisher: UN Research Institute for Social Development
Publishing Date: 10-11 October 2011
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Description: The socio-ecological crisis is proceeding apace, at the same time as governments around the world are scrambling to kickstart the process that caused these crises in the first place: unchecked economic growth. Two projects have emerged that promise deliverance from the path toward collective destruction: on the one hand, the green economy project; and on the other, the climate justice project/movement, in which both authors are involved. The paper sets out to do three things: first, explain the emergence of, and reasons for, the relative weakness of these two projects when set against the persistence of business as usual. Second, to investigate the climate justice movement&rsquo;s contention that sustainable alternative sets of social practices can be found at local levels, by including a number of short case studies of such alternatives, written by practitioners on the ground. Third, to engage with the crucial strategic questions currently facing the global climate justice movement, regarding the generalization of particular, local practices; the societal base of a project of transformation; and the framing of the struggle for climate justice

Title: Beyond the &lsquo;green economy&rsquo;: System change, not climate change?&nbsp;
Author: Tadzio Mueller &amp; Nicola Bullard
Publisher: UN Research Institute for Social Development
Publishing Date: 10-11 October 2011
To access this conference paper, please follow this <a style="color: #f1c40f;" href="https://cdn.unrisd.org/assets/legacy-files/301-info-files/67569F881A578E76C1257942005654B2/3-2%20Bullard%20and%20Muller.pdf">link</a>
Description: The socio-ecological crisis is proceeding apace, at the same time as governments around the world are scrambling to kickstart the process that caused these crises in the first place: unchecked economic growth. Two projects have emerged that promise deliverance from the path toward collective destruction: on the one hand, the green economy project; and on the other, the climate justice project/movement, in which both authors are involved. The paper sets out to do three things: first, explain the emergence of, and reasons for, the relative weakness of these two projects when set against the persistence of business as usual. Second, to investigate the climate justice movement&rsquo;s contention that sustainable alternative sets of social practices can be found at local levels, by including a number of short case studies of such alternatives, written by practitioners on the ground. Third, to engage with the crucial strategic questions currently facing the global climate justice movement, regarding the generalization of particular, local practices; the societal base of a project of transformation; and the framing of the struggle for climate justice

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