A tale of how it turned out right

Western governments, including the UK’s, are desperate to restore the global economy along “business as usual” lines. But, argues Andrew Simms, that is a short-sighted approach; a radical, green-tinged redevelopment would bring much bigger environmental, social and economic benefits.

If someone offered you a plan that would get rich countries on to a radical path of deep, immediate carbon cuts to tackle climate change and also solved a great swathe of social problems, would you take it?

A team of scientists and economists at the New Economics Foundation (nef) has come up with one.

It’s called The Great Transition.

It provides a blueprint – or rather, a greenprint – for how the UK can make a step-change in delivering quality of life for all, whilst living within our collective environmental means.

What may shock some people is that it will do this even as the UK economy stops growing in a conventional economic manner and GDP falls significantly.

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