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Based on a paper by Jason Hickel and Giorgos Kallis Decoupling refers to the separation of economic value creation material extraction and pollution. Ecological limits pose a challenge to growth-led development and the low historical and predicted rate of decoupling suggests that long-term sustainable growth-led development is impossible. 2021 Level: beginner Degrowth and Environmental Justice: Decoupling Jezri Krinsky blobMetropolis From the theoretical literature, the authors provide seven reasons to be sceptical about the occurrence of sufficient decoupling in the future. In addition to the extensive summary of the recent literature, 'decoupling debunked' provides a great introduction into the decoupling hypothesis. 2019 Level: beginner Decoupling debunked: Evidence and arguments against green growth as a sole strategy for sustainability Timothée Parrique, Jonathan Barth, François Briens, Christian Kerschner, Alejo Kraus-Polk, Anna Kuokkanen, Joachim H. Spangenberg European Environmental Bureau Eco-modernisation’s promise that technological fixes will provide us with the efficiency we need to decouple environmental burdens from economic growth suggests that business-as-usual can continue. Today’s guest Timothée Parrique is the best to explain why this is not happening and why relying solely on technological solutions is like betting on green zero in roulette. 2023 Level: beginner Why will technology not save our souls? Timothée Parrique, Alexandra Köves Economics for Rebels - European Society for Ecological Economics

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