Prosperity without growth. Tim Jackson

So much of the analysis of how we respond to climate change assumes that economic growth and emissions reduction are compatible goals. But is this wishful thinking? Is there any evidence that we can de-link consumption and economic growth from emissions growth? Or must we re-think the very notion of growth and what it means to be genuinely prosperous? As in his effusively reviewed book Prosperity Without Growth Professor Tim Jackson, speaking at The Deakins 2010, charts a course to a new, truly rich and lasting human prosperity. Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey and Director of the Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE). The Deakins - The Alfred Deakin Lectures 2010, presented by The Wheeler Centre, BMW Edge, June 2010