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Adelaide 3R Declaration 1 towards the Promotion of Circular Economy in Achieving Resource Efficient Societies in Asia and the Pacific under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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The following document was shared by Ahmad Mahdavi. Asia and the Pacific is the most rapidly urbanizing and industrializing region in the world. The unprecedented scale and speed of the urban industrial transformation coupled with increased production and consumption has lifted millions of people out of poverty. However, this presents challenges for Asia-Pacific countries in … Read more

Very interesting commentary on de-constructing Degrowth by Nicholas Ashford

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I attended the 5th Degrowth Conference in Budapest in early September 2016 (http://budapest.degrowth.org/). Hundreds of people attended the conference and Budapest itself held a “Degrowth Week” which brought many more people into the city. In some ways, it was an important contrast to the 2nd Conference (held in Barcelona in 2010). The conference was populated by several … Read more