Economic Growth and Environmental Limits – Caroline Lucas challenging HM Treasury in parliament

Caroline Lucas, co-chair of the APPG on Limits to Growth has secured a debate to challenge HM Treasury over the inherent tension between our current economic model—dependent on relentless economic growth—and environmental limits: “The endless pursuit of growing consumption and increased gross domestic product (GDP) have been the Holy Grail of economists for decades and lead us all to fixate on a number...