On 19 October 2022, the APPG joined with the Club of Rome in Portcullis House to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Limits to Growth, and to mark the publication of the Club’s new book, Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.
Events
Tackling growth dependency—the case of adult social care | Briefing Paper
On 13 July 2021, the APPG on Limits to Growth launched the fourth briefing in our policy paper series, which provides a framework for identifying, analysing and transforming growth dependencies in the welfare state. Using adult social care as our case study, we explore how growing demand, rising costs and rent seeking can create growth dependencies, and how to tackle them.
Tackling growth dependency in the welfare system—The case of adult social care | APPG meeting, 13 July 2021
Join us for the launch of a new policy briefing on overcoming the growth dependency in the welfare system. Drawing on in-depth interviews with economists, policymakers and practitioners in social care and other parts of the welfare system, we will discuss a new paper in our An Economy That Works series for parliamentarians , looking specifically at adult social care.
Video | Shift to a Wellbeing Economy—Campaign launch for the #WellbeingEconomyPetition, 1 Apr 2021
This event marks the campaign launch for a new parliamentary petition, calling on the Government to shift to a Wellbeing Economy. Co-hosted with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Wellbeing Economics Brighton, the event is chaired by Caroline Lucas. Speakers include Laura Sharples and Katherine Trebeck, Clive Lewis and Beth Straford.
A budget for a green recovery: A special session of the APPG on the Green New Deal and the APPG on Limits to Growth | 24 Feb 2021, 9am
This special meeting, co-hosted by the APPG on the Green New Deal and the APPG on Limits to Growth, ahead of the budget on 3rd March will explore a range of the options available to the Chancellor from government borrowing while interest rates are low, to redirecting de-facto subsidies in fossil fuels to a wealth tax and a new green home for the nation’s savings.
How can we build back better after COVID? | Panel discussion w/ Caroline Lucas, Tim Jackson, Mariana Mazzucato, Michael Marmot and David King
Set out to engage MPs across the political spectrum, the online discussion was chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Channel 4), and expertly deliberated on the prospects for a socially and environmentally just economic recovery—which takes into account not only the need to prevent the worst of climate breakdown, but does so in a way that sustainably strengthens the wellbeing of people.
Annual General Meeting and Breakfast Briefing, 26 Feb 2020
Following the 2019 general election, the APPG on Limits to Growth held its Reconstitution and Annual General Meeting on 26 February 2020, 9am in Portcullis House; accompanied by a policy workshop on the Wellbeing Economy.
Social Limits to Growth—Implications for Sustainable Prosperity
In Autumn 2017, CUSP and the APPG on Limits to Growth hosted a debate to mark the 40th Anniversary of Fred Hirsch’s ‘The Social Limits to Growth’. In 1977 Fred Hirsch’s acclaimed book made the case that in addition to the ecological limits to economic expansion...
The end of growth? | Evening debate with Kate Raworth, Jørgen Randers and Federico Demaria
On Monday the 28th November 2016 we hosted Jørgen Randers, Kate Raworth, Federico Demaria and Graeme Maxton for an evening debate at the House of Commons, chaired by Caroline Lucas MP and Tim Jackson.
Limits to Growth or Opportunities for Prosperity? | APPG Launch Event with Anders Wijkman
On 19th April 2016, we held our inaugural event Limits to Growth or Opportunities for Prosperity? at the House of Commons, with Co-Chair of the Club of Rome, Anders Wijkman, as our keynote speaker. The event also marked the launch of Limits Revisited – a new review of the limits debate commissioned specifically for the APPG.