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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.