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From Green Growth to Post-growth Approaches

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Sustainable Value Creation

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The UN publication Our Common Future was a seminal report that marked a time in history when development and the environment enjoyed increasing awareness and attention. Development and environment do not go along with each other quickly. To this day, the tension between the two is still there. The concept of sustainable development—meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs—was thought to be the key to a durable match between development and the environment. By 1987, it was a new perspective by establishing equity and justice between generations and developing a shared understanding of the long-term goals of human life on earth. From there, Our Common Future pleaded for new international governance instruments and action programmes. There was a need for leadership and mutual trust to reach this goal. The subsequent Rio Conferences are a direct result of the suggestion of Our Common Future to have an international conference to address these issues.

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Notes

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    See also Chap. 8 on eco-efficiency.

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    https://acehub.org.au/news/degrowth-critiques-of-the-circular-economy [accessed 30 April 2023].

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    https://dashboards.sdgindex.org

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Wolters, T. (2023). From Green Growth to Post-growth Approaches. In: Sustainable Value Creation. Sustainable Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35351-2_9

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