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Matthias Schmelzer
@MGSchmelzer
Prof Uni Flensburg • economic history and social-ecological transformation • author of HEGEMONY OF GROWTH and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH • find me on bluesky
Berlin/Jena (he/er)
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Aug 23, 2022
    The critique of economic growth is as old as growth itself. And it’s not just about the more recent critique of GDP or about growth as a policy goal, but goes much deeper. How was growth criticized and by whom? Check out my new article @GlobalizationsJ 🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Jul 9, 2022
    Just ban private jets. #ClimateCrisis
    The huge impact of private jets
    From earthbound.report
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Sep 24, 2021
    How it started How it's going
    @guardian
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Nov 21, 2022
    In 30 years of UN climate negotiations, eliminating the primary cause of global heating - fossil fuels - has never been mentioned in the decisions, not even in the COP27 in 2022. And these were the results.
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Jul 29, 2024
    Brazil is proposing a global wealth tax of 2% that would only affect about 100 billionaire families but could raise $250bn to tackle the climate crisis. Implementing this requires lots of public pressure around the world.
    theguardian.com
    ‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate...
    A 2% global levy would affect about 100 super-rich families, says the country’s climate chief, but the $250bn raised could be transformative
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Apr 9, 2022
    Can't wrap my head around the fact that three rich dudes flying into space in the midst of a climate emergency is covered more prominently (and favourably) in the news than the IPCC report. #DontLookUp
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Dec 1, 2021
    The material dimensions of capitalism are staggering. In 2020, the amount of human-made mass exceeded for the first time the dry weight of all life on Earth. Its current increase corresponds to each person on the globe producing more than their body weight every week.
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Feb 15, 2022
    New study finds that the average carbon footprint in the top 1% of emitters is more than 75-times higher than that in the bottom 50%. The top 10% are contributing almost half of all emitted CO2. nature.com/articles/s4189…
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Jul 11, 2022
    As the second heat wave this summer hits Europe, don't forget: Our governments continue to protect, investing in and subsidize the fossil fuel industry that is causing this climate emergency. We need to stop them.
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Dec 28, 2022
    "Unsere Regierungen sagen, sie würden alles tun, um den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen. Doch das stimmt nicht. Es ist höchste Zeit, dagegen aufzustehen." Sehr lesenswerter Weckruf.
    Greta Thunberg: Ihr lasst euch belügen
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Mar 22, 2023
    Fossil fuel companies “have not simply been lying to the public, they have been killing members of the public at an accelerating rate, and prosecutors should bring that crime to the public’s attention.” Paper accepted in Harvard Environmental Law Review
    New climate paper calls for charging big US oil firms with homicide
    From theguardian.com
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Jul 26, 2022
    Being a provocative term, #degrowth is often misinterpreted or misrepresented, even by many who share its objectives. After Starmer’s speech calling for ‘growth, growth, growth’, #degrowth is trending – a good time to discuss the most common misunderstandings. 🧵 based on book
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Jun 1, 2023
    "A giant dump of unused fast fashion clothing in Chile's Atacama Desert is now clearly visible to satellites." The magnitude of irrational production for profit and planned obsolescence is hard to overstate.
    Fast fashion has spawned a mountain of leftover clothes in the Chilean desert that's so massive it...
    From businessinsider.com
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    Matthias Schmelzer
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    Oct 20, 2021
    This is great archival work! It shows that French oil giant @TotalEnergies knew about climate change as early as 1971 (!) and since the 1980s engaged in strategies of denial and delay, coordinating their attack on science internationally. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…