The Kākā Project: The economics of sufficiency
Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon believe recycling and owning electric cars will take Aotearoa to net zero. Environmental historian Catherine Knight advocates economics of sufficiency instead
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The Kākā’s climate correspondent
and had a chat with environmental historian and author Catherine Knight about why ‘feel good' actions like recycling and owning an electric car are unlikely to be enough to create a transition to zero emissions, let alone a just one.Knight says comments like those from Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins1 in their firs…
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