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Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact

  • Written by Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
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Before the recession we were on a collision course with environmental disaster.

The recovery provides a rare opportunity to do things differently; to rebuild a better economy that can support living standards without irretrievably damaging the environment.

The closer we get to irreversible climate change, the harder that will become.

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