As the European Union’s economic prospects improve and leaders vow to accelerate growth, life on earth is dying out at an alarming rate. To deal with this unprecedented emergency, the EU must forge a new Sustainability and Wellbeing pact which focuses not on growth but on quality of life, tax reform and zero waste, over 200 academics and policy experts urge. Economic growth is picking up steam in the European Union. Over the next five years, the European Commission wishes … Continue reading Time for Europe to stop growing and grow up