Matthew Orsagh
@mattorsagh
Director, Capital Markets CFA Institute. Focus on shareowner rights, corporate governance, ESG, regulation. #corpgov #esg #finreg
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Forests only absorb about 10-15% of the CO2 in the atmosphere. If we magically restored that 1/3 of forests that we have cut down, and that magic happened tomorrow – forests would still only absorb about 20 – 25 percent of global CO2 emissions. #degrowth degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/deforestatio…
Sometimes events conspire that throw your whole preparation off and you have to roll with it. I was planning to write about how degrowth can save the forest and then this happened: Brazil fines rancher $50 million for destruction of rainforest. Boom. degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/make-defores…
Thanks to Steve Zwick at BionicPlanet Podcast for having me on his podcast. Listen if you want to hear a thorough exploration of degrowth and ecological economics. bionic-planet.com/podcast-episod…
For most of human history, there was no return on investment in destroying ourselves – and we didn’t do so. For the last 150 years of human history, there has been a very high return on investment in destroying ourselves – so we have done so. #degrowth degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/companies-wo…