UNIC Lightning Bites: Cities, Planetary Boundaries, and Degrowth

This talk highlights the role of degrowth in keeping an urban planet within planetary boundaries and suggests areas for further research and policy. A radical degrowth transformation of cities is necessary to stay within a safe operating space for humanity.

Jakub Kronenberg is an ecological economist working on environmental values, social-ecological systems, and the institutional context of nature conservation, particularly concerning urban green spaces and birds. Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Lab. Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Conservation Initiative.