The César Manrique Foundation (FCM) will host this Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., the conference entitled Limits, energy transition and post-growth scenarios, given by Óscar Carpintero.
The professor of Applied Economics, expert in ecological economics, energy and system dynamics, will reflect on the current crisis situation, its context, and the possibilities and limitations of the various options for undertaking an ecological transition process.
The event will take place in the José Saramago room (La Plazuela, Arrecife) and will be broadcast live through the FCM website and YouTube channel.
During his presentation, Carpintero will reason about how the ecological crisis is a consequence, among other aspects, of the overexploitation of resources and the unsustainable generation of waste. A situation that, in the opinion of the speaker, leads to initiating an urgent process of change or ecological transition, particularly in the field of energy.
In this sense, he will address green growth and the green pact that, under different formulas, maintain the idea that it is possible to continue with the same dynamics of economic growth and, at the same time, reduce ecological deterioration by moving towards a digital and immaterial economy.
On the other hand, Carpintero will present proposals and scenarios for degrowth/post-growth, which question the mythology of growth and try to get to the root of the problems, addressing the need for systemic changes and their technical and social viability to guide economies along more environmentally sustainable and socially just paths.
Carpintero's intervention is included within the reflection space Borders and directions of progress of the FCM. A forum aimed at reviewing the idea of progress contemplated from multidisciplinary perspectives, and in which the presence of Ramón Margalef, José Manuel Naredo, Federico Aguilera Klink, Fernando Savater, Jorge Riechmann, Rafael Argullol, Ulrich Beck, Marc Augé, Susan George, Daniel Innerarity, Joaquín Estefanía, Gloria Poyatos, Marta del Amo, Íñigo Losada or Remedios Zafra, recently, has already been counted on.
Óscar Carpintero is an expert in ecological economics, economic metabolism, environmental sustainability of the Spanish economy, energy and system dynamics. He is a professor of Applied Economics, PhD in Economics and member of the Energy, Economics and System Dynamics Group of the University of Valladolid.
He has written more than fifty works including books, articles in academic and scientific journals. Among his publications, the following books stand out: The metabolism of the Spanish economy: Natural resources and ecological footprint (1955-2000), The bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen, Between economics and nature, the edition and translation of Bioeconomic essays, by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen or The National Balance of the Spanish economy (1984-2000), in collaboration with José Manuel Naredo.
He has also published specialized articles in various international journals such as Ecological Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Industrial Ecology, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Ecological Indicators, Energy or Research in Political Economy.
