There are no viable solutions under our current economic model unless the problem is solved incidentally to that model, such as renewables becoming outrageously cheaper than any alternative. Otherwise, it’s very difficult to motivate decisions beyond the current quarter let alone the next year or two, let alone decades!
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This gets tossed around a lot. There are other economic models in use around the world. Are there any studies as to their climate pact?
Edit: In relation to your question, I'm pretty sure that you could find such texts, if you look into Scandinavian relevant studies.
Some other readings would be in relation to Social Ecology
I will not directly reply to your question, but use it as an input to share a couple of thoughts..
The current economic model has infinite growth embedded in it and the planet is finite. In a way, it is expanding in a colonialist manner. Also, it is the predominant one all over the world. This is why we have a triple planetary crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, as well as pollution/waste.
Personally, I don't think we need an economic model to organise societies. We need a societal organisational model, or many actually, that are based on horizontal decision-making processes, as well as sustainability. How to get from here to there, I suppose it's whole another topic.
This is a great question. I do not know the answer, but I would be very interested in seeing such a study.
Countries with proportional representation do better on climate. Two-party systems won’t allow the economic model to shift away from capitalism, that’s why we need to support the smaller parties and independents to actually get things done with electoral reform.
https://www.fairvote.ca/climate-change-and-proportional-representation/