Dean Emeritus of the Yale Environment School, Gus Speth, Delivers Annual John H. Chafee Lecture

At the 10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: The New Green Economy, Dean Emeritus of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and GEG Forum Participant, Gus Speth delivered the Senator John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture. Titled, “A New American Environmentalism and the New Economy,” Speth remarked on the parallels between the environmental crises of the 1970s and today, which now demand similar political, economic, and social intervention, “It’s time for something different – a new environmentalism. We must build a new environmentalism in America. And here is the core of the new environmentalism: it seeks a new economy. And to deliver on the promise of the new economy, we must build  a new politics.” According to Speth, the unquestioning commitment to unlimited growth has undermined the planet’s ability to sustain life. Read the transcribed speech, here or visit our GEG Bookshelf for the lecture and other global environmental governance publications.

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