The bioeconomy appears to be an elegant solution to the climate crisis. However, feminist perspectives reveal in which ways the bioeconomy (re)produces oppression and exploitation and suggest ways to make the bioeconomy more inclusive and just.

In this interview, E4F's Briti Kar and Sonal Raghuvanshi talk to Philipp Boethe, the coordinator and one of the co-authors of the 2023 Climate Inequality Report.

In this interview, the E4F team talks to a young academic Michelle Groenewald about her contributions in the ‘Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations’ book, where she also discusses why the democratization agenda within economics academia will remain incomplete till those aspiring for change only focus on individuals abstracted away from the knowledge, research agendas, structure and culture of economics departments, universities and the discipline as a whole.​

Read our conversation with Simon Sharpe, a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute, where he talks about his new book ‘Five Times Faster’ and how to rethink the science, economics and diplomacy of climate change.

Fourth in the series on biophysical economics, we talk to Prof. Carey W. King about his research goals centered on rigorous interpretations of the past to determine the most probable future energy pathways and how he attempts to reach these goals by bridging the gaps between economic and biophysical worldviews of economic growth and structural change. The Economists for Future team is thankful to Nikhil F. Ghosh for conceptualizing this series.

This interview is produced as part of a series titled "Economic Perspectives on a Finite Planet". The theme of this series is the field of Biophysical Economics where we ask interviewees to discuss their perspectives on the material and energetic foundations of economic activity, and why their study is essential.

This interview second in the series titled "Economic Perspectives on a Finite Planet". The theme of this series is the field of Biophysical Economics where we ask interviewees to discuss their perspectives on the material and energetic foundations of economic activity, and why their study is essential. The Economist for Future team is thankful to Nikhil F. Ghosh for conceptualising this series.

This interview is produced as part of a series titled "Economic Perspectives on a Finite Planet". The theme of this series is the field of Biophysical Economics, where we ask the interviewees to discuss their perspectives on the material and energetic foundations of economic activity, and why their study is essential. The Economists for Future team thanks Nikhil F Ghosh for conceptualising this series.

Two years ago, our journal assessment showed that economists’ response to the planetary emergency has been incommensurate with the magnitude and urgency of this crisis. Since then, other studies have added evidence to that claim (see Roos & Hoffart, 2021). In this blog piece, we examine one potential reason behind that: the lack of funding for economic research on climate change.