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SDC Reports & Papers

SDC Challenge Paper: Measuring what matters in light of the Stiglitz Report

Date:29/03/2011
Classification:Economics
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Making Sustainable Lives Easier: A Priority for Governments, Business and Society

Date:21/02/2011
Classification:Economics Food
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SDC Scotland Fourth Annual Assessment

Date:07/12/2010
Classification:Climate Change Economics Energy Governance Watchdog
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SDC response to Economic Renewal Programme consultation

Date:01/05/2010
Classification:Economics SDC Response
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Response to 'Generating Jobs In The Green Economy' enquiry

Date:25/02/2010
Classification:Economics SDC Response
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Ymchwiliad i Greu Swyddi yn yr Economi Werdd

Date:25/02/2010
Classification:Economics SDC Response Welsh
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Sustainable Development: Third Annual Assessment of progress by the Scottish Government

Date:02/12/2009
Classification:Transport Health Governance Energy Economics Climate Change
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A Sustainable New Deal

Date:07/04/2009
Classification:Economics
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Ffyniant Heb Dwf?

Date:06/04/2009
Classification:Economics Welsh
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Prosperity without Growth? - Interview with Tim Jackson

Date:31/03/2009
Classification:Economics
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Prosperity without Growth? - The transition to a sustainable economy

Date:30/03/2009
Classification:Sustainable Consumption & Production Economics Governance
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Prosperity without Growth? - Summary

Date:26/03/2009
Classification:Economics
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Right Signals; Wrong Scale: Missed Opportunities in the Pre-Budget Report

Date:01/12/2008
Classification:SDC Response Economics
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Economic growth and economic crisis - 30 September 2008

Date:10/11/2008
Classification:Economics
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Innovations for a Sustainable Economy

Date:29/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Jonathan Rutherford - Well-being, economic growth and social recession

Date:24/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Kate Soper - Exploring the relationship between growth and wellbeing

Date:24/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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John O'Neill - Living Well Within Limits: Well-Being, Time and Sustainability

Date:24/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Paul Ormerod - Is the concept of 'wellbeing' useful for policy-making?

Date:24/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Miriam Kennet - Framework Paper

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Peter Victor - Managing without Growth

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Feasible Transition Paths towards a Renewable Energy Economy:

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Herman E Daly - A Steady-State Economy

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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The practicalities of implementing a lower growth economy - Miriam Kennet

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Scope of work package four: Policies for wellbeing and policies for growth

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Seminar summary - Growth and wellbeing

Date:23/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Scope of work package three: Confronting Structure - achieving economic sustainability

Date:22/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Seminar summary - Confronting Structure

Date:22/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Derek Wall - Prosperity without growth, economics after capitalism

Date:22/07/2008
Classification:Economics
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Paul Ekins - Policies to Achieve Dematerialisation - Opinion piece

Date:26/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Can China's economy be sustainable? - Steve Sorrell

Date:26/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Scope of work package two: Economy 'Lite' - Can 'Decoupling' work?

Date:25/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Policies to Achieve Dematerialisation - Paul Ekins

Date:25/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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David Woodward: The Commodities Boom: Just Another Cycle, or Entering an Era of Scarcity?

Date:25/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Can decoupling work? A Short Review - Frederic Bouder

Date:25/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Guy S. Liu - Can China’s Economy be Sustainable? - from a perspective of environment

Date:25/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Seminar summary - Economy 'lite' - Can 'decoupling' work?

Date:24/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Ziauddin Sardar - Prosperity: A Transmodern Analysis

Date:18/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Tim Kasser - Values and Prosperity

Date:18/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Avner Offer - A Vision of Prosperity

Date:18/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Hilde Rapp: Fulfillment and Prosperity: a Neo-Gandhian vision

Date:10/06/2008
Classification:Economics
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Scope of work package one: Visions of Prosperity

Date:31/05/2008
Classification:Economics
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Redefining Prosperity: Presentation from Prof Tim Kasser

Date:31/05/2008
Classification:Economics
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Redefining Prosperity: Presentation from Prof Avner Offer

Date:31/05/2008
Classification:Economics
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Visions of Prosperity - notes

Date:04/02/2008
Classification:Economics
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Analysis of the Scottish Government’s Budget and Spending Review

Date:03/12/2007
Classification:SDC Response Governance Economics Business
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007

Date:04/09/2007
Classification:Education Sustainable Communities Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007 - Executive Summary

Date:04/09/2007
Classification:Education Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Living Well - Within Limits

Date:15/05/2007
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Healthy Sustainable Wales Toolkit

Date:04/04/2007
Classification:Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Climate Change
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Redefining Progress Consultation

Date:26/03/2007
Classification:Sustainable Communities SD Strategy Review Economics
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Financing Local Futures: Sustainability in practice

Date:13/02/2007
Classification:Local Government Economics
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Financing Local Futures: Survey

Date:13/02/2007
Classification:Local Government Economics
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Review of opportunities for improved carbon savings from spend on education buildings

Date:19/06/2006
Classification:Education Energy Economics
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SDC Evidence to the Commons Environmental Audit Committee

Date:02/05/2006
Classification:Economics
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SDC Memo on Corporate Reporting

Date:02/05/2006
Classification:Economics Business
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SDC Submission to The Eddington Transport Study

Date:08/03/2006
Classification:SDC Response Transport Economics
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Nuclear Paper 4 - The Economics of Nuclear Power

Date:05/03/2006
Classification:Energy Economics Climate Change
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SDC Submission to the Stern Review

Date:25/01/2006
Classification:SDC Response Energy Climate Change Economics
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Sustainable development and UK faith groups: Two sides of the same coin?

Date:27/10/2005
Classification:Sustainable Communities Faith and Sustainable Development Economics
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Towards a Green Jobs Strategy: Opportunities for Business - consultation Response

Date:01/09/2004
Classification:Sustainable Communities Economics Business
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Policies for sustainable consumption (SDC report)

Date:17/09/2003
Classification:Housing and Regeneration Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Redefining prosperity: resource productivity, economic growth and sustainable development (SDC report)

Date:27/06/2003
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Consultant Reports

Review of the economics of sustainable development: Final Report

Date:26/07/2010
Classification:Economics
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Literature Review on air freight growth

Date:20/09/2007
Classification:Transport Economics
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The Impact of Airports on the Regional Economies

Date:19/09/2007
Classification:Transport Economics
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One Future - Different Paths The UK's Shared Framework for Sustainable Development

Date:07/03/2005
Classification:Sustainable Communities Communications Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Revision of the RDAs' Regional Economic Strategies and the integration of sustainable development

Date:01/09/2002
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Speeches and articles

The Economics of Climate Change - Adair Turner

Date:11/02/2007
Classification:Climate Change Economics
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Sustainable Consumption: The Retailing Paradox

Date:01/05/2004
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Business
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Annual Reports

Symud ymlaen - Adolygiad 2005 - 2006 [On the move-Welsh]

Date:11/02/2006
Classification:Transport Housing and Regeneration Health Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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On the Move: SDC Annual Review 2005

Date:22/12/2005
Classification:Local Government Education Sustainable Communities Transport Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Progress: SDC 2004 critique

Date:01/02/2005
Classification:Sustainable Communities Communications Transport Housing and Regeneration SD Strategy Review Health Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Agenda 2003: Where next for Sustainable Development?

Date:19/02/2003
Classification:Climate Change Sustainable Communities Energy Economics Commission: internal
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Meeting Minutes

Agenda: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:07/09/2005
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Minutes: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:07/09/2005
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Policies for Sustainable Consumption - workshop report

Date:05/01/2005
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Delivering Well-Being - workshop report

Date:05/01/2005
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Agenda: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:09/09/2004
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Business
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Minutes: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:09/09/2004
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Business
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Agenda: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:10/06/2004
Classification:Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Business
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Minutes: Sustainable Consumption Roundtable

Date:10/06/2004
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Other Commission

Northern Ireland Green New Deal

Date:09/11/2009
Classification:Transport Governance Energy Economics Business
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Letter to Alistair Darling: Companies Bill

Date:24/10/2006
Classification:Economics
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Capitalism As If The Matters: Earthscan Press Release

Date:10/11/2005
Classification:Communications Economics Climate Change Business
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Other Internal Documents

SDC advice to Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP

Date:15/09/2010
Classification:Economics Governance SD Strategy Review
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