Submissions

Submission on the Irish National Risk Assessment’s Draft List of Strategic Risks 2023

We argue in this submission that a change in mindset concerning the nature of economic success will be a prerequisite for alleviating many of the severe risks which we are currently facing.

Feasta submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

This submission makes a series of recommendations to help reorient economic activity in Ireland away from pursuing increased consumption (GDP growth) as an end in itself, and towards social and ecological wellbeing.

Submission on Enterprise Policy in Ireland

This submission recommends a number of internal and external measures which could enable Irish businesses to adapt nimbly and thrive in a ‘post-growth’, wellbeing-oriented economy.

Submission to the Irish Commission on Taxation and Welfare

Our recommendations on taxation and welfare in Ireland - and elsewhere - include a reorientation of taxation policy towards 'commons-based taxation', the introduction of a Universal Basic Income, and capping the fossil fuel supply.

Feasta submission on the European Commissions’ Economic Framework Review

This submission recommends that the existing EU economic governance framework be replaced by 'guard rails' that would ensure that environmental limits are not exceeded, and that nobody is put in danger by a rapidly transforming, and at times highly volatile and unstable, economy.

Comments on California’s Draft Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds for the Fourth Investment Plan

Feasta encourages the California Air Resources Board to return as much as possible of the proceeds from its auctions of greenhouse gas emission permits to the public, following the Cap & Dividend model.

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