London, 01 March 2026
CUSP Director Tim Jackson joined a live debate on BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live to discuss the question: does economic growth harm the planet? The segment followed renewed international calls to move beyond GDP as the primary measure of progress, including recent comments from António Guterres on the need to value environmental sustainability and human wellbeing alongside economic performance.
During the discussion, Tim highlighted the close correlation between rising GDP and increasing environmental pressures, pointing to escalating carbon emissions and the dramatic decline in global biodiversity since the 1970s. He argued that prosperity should be understood less as the perpetual expansion of output and more as a matter of collective health and wellbeing, calling for a broader dashboard of indicators to guide policy. You can watch the full debate on the BBC website (starting min 34:40).
This post also appeared on the CUSP website.
