To save the planet, we need a new type of growth | Letter

Richard Murphy and Colin Hines on creating a programme of economic activity that improves social conditions and addresses the environmental crisis

There is no better example of what Larry Elliott perceptively terms capitalism for dummies", whereby our political systems self-destructively fail to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis, than the unspent 95% of the green homes programme (We're on a collision course with the planet. But with public support, that can change, 10 February).

To reverse this trend, and overcome the social and employment effects of the Covid pandemic, will require a new form of growth - one which only supports an increase in economic activity that improves social conditions, creates secure, adequately paid jobs and seriously addresses the environmental crisis.