The Green Planning Commission, a multi-year initiative to develop the theory and practice of green democratic economic planning from the think-tank Common Wealth, has launched.
The Commission is run by a team of commissioners, which consists not only of researchers affiliated with Common Wealth but also other researchers whose focus is on developing green democratic economic planning theory and practice.
You can find out more about the Green Planning Commission via its website, which you can access here. On the website are three articles. The first is a statement from the commissioners about the commission’s objectives. The second provides a political briefing that gives an overview of the forthcoming program. The third is about the launch of the commission, its goals and its vision.
You can find an overview of the Green Planning Commission below:
A New Era of Democratic Planning
The Green Planning Commission is a multi-year initiative from Common Wealth, uniting leading thinkers and actors in policy and politics from across the UK and the US.
We will collaboratively develop policy frameworks and tools for a green democratic economic planning architecture — capable of coordinating investment, production, and provision to deliver decarbonization at the pace and scale that the green transition requires.
Through research, policy design, and convening, we will explore how the US and UK can lead transformative change through democratic planning, ensuring the green transition benefits working people everywhere.
Our work starts from two simple but powerful premises: decarbonization is at once a technical and a political project, and one that requires economic transformation. Achieving a green transition, therefore, will require a shift away from fragmented, market-driven approaches towards public direction, investment, and collective planning.
What We’re Building
- Research on sectoral decarbonization, country deep dives, and economic coordination systems.
- Convenings and public events with leading thinkers and practitioners.
- Essay series in partnership with Phenomenal World, exploring the politics, practice, and possibilities of green democratic planning.
- A Green Democratic Planning Framework to inform forward looking progressive policy and political programming.