In response to climate change and environmental breakdown, degrowth has become one of the key concepts in political ecology and related disciplines. Degrowth provides a critique of the ideology of growth measured as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a core objective for capitalist economies. It argues that degrowth is possible, desirable and necessary to halt further ecological destruction and to build socially just and ecologically sustainable societies.
If you want to know more, Timothée Parrique’s website is a great source of information, with many references, academic and non academic, and many topics around degrowth! https://timotheeparrique.com/academic-articles/