Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next? - Club of Rome Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what’s next?

50 years after ‘The Limits to Growth’, the questions are more urgent than ever.

‘Limits and Beyond’ revisits what we learned, what we ignored and what it will take to live within #planetarylimits.

A must-read for anyone thinking about systems, economies & the future.

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The Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ Has Begun | The-14 UN warns world has entered global water bankruptcy as freshwater systems are depleted faster than nature can recover, threatening food, health and stability up.

The Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ Has Begun
#Environment #ClimateChange #WaterCrisis #GlobalWater #WaterBankruptcy #UN #WaterSecurity #Freshwater #GlobalSouth #FoodSecurity #Health #ClimateEmergency #Sustainability #NaturalResources #PlanetaryLimits
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Waiting for forward looking countries and their representatives to include the #HumanitySOS #SafeOperatingSpace as #PlanetaryLimits boundaries when attributing values to stuff in the economical system. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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[5/8] Les cartes de l’IGN participent à cette prise de conscience : elles rendent visibles les transformations des territoires, reliant le court terme individuel au long terme climatique. Il s’agit de reconnecter les différentes temporalités du changement. #geography #Anthropocene #planetarylimits

« L'anthropocène est ce système complexe ultime dont le métabolisme atteint les limites planétaires » David Chavalarias, directeur de l'Institut des Systèmes Complexes, explore une situation inédite dans l'histoire terrestre : l'humanité forme désormais une super-entité dont l’activité influe sur la p...

[1/8] David Chavalarias, directeur de l’Institut des Systèmes Complexes, analyse l’anthropocène comme un système complexe inédit : l’humanité, bien que représentant seulement 0,01% de la biomasse terrestre, en modifie profondément les équilibres planétaires. #geography #Anthropocene #planetarylimits

'Applying observations made from individual projects to the entire planet's GHG emissions lacks any scientific grounding— in fact, many of the emissions reductions on a global scale require individual, societal and political shifts.’

#Climate #Waste #PlanetaryLimits

Energy requirements for securing wellbeing in Switzerland and the space for affluence and inequality - Nature Communications By focusing on wellbeing, sufficiency, and reducing inequality, high-income countries like Switzerland can move towards a more just global distribution of energy and resource consumption, while securi...

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Sunday morning service*:

"Here we show how, with a fairer distribution of energy, Switzerland [& other 'affluent countries'] could dramatically reduce energy consumption while securing wellbeing for all."

*Francis Crick, The Astonishing Hypothesis.

From the Degrowth community on Reddit: Researchers make the case for shift from economic growth to human well-being within planetary limits Explore this post and more from the Degrowth community

“Researchers make the case for shift from #economicgrowth to human well-being within #planetarylimits”

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China’s population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines China’s population continues to fall for third straight year due to declining birthrate and amid concerns for economy.

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Another article proclaiming a ' #demographic crisis' as the population of a country has fallen. Ageing populations have challenges, but we must reduce population for our long-term survival and #biodiversity. Endless growth is not an option.
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4. The Earth is not infinite.
We are past the point of polite conversations. Growth-for-growth’s-sake is a death sentence. Overconsumption is collapse. The Earth’s boundaries are non-negotiable. Live within them. 🌱 #PlanetaryLimits