Lessons from 40 Years of "The Limits to Growth"
"If I could persuade you of one thing, it should be this: the world is small and fragile, and humanity is huge, dangerous and powerful. This is a total reversal of the biblical perspective on humanity, and the way in which man has thought during most of his presence on Earth. But this is the perspective we need to take if we’re to be sure that sustainability emerges or, at least, that the world as we know it survives for a couple of hundred more years." Jorgen Randers
Link:
>> What was the real message of "Limits to Growth" >>
www.clubofrome.org/flash/limits_to_growth.html
What should be done? - Ideally
Further slow population growth Introduce 1-child policy – first in rich world
Cut CO2 emissions – first in the rich world Ban the use of coal, oil and gas from 2024
Reduce poverty in the poor world Give them a climate - friendly energy system
Reduce the ecological footprint of the rich world Legislate compulsory vacation
Temper national short termism Establish supra - national institutions
Reduce the focus on income growth Establish “increase in well - being” as a new goal
Professor Jørgen Randers BI Norwegian Business School
Oslo, Norway
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Links:
www.bi.edu www.si.edu www.climatestrategies.us
