From the 1972 Conference on Human Environment and the 1987 Brundtland Commission report to the 2002 and 2012 Earth Summits, the message has been loud and clear: the world needs to be on a more sustainable pathway quickly, if we…
Repost from The Lancet – originally published on October 20, 2021. Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet…
This important research is presented at the pre-print stage: Vigier, M., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. M., Spiliotopoulou, M., Moore, J., & Rees, W. E. To What Extent is Sustainability Addressed at Urban Scale and How Aligned is it with Earth’s Carrying Capacity?….
By Dr. Maria Spiliotopoulou, Simon Fraser University, and Dr. Mark Roseland, Arizona State University Abstract In the past three decades, mounting scientific evidence on the planetary condition has been sending a clear message: the xworld needs to be on a…
As a signatory of the Scientists’ Warning since 2017, I am sharing this article to raise awareness on the interconnected issues of population, consumption, and growth economy that impact our planet today – in some cases (e.g. species extinction) irreversibly….
Repost from The Medium. By Tim Ventura. Published on Nov 20, 2019 · 4 min read Back in 1968, Stanford Professor Paul Erlich prefaced his non-fiction best-seller, The Population Bomb, by saying, “The battle to feed all of humanity is…
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one. An article by Bill Gates. Reposted from gatesnotes.com. Published: August 4, 2020. A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a…
