Economists use the Environmental Kuznets Curve to justify economic growth in the face of increasing environmental pressures There’s a consensus that sustainable development is a set of ideas that can allow…
Never-ending economic growth on a finite planet creates a profound dilemma Looking at the Earth in all its majesty reveals an undeniable truth — the physical world around us is finite. That rather obvious…
We’re hurtling into a world of profound uncertainty The deciding factor in the Soviet Union building a Doomsday Machine in Dr Strangelove was a paranoid fear America would do the same…
There appears to be an impossible equation at the heart of efforts to achieve a sustainable society Efforts to overcome the climate crisis are all about decarbonising the economy so that…
Redesigning societies around sustainable principles will be a painful yet rewarding process There’s a narrative that the climate crisis will lead us down one of two pathways. The road towards sustainability,…
The rules of the game companies play by are the problem, not the solution The world’s largest pension fund recently threatened to sack the board if they don’t seek an investment strategy…