Backcasting could support the transformation of society onto a sustainable path Our behaviour is triggering some pretty horrifying environmental changes. Changes that have, for example, induced a climate crisis that risks…
Our minds can’t deal with big numbers Since 1990 the world has emitted over 750 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It’s difficult to imagine 750 billion of anything, let…
Asking these five questions takes us beyond the obvious symptoms to discover the root cause of climate change. As you walk into the Shard in London (Europe’s tallest building), there is…
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…
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…