The global population is growing by around 70 to 80 million people a year, placing enormous pressure on the natural systems that sustain life. The obvious solution is to reduce the…
Imagine being faced with a challenge so complicated that no one dares ask the question that might lead to solutions because the consequences of doing so don’t bear contemplating. That’s the…
How a simplifying model of humanity became a blueprint for society Humans can be loving and cruel, generous and selfish, rational and impulsive — sometimes all in the same afternoon. That complexity is part…
The vault stores that which matters most Deep in the Arctic Circle on an island just off the coast of Norway, lies a vault that just might save humanity from extinction. In…
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are intertwined with economic growth The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was established in 1994 with the goal of preventing “dangerous” human interference with the…
Viewing the climate crisis as merely ‘costs’ and ‘benefits’ is part of the reason why there is a climate crisis Upon accepting his Nobel Prize in 2018, the economist William Nordhaus argued…