The Risks and Opportunities of Social Collapse
The risk of climate and societal breakdown is finely balanced against the opportunity to redesign society from the ashes. The most dangerous thing about climate change is that we decided to refer…
Has Time Run Out to Save Ourselves from the Climate Crisis?
There’s hope that a window of opportunity remains open. The stats tell a different story. In May, temperatures hit a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius (126.1 Fahrenheit), in New Delhi,…
Is Revolution Necessary to Move From an Economy That Grows to an Economy That Doesn’t?
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…
Do We Need Armageddon to Create Sustainable Societies?
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,…
Will the Climate Crisis Lead to a Wave of Environmental Revolutions?
The climate crisis will create conditions that are ripe for social breakdown and revolutions Revolutions are tumultuous, chaotic, unpredictable affairs that lead to massive social transformations. They trigger ideological earthquakes that…
How Hot Does It Need to Get For People to Wake up to the Climate Emergency?
We’re living in a climate emergency, yet people behave as if nothing is happening There were forest fires in London this week. Not two words you’d usually put together, but 40°C…