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Bankrupting Nature - Denying Our Planetary Boundaries (Hardcover)
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This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the
magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource
constraints facing the world. Despite growing scientific consensus
on major environmental threats as well as resource depletion,
societies are largely continuing with business as usual, at best
attempting to tinker at the margins of the problems. The authors
argue that regardless of whether governments respond to the
economic crisis through additional stimulus packages or reduced
government spending, environmental and resource constraints will
remain. The crisis will be exacerbated by the combination of
climate change, ecosystem decline and resource scarcity, in
particular crude oil. The concept of Planetary Boundaries is
introduced as a powerful explanation of the limits of the biosphere
to sustain continued conventional growth. The book breaks the long
silence on population, criticizing donor countries for not doing
enough to support the education of girls and reproductive health
services. It is shown that an economy built on the continuous
expansion of material consumption is not sustainable. De-growth,
however, is no solution either. The growth dilemma can only be
addressed through a transformation of the economic system. A strong
plea is made for abandoning GDP growth as the key objective for
development. The focus should instead be on a limited number of
welfare indicators. The trickle-down concept is seriously
questioned, to be replaced by one of sufficiency. Rich countries
are called upon to hold back their material growth to leave room
for a rising living standard among the poor. Alternative business
models are presented, such as moving from products to services or
towards a circular economy based on re-use, reconditioning and
recylcing - all with the aim of facilitating sustainable
development. A Report to the Club of Rome
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