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CoR - Growth and Climate

20. January 2010 - 16:15 — Ivo Slaus

 

TO MASTER THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WE HAVE TO
REDEFINE AND REORIENT ECONOMIC GROWTH

 

We are heading into a perfect storm of crises which are so intimately connected that they cannot be resolved separately. Climate change is only one of an array of emerging challenges: The ecosystems on which we absolutely depend are being degraded at an alarming rate; humanity is grossly overusing the resources of the planet; rising stress on water and productive land, compounded by the effects of climate change, is reducing food security; levels of hunger, poverty and deprivation are again increasing; the global economic and financial systems have proved to be unstable and inequitable; the division between rich and poor is widening; millions cannot find employment; and, in this complex and dangerous situation, it is estimated that an additional 2.3 billion people will arrive on this planet by 2050. Humanity is in the midst of a systemic crisis. The underlying root causes are our current concepts of growth, development and globalization, which must be changed.
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