It is profitable to let the world go to hell’ As politicians and business leaders gather in Davos, climate expert Jørgen Randers argues that democracy will continue to hamper climate action. How depressed would you be if you had spent more than 40 years warning of an impending global catastrophe, only to be continually ignored even as you watch the disaster unfolding? So spare a thought for Jørgen Randers, who back in 1972 co-authored the seminal work Limits to Growth (pdf), which highlighted the devastating impacts of exponential economic and population growth on a planet with finite resources........ Read full article here: theguardian/sustainable-business/2015/jan/19/davos-climate-action-democracy-failure-jorgen-randers
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:05:00 +0000