The Great Acceleration

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Johan Rockström talks here about the story of the great acceleration which has put humanity in the current predicament. He will give us a lot of data to support these conclusions.

The Great Acceleration

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Johan Rockström

  • Even in ancient times, societies collapsed due to overuse of their regional support systems. Do you think an early understanding of their support system could have helped them manage a transformation to sustainability in time? What would have been required for this?
  • Which other exponentially rising technical or social solutions, besides renewable energy use, could counteract the ones contributing to unsustainability?

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