David Wright 1 min · However, the scientists point out that the worst-case scenarios are by no means inevitable, and suggest that appropriate policy and structural changes could avoid collapse, if not pave the way toward a more stable civilisation. The two key solutions are to reduce economic inequality so as to ensure fairer distribution of resources, and to dramatically reduce resource consumption by relying on less intensive renewable resources and reducing population growth: Collapse can be avoided and population can reach equilibrium if the per capita rate of depletion of nature is reduced to a sustainable level, and if resources are distributed in a reasonably equitable fashion. The NASA-funded HANDY model offers a highly credible wake-up call to governments, corporations and business - and consumers - to recognise that business as usual cannot be sustained, and that policy and structural changes are required immediately.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:25:03 +0000
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