Tagged: Johan Rockstrom

The Ecological Rift - Hot Topic

Bryan Walker • Oct 25, 2011 •

• Book reviews,
• cap and trade,
• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• Economics,
• Hansen,
• Johan Rockstrom,
• Stern

Why do we continue with business as usual when we know that it is leading us to disastrous climate change? According to the authors of The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth it is because our capitalist economic system is driven by forces which cannot stand back and weigh the consequences of their drive. [...] … Read More

The Quadruple Squeeze - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Sep 01, 2010 •

• Climate Science,
• Johan Rockstrom,
• resilience,
• TED

Required viewing: Johan Rockström of the Stockholm Resilience Centre talking at TEDGlobal 2010 about the “quadruple squeeze” we’re putting on the planet through overpopulation, climate change, ecosystem loss and the problem of surprises — tipping points in the system. Rockström was lead author on last year’s Nature paper on planetary boundaries and is an interesting [...] … Read More