The Great Turnaround: How Natural Capital Entered the Economy?

Ronald Colman

Chapter 11 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 85-92 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: It is 2055, and the world is heaving one huge sigh of relief as scientists announce that — for the first time since the Industrial Revolution — atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have finally stabilized. Massive emission reductions in the last four decades have at last staved off impending catastrophe for life on earth…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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