Ecological overshoot is driven by human consumption and a belief in endless economic growth. Could the marketing and media industries that feed those habits also help change them?
- Affiliate Full Professor of Environmental & Societal Futures and Conservation Biology, University of Washington, Bothell
Humanity’s biggest challenges are not technical, but social, economic, political and behavioural. Effective actions are still possible to stabilise the climate and the planet, but must be taken now.
The world must embrace an economy where people and the planet are what matters the most.
Early warning systems are available for things like tsunamis and diseases. Why not for animals as well?
Species facing the blitz of accelerating, human-driven change don’t always cope well. Birds are among the most visible windows into this world of vulnerability.
In areas vulnerable to sea level rise and storm surges, developments are at increasing risk of inundation and permanent damage over coming years.
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