The Limits to Growth model: still prescient 50 years later

Published 2022 – As part of the Earth4All project, collaborators have submitted deep-dive papers to delve further into the issues and solutions needed to transform our economic system and provide an equitable future for all on a finite planet. The World3 model was used by the authors of The Limits to Growth in 1972, and this paper sets to conduct a quantitative comparison between empirical data and the most recent version of World3 scenarios to see if we are still following the business as usual scenario.

Download publication

Author: Gaya Herrington

Other Publications

Eco-nomics for an ecological civilisation

Eco-nomics for an ecological civilisation

18 April 2024 - Our modern lives are largely determined by economic policies shaped by prevailing economic theory. Yet current economic theory serves us well only if our societal purpose is to exploit people and Earth to make money for the already rich. This economics...

Club of Rome Logo