23 March 2023 - The negative environmental and social side-effects of our current development trajectory, typically based on a narrow focus on growing GDP, are well known. In a previous article we argued that GDP is indeed a problematic indicator for progress and...
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A desperate race to avoid locking in the pathway to human extinction
16 March 2023 - We are in a desperate race to avoid locking in a pathway to human extinction. This requires brutal honesty on the threats we face. Climate change, not China, Russia or the US, is the greatest threat the world faces; it will only be overcome with...
It is more important than ever that wellbeing economies stay course
13 March 2023 - There is much debate presently in Europe about the transition towards a sustainable wellbeing economy that responds to the need for greater resilience, equity, ecological sustainability and societal wellbeing to better protect Europe’s citizens against...
Why are non-scientists leading the world’s largest companies’ sustainability efforts?
08 March 2023 - Some 23% of Fortune 500 corporations claim to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals framework. Yet, a peer-reviewed study found that a measly 0.2% have developed concrete methods and tools to evaluate their progress toward relevant SDGs. This...
COP is not fit for purpose. Here’s how the UN can reform it.
08 March 2023 - The yearly COP is the highlight of the climate calendar. Yet, as emissions continue to climb and the impacts of climate change worsen, it is time we asked what the COP process is really achieving and how it can be overhauled to ensure it helps to...
For humanity and the planet to thrive, we need to empower women
07 March 2023 - There’s a golden rule for humanity, common across all major religions and societies: treat others as you would like to be treated. It is the bedrock of democracy and just legal systems. But when it comes to one part of society, this rule, it seems,...
How to make COP fit to deliver real climate action?
28 February 2023 - With an agreement on loss and damage, COP27 marked the end of negotiations on all essential components of the global climate agreement. It is now time to shift gear. The current COP and Presidency leadership process cannot deliver climate action at...
How to achieve a higher wellbeing for the global majority towards 2100?
24 February 2023 - NOT IMPOSSIBLY EXPENSIVE BUT IT REQUIRES AN ACTIVE AND WELL-FUNDED STATE Over the last 15 years, my colleagues and I have studied possible paths for human wellbeing on planet Earth in the 21st century. Our perspective is that of past and future...
Transforming our food systems
09 February 2023 - Land use is responsible for about 22% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, which is why it is important to reduce emissions from land systems, for example related to deforestation and the conversion of other intact ecosystems to agricultural...
While Exxon rakes in record profits, extreme poverty is on the rise
01 February 2023 - Exxon Mobil has just announced it made $56 billion in profits in 2022, smashing not only its previous record of $45.2 billion in 2008, but setting a historic high for the Western oil industry. Chevron reported record profits of $35.5 billion last...