It's not windy
“Have we reached or even exceeded planetary boundaries?”
Audio 48:30
In 2020, our planet has been spinning faster than usual, making the days a bit shorter.
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By: Chantal Lorho Follow
1 min
In 1972, an MIT report had the effect of a bomb: it asserted that exponential growth in the finite world of ours will lead to the depletion of resources and a collapse of the system in the 21st century.
50 years after the publication of the Meadows report, have we reached or even exceeded the limits of the planet?
Are we going to continue to go straight into the wall, or are we able to put an end to the “always more”, to change our way of life, to consume less?
What solutions if we want to continue to live decently on earth?
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Guests:
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Audrey Boehly,
science journalist, produced a series of 13 “Last Limits” podcasts on the impact and relevance of the Meadow report.
The 1st issue of the series was published on March 3, 2022, the second on March 16 on the main podcast platforms...
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Aurélien Boutaud,
Doctor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, associate researcher at the CNRS, co-author with Natacha Gondran of the book "
Les Limites Planetaires
", published by Éditions La Découverte
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Matthieu Auzanneau,
director of the think tank on energy transition The Shift Project, which publishes with Odile Jacob “
Climate, crises: the Plan for the transformation of the French economy
”.
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