Many thought leaders have prepared warnings about regressive forces at large in Australian and global society and the implications of a ‘business-as-usual’ approach to policy.
Michael Gutteridge wrote a position paper in 2020: Rangelands Dialogues Research Series: Risk Horizons: Future Risk – Climate Change – Food Security. This paper is being revised by the author.
The Commission for the Human Future: In Canberra, 28 March 2020, a group of Australian scientists, business leaders, public servants and academics has called for the world’s nations to come together to develop a strategy for human survival. “Recognising mounting catastrophic risks from mismanaged human and environmental systems, under-regulated weapons and the failure of our political processes to address serious challenges like climate change and pandemic disease, the newly formed Commission for the Human Future said it is time for humanity to act together to secure our future.” In 2020 it released a report Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century. More information on its website.
A paper by Prof. Jem Bendall Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy published by the UK Institute of Leadership and Sustainability is noteworthy.
Renowned ecologist Prof. Robert Costanza’s paper to the 2009 John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture explains the principles underpinning the then emerging field of ecological economics.
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