S7 E9: At the Tipping Point
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Limits to Growth - 5 Key Findings
- There are physical limits to growth that children alive today are likely to encounter.
- Ignoring these limits while basing policies on continued growth will likely lead to overshoot and collapse – a decline in both population and industrial capacity.
- There's a viable alternative where population and production are balanced with the environment.
- Reaching this alternative will take 50-100+ years.
- Delaying action makes a smooth transition harder and reduces future options.
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