Seven errors in the challenge of climate change

This article challenges the conventional ideas that dominate the sustainability debate, arguing that the debate is too focused on present capabilities.

Seven errors in the challenge of climate change

Walter LongoGrey, São Paulo

In this provocative article, Walter Longo challenges the conventional ideas that dominate the sustainability debate, arguing that the debate is too focused on present capabilities. A more imaginative examination of future technological and behavioural innovations provides more promising solutions.

Imagine the year is now 2019. I challenge the reader to consider the following questions about global climate change.

  1. Do you think that we will have succeeded by 2019 in reversing the tendency of global warming?
  2. Do we think that climate change is perceived as something really serious?...

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