How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?

Our challenge is to reinvent our future, but we cannot solve a problem using the same insatiable pursuit of growth.

Ricky Lanusse
The New Climate.

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Photo by Peter Burdon on Unsplash

The issue at hand is painfully obvious: the machinery of our global economy is hurtling toward an unforeseen obstacle at breakneck speed. For decades, the insatiable pursuit of economic growth has been the driving force propelling Predatory Capitalism forward with a seemingly unstoppable momentum.

But now, a formidable force threatens to slam on the brakes, sending shockwaves through our systems and societal structures: the climate crisis.

The future is a casualty of present actions, and risks being broken before it even has a chance to unfold.

The world’s wealthiest organizations are failing to assume the risks and costs, and networks are beginning to crash. The only way to move forward seems to be to look the other way and pretend everything is alright. That’s what happens when you hit rock bottom, isn’t it?

Welcome to a reality known as the “global cost of living crisis,” a complex and insidious economic cycle of stagflation and inflation, where the concept of economic “growth” is mostly smoke and mirrors: the rich get richer, the rest of us struggle to survive, and incomes fall…

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