Do people understand and accept the concept of ecological limits? We can convey this to people, who typically tend to comprehend things as they manifest at the local scale, by unearthing the local lore relating to limits.
Compress the past million years of human development into 24 hours, and the journey from steam engine to search engine amounts to about 21 seconds. But is that pace sustainable?
Climate action will only gather momentum once nations see that decisive action is in their own best interest. This compelling self-interest story becomes obvious once we understand climate change as one of a number of related crises emerging from humanity’s systematic overuse of available resources. This reframing presents a great impetus for transformation.