Averting disaster without a silver bullet...

Our dealings with nature yield only temporary consensus and action plans, often leading us to accept the irreversible damage to our environment as inevitable. Our unwavering dependence on economic growth faces an ever-tightening environmental constraint, especially as we approach temperature thresholds beyond which economic and ecological impacts may become unmanageable.

Each year, the volume of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere weighs nearly 20 times more than all solid waste generated globally in the same period. This stark comparison underscores the scale of our sustainability challenge—a challenge rooted in the fundamental economic dilemma of meeting unlimited demands with finite resources.

While intensive growth fueled by advancements in efficiency (technology and automation), recycling (circular economy), and an increased weight of intangible goods in the economy appears to be the most widely supported path forward, it alone may not be enough.

Sustainability, in its rational and regenerative form, thus becomes our guiding principle in the absence of a single, definitive solution.