Almost all countries are in ecological overshoot. But the lions share of overshoot lies with the Global North, with developed countries. This is where the hard work must take place. A #plannedcollapse is a #justcollapse. Seek justice! Take action!
Like climate-COP, there is another COP failing to put an end to planetary destruction. Biodiversity is its focus, and it’s happening now in China. The climate and biodiversity crises derive from #ExtremeOvershoot that can only be tackled by ending infinite growth on a finite planet. A #PlannedCollapse is a #JustCollapse. Seek justice, take action!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-11/cop15-china-aims-at-reversing-biodiversity-loss/100524696
On the limits of sustainability? We are in #extremeovershoot. Sustainability is a myth, a fantasy. We are heading for a horrific #unplannedcollapse. A #plannedcollapse is a #justcollapse.
Its time to talk collapse.
Reducing CO2 emissions to zero tomorrow still leaves us heading for collapse.
‘…climate change is not even the real problem; ecological overshoot is… ‘Overshoot’ occurs when humanity consumes bio-resources faster than ecosystems can regenerate and waste production exceeds nature’s assimilative capacity… In effect, the growing human enterprise is literally consuming and polluting the biophysical basis of its own existence’.
Understand the problem, identify solutions, and then take strategic action. End infinite growth! Seek justice! Take action!
An unplanned collapse – ‘This future sees events moving out of our grasp.’
OR,
A planned collapse or descent – ‘This is a steep winding-down of the size of the industrial economy. It strips away its burdens and complications, nurses the human ecology back to health, builds local competence and discovers a sense of place… The descent itself is inevitable, as is the breakage that follows, and yet, this is managed descent, in contrast with descent that forces itself on an economy blindly straining for growth. The shock is as gentle and as survivable as foresight can make it.’
FACT: We are in extreme ecological overshoot.
FACT: Our overshoot is scientifically measured as the global usage of 1.7 planets/year.
FACT: This overshoot is driving the 6th mass extinction, ecosystem collapse, and climate change.
FACT: Continuing in overshoot will trigger ecological and climate feedbacks that, in turn, will trigger rapid global collapse.
FACT: Stopping overshoot requires, at least, 0.7 planets worth of reduction in consumption, extraction and exploitation (1.7 – 0.7 = 1).
FACT: There is an extremely narrow window to reach 1 planets/year.
FACT: The speed and large scale of this contraction of the human enterprise meets definitions of collapse.
FACT: We can plan this collapse and achieve as much justice as possible, or, it will be unplanned and horrifically unjust. Seek Justice! Take Action! #JustCollapse
‘Doomers’ is a pejorative label used by progressives and conservatives alike, against people who accept the #newtruth that #collapse is inevitable. In attempting to marginalise those who speak the truth of collapse, those applying the ‘#doomers’ label attempt to limit what action is possible and change is imaginable. In denying the truth of collapse, the label ‘doomers’ confines debate and action within the parameters of the power-elite and infinite growth status quo. It acts to perpetrate #ecocide and injustice. When people recognise collapse as inevitable, they are more, not less, likely to act. Attempting to marginalise concerned citizens by using the label ‘doomer’ is a very deliberate attempt at quashing meaningful and decisive action. Seek justice! Take action! #justcollapse
The climate zeitgeist has changed. It’s no longer 2019. There is a #newpolitics; infinite growth on finite planet is the problem not the solution. There is a #newdenial; its painted green, and comes from the climate-conscious neoliberal progressives. There is a #newtruth; collapse is inevitable, and our actions should reflect this reality. Seek justice! Take action! #justcollapse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/29/green-growth-economic-activity-environment
Until a #plannedcollapse of the human enterprise is on the agenda, COP26 is ecocide. The Earth is in overshoot due to the legacy of colonization, the continuance of extractive industry, and infinite growth (e.g. energy, consumption, population). Planetary limits have been exceeded. Not addressing this is suicide. Seek justice! Take action!
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