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In this two-minute excerpt of a worthy conversation between two highly respected minds, Prof Bill Rees asks the big question. The impossibility of voluntarily reducing material well-being by 75-80% in the affluent west, begs the question, ‘What are we left with then?’ This is #collapse. #TalkCollapse #InsurgentPlanning

NEW REPORT: The Stockholm Institute (SIPRI) analyses escalating global risk and the tremendous scale and urgency of action required. We ‘…have to succeed because of the immense security risks that would result from failure. However, change at the scale and pace needed is unavoidably fraught with risk.’ The report notes that state-based conflicts and theContinue reading “New report”

TODAY: The Doomsday Clock, released by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, shows we are closer than ever to Armageddon. Now just 90 seconds from midnight, if we’re lucky enough to avoid nuclear war, we may live long enough to die from climate change. #TalkCollapse

It’s a new year and a new normal. Get set for flood, heatwaves, drought, famine, fire, plague, and war. Take action for a Just Collapse! #TalkCollapse #InsurgentPlanning

At the end of a busy year (but not quite the world), thank you to everyone who has engaged with us in 2022. As we, and others, burst bubbles, crush dreams, and slay unicorns, we very much appreciate your support, candour, refutations, and even occasional hostility! After we take a break for a few weeks,Continue reading “Slaying unicorns”

New research from eminent climate scientist Prof James Hansen and colleagues suggests a planet killing event. This is based on current CO2 levels in the atmosphere, not on future emissions. ‘Eventual global warming due to today’s GHG forcing alone – after slow feedbacks operate – is about 10°C.’ Collapse is inevitable. Justice isn’t. Plan nowContinue reading “10C warming locked-in”

One hundred and seventeen countries ‘failed’ or ‘failing’: Addressing such inequity is just not possible at the scale required and, as collapse unfolds, it is these peoples and places who will be impacted first and foremost. #TalkCollapse for a #JustCollapse, because collapse is inevitable, but justice isn’t.

89 million barrels of oil are used every day. This equates to 14,000 years of fossilised sunshine and 765 million years’ worth of human labour in just one day. These invisible energy slaves cannot be replaced through a ‘renewables’ transition or entirely ameliorated through intentional degrowth. Collapse is inevitable. Justice is not. Act now forContinue reading “Our energy slaves”

In 15 minutes, co-founder of Just Collapse, Tristan Sykes, describes the complex socio-ecological predicament that is collapse and its implications for conflict, geopolitics, and war. Watch now. This recorded presentation was part of World Beyond War’s ‘War in a Changing Climate’ online forum. Collapse (and war) are inevitable. Justice isn’t. Act now for a #JustCollapse.

This controversial statement by Martin Luther King is a plea for socio-ecological justice. Before Limits to Growth had even been published, MLK recognised the dire consequences of infinite growth on a finite planet. The empowerment of women to make choices about their own bodies is a battle that continues to rage around the world. NowContinue reading “Children in a collapsing world?”