system shift
The UN's Sustainability Plan Is 'Doomed,' According to Linguistic Analysis
The sustainable development agenda may be well-intentioned, but it is too fixated on endless growth.
A Major Surge in Atmospheric Warming Is Probably Coming in the Next Five Years
The oceans have been absorbing the lion's share of global warming in recent years, sparing land dwellers the worst of the heat. That's about to change.
The Bleak Science Bankrolled by the Pentagon
The Pentagon's latest call for research offers a unique look at where and how the military fears conflict will grip the world.
The End of Endless Growth: Part 1
Industrial civilization is being disrupted by the limits of nature.
How Solar Power Could Slay the Fossil Fuel Empire by 2030
A Stanford business professor predicts that today’s energy and automobile industries will be swept away in just over a decade by solar and wind power, and electric cars.
Carbon Colonialism: How the Fight Against Climate Change Is Displacing Africans
Land grabs, food insecurity, and the destruction of communities are side effects of the fight against climate change.
How the Pentagon’s Skynet Would Automate War
Mass surveillance, drone swarms, cyborg soldiers, telekinesis, synthetic organisms, and laser beams will determine future conflict by 2030.