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Investors Say Climate Change is Huge Threat to Economy, Pensions

Investors Say Climate Change is Huge Threat to Economy, Pensions | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Some of the world's largest investors are once again warning that climate change could sink our economy and our pensions. So why isn't there action?
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Three (more) things they don’t tell you about capitalism

Three (more) things they don’t tell you about capitalism | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Professor Ha-Joon Chang has two things in common with Karl Marx. Firstly he’s right in much of his economic analysis of the ills of capitalism and secondly his prescriptions of the solutions to these ills are lacking.

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Willy De Backer's curator insight, March 19, 4:12 PM

Very good article by Jules Peck of Citizen Renaissance

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New Lens Scenarios - Shell Global

New Lens Scenarios - Shell Global | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it

"With the world’s population headed toward 9 billion at mid-century and millions of people climbing out of poverty, global energy demand could increase by as much as 80% by 2050. That’s according to Shell’s latest scenarios, which look at trends in the economy, politics and energy in considering developments over the next half a century."


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Willy De Backer's curator insight, March 9, 3:35 AM

In its latest New Lens scenarios, Shell recognises the existence of "ecological limits" to growth and confirms 2 degrees warming target is unreachable.