2020 research - Two important views---
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X20300961
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020307512
At least read the Abstracts and Conclusions.
Commentary on world efforts---
Public officials, researchers, the business community, & others in the EU (in general) - especially in Germany, Ireland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Austria, & Portugal (mea culpa if I left out a country) - AND in other parts of the world are working hard to develop & implement sustainable policies geared toward saving organized human existence on this planet. Kudos to all of them.
With some significant exceptions, the USA is light-years behind in those efforts. As we all know, that's especially true for the last four years or so, particularly in the national government. The current Administration is working hard to reverse gains made in the sustainability arena. That, along with other egregious actions, has made the USA an object of pity - as well as a laughingstock - in the eyes of most of the world. On top of all that, our "Leader" has some chance of getting re-elected shortly. It's truly mind-boggling. His chances of re-election should be extremely close to zero... or ZERO. Thanks to Edward Bernays style molding of the public mind plus a huge dose of ignorance, those chances are higher. It's all very Orwellian. Life is full of paradoxes, eh?
The human dilemma we face consists of a socio-ecological-economic catastrophe which already has started, coupled with an ongoing belief by too many in the practices of unlimited growth, overconsumption, and overexploitation of resources. In far too many ways, we've become too anthropocentric, as opposed to ecocentric. Fortunately, that's beginning to change. Keep in mind, though -
TICK-TOCK.
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Not only my opinion. Be Well
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