Abstract

This paper is about excessive overuse of resources and about serious environmental impacts, and the need for a global ecological turnaround. Ideas about a social contract for sustainability are being discussed, and examples given of resource decoupling and impact decoupling. Global environmental governance is seen as being insufficient and in need of vigorous reform. It seems that only through improved planetary cooperation can a collapse of the global ecosystems be prevented and global sustainability be secured.

Details

Title
Reflections on the call for a global “ecological turnaround”
Author
Simonis, Udo E 1 

 Social Science Centre Berlin, Kiel, Germany 
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Dec 2016
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
21994579
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2382783280
Copyright
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