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  3. Expanding limits to growth

Expanding limits to growth

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  • Freeing up the limits to growth

Claim

Expanding limits to growth is not just important—it’s absolutely essential for our continued survival and prosperity. In a world facing resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and population pressures, sticking to old boundaries is a recipe for disaster. Embracing innovation, sustainable development, and equitable resource management is the only way forward. Ignoring the need to expand our limits will cripple humanity's future; it’s time to prioritize bold strategies that push beyond yesterday’s constraints.This information has been generated by artificial intelligence.

Broader

Freeing
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Expanding
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Narrower

Uncoupling economic growth from growth in resource use
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Substituting technology for natural resources
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Substituting for scarce resources
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Increasing energy supplies
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Constrained by

Defining limits to growth
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Facilitated by

Assessing earth's carrying capacity
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Problem

Irreversible environmental trends
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Value

Overgrowth
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Limitedness
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Growth
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Reference

Meadows, D H, et al: The Limits to Growth: a report for the Club of Rome's project on the Predicament of Mankind

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
J6561
DOCID
12065610
D7NID
204557
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Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/expanding-limits-growth
Last update
Dec 3, 2024