As part of the 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome, this event launches Anders Wijkman and Ernst von Weizsäcker’s book Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet: A Report to the Club of Rome, published by Springer.
The authors discuss how a ‘prosperous future for all’ requires that economic well-being largely decouples from the destruction of natural resources, especially in agriculture, and the pollution of the atmosphere.
They argue that this can only be achieved with a ‘New Enlightenment’ where a balance exists between humans and nature, between short-term and long-term considerations and between public and private interests.
Participants
Anders Wijkman, Co-Author, Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet: A Report to the Club of Rome
Ernst von Weizsäcker, Co-Author, Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet: A Report to the Club of Rome
Katherine Trebeck, Research Director, Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), University of Surrey
Chair: Ana Yang, Senior Fellow, Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy, Chatham House
