State of the Planet

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Tag: global economy

  • The Health Governance and Management Needs of the Global Economy

    The Health Governance and Management Needs of the Global Economy

    Action on pandemics, ecosystem destruction and climate change needs to be seen as part of a redefinition of national and global security.

  • The Coronavirus and Our Interconnected Economy and Biosphere

    The Coronavirus and Our Interconnected Economy and Biosphere

    Our only real weapon to address the threats posed by the impact of science and technology is the human ingenuity required to develop additional science and technology.

  • Interdependence, Sustainability, and a Sense of Place

    Interdependence, Sustainability, and a Sense of Place

    As important as global economic and cultural forces may be, I see the push for distinctive identity and a sense of place ensuring that communities and nation states will maintain their power in a more globally interconnected world. Part of it is expressed in Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY) local politics that resists development…

  • Understanding the Sustainable Lifestyle

    While I remain convinced that humans require live interaction and in person contact to be effective, a high proportion of communication is electronic and require few incremental resources to be undertaken. I am quite certain that we spend more time than ever communicating professionally and personally.

  • Moving the Global Economy Toward Sustainability

    Using something finite and dumping it into a hole in the ground is less efficient and more costly than a system build on photosynthesis, renewable resources, and reuse of finite resources. In other words, an organization managed according to the principles of sustainability should be able to outcompete the organization sticking to the old, polluting…

  • Arctic Oil Drilling: Deluding Communities About the Benefits of Resource Extraction

    We continue to need resources that the earth provides and someday we may even mine other planets. But communities that rely on mining alone, or even depend on resource extraction as their primary source of revenue, are asking to be left behind in the modern global economy.

Science for the Planet: In these short video explainers, discover how scientists and scholars across the Columbia Climate School are working to understand the effects of climate change and help solve the crisis.
  • The Health Governance and Management Needs of the Global Economy

    The Health Governance and Management Needs of the Global Economy

    Action on pandemics, ecosystem destruction and climate change needs to be seen as part of a redefinition of national and global security.

  • The Coronavirus and Our Interconnected Economy and Biosphere

    The Coronavirus and Our Interconnected Economy and Biosphere

    Our only real weapon to address the threats posed by the impact of science and technology is the human ingenuity required to develop additional science and technology.

  • Interdependence, Sustainability, and a Sense of Place

    Interdependence, Sustainability, and a Sense of Place

    As important as global economic and cultural forces may be, I see the push for distinctive identity and a sense of place ensuring that communities and nation states will maintain their power in a more globally interconnected world. Part of it is expressed in Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY) local politics that resists development…

  • Understanding the Sustainable Lifestyle

    While I remain convinced that humans require live interaction and in person contact to be effective, a high proportion of communication is electronic and require few incremental resources to be undertaken. I am quite certain that we spend more time than ever communicating professionally and personally.

  • Moving the Global Economy Toward Sustainability

    Using something finite and dumping it into a hole in the ground is less efficient and more costly than a system build on photosynthesis, renewable resources, and reuse of finite resources. In other words, an organization managed according to the principles of sustainability should be able to outcompete the organization sticking to the old, polluting…

  • Arctic Oil Drilling: Deluding Communities About the Benefits of Resource Extraction

    We continue to need resources that the earth provides and someday we may even mine other planets. But communities that rely on mining alone, or even depend on resource extraction as their primary source of revenue, are asking to be left behind in the modern global economy.