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Book SynopsisA major new analysis and action plan to deal with two linked challenges to human ingenuity and human survival - the crisis of climate change and the world economic crash.Gilding says that our current economic model is driving the system over a cliff. We are already living beyond the planet''s capacity to support us and a crisis is no longer avoidable'' The Times''If you''re planning to stick around for the 21st century, this might be a useful book to consult'' Bill McKibben, author of
Eaarth and
The End of NatureIt''s time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. Instead we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable. The Great Disruption'' started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological change like the melting polar icecap. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on
Trade Review'One of those who has been warning me of [a coming crisis] for a long time is Paul Gilding, the Australian environmental business expert. He has a name for this moment--when both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the wall at once--"The Great Disruption."' * Thomas Friedman in the New York Times *
‘Gilding says that our current economic model is driving the system over a cliff. We are already living beyond the planet's capacity to support us and a crisis is no longer avoidable' * The Times *
'If you're planning to stick around for the 21st century, this might be a useful book to consult' * Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and The End of Nature *
'[An] important work ... This is a book which deserves to be read by people of all ages from many walks of life' * Canberra Times *
