Sultan Al Jaber is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and served as the President of COP28. Photo credit: AFP. By Anders Lorenzen Life on Earth is, however much we try to live in ways that do not match reality, still within some constraints. All the resources of our planet do have their limits even though […]
Photo credit: Earth Overshoot Day. By Anders Lorenzen Earth Overshoot Day is the day of the year when we have already used up all the resources the Earth can generate. It has been happening earlier and earlier each year since the 1970s. This year the day falls on the 2nd of August. It is estimated it would take 1.7 Earths […]
By Jeremy Williams “What comes into your mind when you think of environmental breakdown?” asks Laurie Parsons in the opening to his book Carbon Colonialism. For a lot of people it’s still melting ice and polar bears. If people feature, it’s likely to be forest fires or famines far away. With some notable exceptions, “what your example is unlikely to […]