Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), is a Big Picture scientist who strives to see how all the pieces of our planet's complex climate system fit together.
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| Johan Rockstrom is co-author of the "planetary boundaries" concept. |
In 2009 he co-authored the "planetary boundaries" concept, which has since become a central paradigm for evaluating Earth's capacity to absorb the impact of human activity.
Rockstrom spoke with AFP at the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid. Answers have been edited for concision and clarity.
Q: Is a viable solution to global warming compatible with consumer capitalism?
There's a simple way to answer that question: we don't have a choice. On climate, the time is running out so fast that there's no other pathway. Either we make this work within the existing economic paradigm, or we fail.
Read the phys.Org story by Marlowe Hood - “Don’t push 'on' button of irreversible change: top climate scientist.”
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