The 21st Century is changing much about the world that humans take for granted. Among the more shocking possibilities is that it will sound the death-knell of the nation-state as the main instrument of human self-governance. The nation state, established in the Americas and in Europe post-Napoleon, is now so firmly ingrained in our identities, … Continue reading The nation state is on the skids…
A Plan for Human Survival
By Julian Cribb AM* Among the world’s many pressing needs, the most urgent of all is a plan for human survival. At present no country or international body has one. What we currently have is a chaotic road to avoidable disaster, driven by ten vast, interconnected threats which are all the result of human activity. … Continue reading A Plan for Human Survival
The world votes for “climate hell”
Cairo: 20 Nov 22: The nations of the world have voted to terminate human civilization and commit all our grandchildren to bake and starve on an uninhabitable ruin of a Planet. The failure of the UN Conference of the Parties 27, like the ones which preceded it, is another fallen domino on the road to … Continue reading The world votes for “climate hell”
Has the Population Bomb exploded?
On November 15, 2022 - according to the UN - human being number 8,000,000,000 entered the world. But what sort of a world are they inheriting? The scientific evidence is already amassing that the Earth has far more humans, living at far higher levels of consumption and pollution, than it can possibly carry in the … Continue reading Has the Population Bomb exploded?
Here comes the Catastrophocene…
The good news is that the Anthropocene is almost over. It will have been the shortest geological epoch in all of Earth history. The bad news is that the Catastrophocene is just beginning. This is a period marked by the interaction of ten catastrophic risks which many scientists are now warning could precipitate the end … Continue reading Here comes the Catastrophocene…
The Age of Women
If humanity is to survive the vast and growing threats it faces, women must assume the leadership of government, business, religion and social institutions around the world. Female leadership is an essential requisite for solving the ten catastrophic risks which now confront the whole of our civilisation. As a rule, women don’t start wars, mine … Continue reading The Age of Women
How food can end wars, repair climate and restore the Earth
War in the Ukraine – a country which feeds 400 million human beings – is exacerbating an already perilous state of world food insecurity. The Russian blockade has slashed Ukrainian grain exports by two thirds, triggering scarcities and food price rises around the world. Indeed, the cost of food globally is now the highest it … Continue reading How food can end wars, repair climate and restore the Earth
Humanity: sailing into a stagnant ocean
“We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.” – STColeridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner Like the mariners of old, humanity has embarked on a deadly voyage into a world unable to support life in its current abundance. A stagnant, dying world where poisons seep amain through ocean and atmosphere. Life first … Continue reading Humanity: sailing into a stagnant ocean
The Age of Deceit
Perhaps the deadliest pandemic ever to strike humanity is the plague of deliberate misinformation, mass delusion and unfounded beliefs which is engulfing 21st Century society. Whether generated by the fossil fuels lobby, certain media or other corporate interests, the anti-vaccine lobby, religious fanatics, politicians, ideological extremists, well-meaning simpletons or nutcase conspiracists, a global deluge of … Continue reading The Age of Deceit
The End of Politics
By Julian Cribb AM* Paralysis. Atrophy. Inertia. Perplexity. These terms describe the state of mind of governments around the world, grappling with an existential crisis they do not understand and whose course they appear impotent to change. None of the usual levers work, push them, pull them how you will. You can’t halt wildfires by … Continue reading The End of Politics
Surviving C21 