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What do the global limits mean and why should they not be exceeded?

For more than ten years, scientists from different disciplines and institutions have been working together to define a global framework for a "Safe Operating Space", characterised by physical limits that humanity should respect or else conditions on Earth will become much less hospitable to human life. This framework has since been supplemented and updated in several publications.

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Ikea is hungry for Romanian trees to satisfy its huge appetite for wood

By an accident of geography and history, Romania is home to one of the largest old-growth forests in the world. It has been dubbed the Amazon of Europe, an apt and disturbing comparison because of the rate at which it is disappearing like the Amazon. Some of the timber cut each season is legal, but most is not, and violence between the logging industry and its opponents often erupts.

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Why should sustainability not depend on high-tech solutions?

The risks of a top-down, high-tech approach to halting climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. The supply of scarce materials and the large amount of energy used for their extraction and processing produce high emissions. So-called "low-tech" solutions do not mean a return to medieval lifestyles but require more discernment in the choice of technologies - and consideration of their drawbacks.

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Deconstructing the most common excuses for apathy towards the climate crisis

Why aren't we doing more to stop climate change when the prospect of its consequences is so alarming? We have all heard or even spoken the reasons for this apathy, such as "it's so far in the future" or "I won't make a difference" or "it's too expensive". Do these reasons really excuse us? Let's take a closer look at some of the most common arguments used to justify inaction.

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