Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world. It tackles major issues facing global society such as resource depletion and populations growth and makes a strong plea for a radical rethink of approaches to economic stability and sustainable development.

Author: Anders Wijkman, Johan Rockström
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/05/2012
Pages: 222
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.20w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780415539692

About the Author

Anders Wijkman is Advisor at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, and Co-President, Club of Rome. He has been a Member of the Swedish Parliament and of the European Parliament, as well as Director General of the Swedish Red Cross, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries and Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Policy Director of the United Nations Development Programme. He is a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the World Academy of Art and Science.

Johan Rockström is a Professor in Natural Resource Management at Stockholm University, and the Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, for example leading the recent development of the new Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. He also co-chairs Future Earth, and international initiative on global sustainability.