The Real Message of – A Plea for Forward-Looking Global Policy

The Limits to Growth (LtG) published in April 1972, called for managing the reduction of resources used in economic development.  It warned that overshoot will be caused by significant institutional delays in decision-making and showed how the equilibrium between remedial action and ecosystem improvement could be achieved.  LtG claimed that global society will be forced to decline or collapse because of significant reaction delays in the global economy.  It postulated that a truly sustainable global solution will require both technological advances and behavioral change.  It argued humanity must agree on the investment in new climate-friendly solutions before they become commercially profitable.