by Omega | Feb 15, 2024 | Economy
The following principles underpin a vision that opens up the future rather than closing it down. Whilst it is critical to understand the constraints (such as energy and carbon), we also need to seed a desire for non-competitive, infinite economies. Value flows such as...
by Omega | Feb 15, 2024 | Environment
A crucial system of ocean currents may already be on course to collapse, according to a new report, with alarming implications for sea level rise and global weather — leading temperatures to plunge dramatically in some regions and rise in...
by Omega | Feb 15, 2024 | Environment
The provincial government of Alberta defines a “wildfire of note” as a blaze that could “pose a threat to public safety, communities or critical infrastructure.” Last year, Alberta’s first wildfire of note broke out unusually early, on April 30th, near the tiny town...
by Omega | Feb 15, 2024 | Environment
Hurricanes are becoming so strong due to the climate crisis that the classification of them should be expanded to include a “category 6” storm, furthering the scale from the standard 1 to 5, according to a new study. Oliver Milman Read full article in The Guardian by...
by Omega | Feb 15, 2024 | Resilience
Many contextual forces are shaping the broader environment in which the nuclear system, and all systems, reside. As part of Horizon 2045’s initial futures work, we chose to explore seven shifts with the power to change how we collectively think about the nature of...
by Omega | Feb 9, 2024 | Books, Nonfiction
By Nate Hagens A story about Earth’s most successful modern creature – the human being. But Earth’s most successful modern creature is now in a predicament; a predicament brought about by a compelling combination of vital human traits and our (relatively) recent...
by Omega | Feb 9, 2024 | Worldviews
Tension endures because the nature of all things is cyclical, like the ocean tides or the seasons; we are all influenced by constant movement in our environment. That movement produces tension as we release what was to step into what’s emerging. Not always...
by Omega | Feb 9, 2024 | Worldviews
So this year we are launching a new season of events called The AI Age Begins that will maintain a more techno-optimistic take on the arrival of GenAI and look at the many positive ways that AI could transform a wide range of industries and fields. The general...
by Omega | Feb 9, 2024 | Polycrisis
An international group of natural and social scientists from the Cascade Institute, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Research Institute for Sustainability is calling on scientists from around the world to work together to...
by Omega | Feb 1, 2024 | Polycrisis
This commentary introduces the special issue “Polycrisis in the Anthropocene”by elaborating upon three major contributions of its lead article, “Global Polycrisis: The CausalMechanisms of Crisis Entanglement,” and exploring three key debates surrounding the...
