A 13-minute documentary with scientists Paul Ehrlich, Tony Barnosky, Liz Hadly, and Gerardo Ceballos.
Electric vehicles keep defying almost everyone’s predictions
There are now almost 30 million electric vehicles on the road in total, up from just 10 million at the end of 2020. E.V. market share has also tripled since 2020.
What Happens When a Cascade of Crises Collide?
In reality, the likelihood that the current mess is a coincidence is vanishingly small.
I predicted the 2008 crash – these are the global ‘megathreats’ I can see now
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Polycrisis!
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I lived through collapse: America is already there
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The water of life
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