Summary of Sandrine Dixson-Decleve's Earth for All

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#1 We are in a crisis. Civilization is on the cusp of five extraordinary turnarounds that will define the next fifty years, and it could be the make-or-break period for human beings. We have the power to transform ourselves, and there is no time to waste. We need to end extreme poverty. We need to fix the inequality crisis. We need an energy revolution. We need to put a stop to human population growth. And we need to rewild the Earth. But we also need to develop a new relationship with nature, one that is neither exploitative nor extractive. -> We are in a crisis. We have the power to transform ourselves, but we must do so responsibly.

#2 We need to end extreme poverty, fix the inequality crisis, and develop a new relationship with nature that is neither exploitative nor extractive.

#3 The Earth4All model tracks ten regions around the world. It shows that, unless we radically change course, the world will experience five turnarounds in the next fifty years.

#4 We have the power to transform ourselves, but we must do so responsibly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350032109

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Insights on Sandrine Dixson-Decleve's Earth for All

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The future of humanity depends on the viability of civilization, and that of course entails the many problems that humanity currently faces. But these problems can be solved, and the future can be valued, by taking courageous and decisive actions.

#2

The Earth for All initiative began in 2020, when a global team of scientists, economists, and multidisciplinary experts analyzed what is necessary to build a fairer, more resilient economic system. They debated and disagreed, but ultimately came together to find solutions.

#3

The Earth4All model is a tool that allows us to examine how different policies might affect social tensions in different societies. It tracks ten regions of the world, and allows us to see how these scenarios play out in low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia compared with high-income countries of Europe and the United States.

#4

The two scenarios we have chosen to explore in detail are Too Little Too Late, which asks what if the economic system continues operating largely as it has over the past fifty years, and Giant Leap, which asks what if the economic system is transformed through extraordinary efforts to build a more resilient civilization.

#5

The five turnarounds are designed as policy roadmaps that will work for