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g but have had negligible impact on the actual operation of capitalist markets in short according to grantham we face a form of capitalism that has hardened its focus to short term profit maximization with little or no apparent interest in social good yet for all his prescience and critical insights grantham misses the most fundamental factor in the great unravelling in which we now find ourselves the transition to a low eroi future in which we simply cannot extract the same levels of energy and material surplus that we did decades ago many experts believe we re moving past capitalism but they disagree on what the ultimate outcome will be in his book postcapitalism a guide to our future british economics journalist paul mason theorises that information technology is paving the way for the emancipation of labour by reducing the costs of knowledge production and potentially other kinds of production that will be transformed by ai blockchain and so on to zero thus he says will emerge a utopian postcapitalist age of mass abundance beyond the price system and rules of capitalism it sounds peachy but mason completely ignores the colossal exponentially increasing physical infrastructure for the internet of things his digital uprising is projected to consume evermore vast quantities of energy as much as one fifth of global electricity by 2025 producing 14 percent of global carbon emissions by 2040 toward a new economic operating system most observers then have no idea of the biophysical realities pointed out in the background paper commissioned by the un secretary general s igs that the driving force of the transition to postcapitalism is the decline of what made endless growth capitalism possible in the first place abundant cheap energy the un s global sustainable development report is being drafted by an independent group of scientists igs appointed by the un secretary general the igs is supported by a range of un agencies including the un secretariat the un educational scientific and cultural organization the un environment programme the un development programme the un conference on trade and development and the world bank the paper co authored by dr järvensivu with the rest of the bios team was commissioned by the un s igs specifically to feed into the chapter on transformation the economy invited background documents are used as the basis of the gsdr but what ends up in the final report will not be known until the final report is released next year no widely applicable economic models have been developed specifically for the upcoming era overall the paper claims that we have moved into a new unpredictable and unprecedented space in which the conventional economic toolbox has no answers as slow economic growth simmers along central banks have resorted to negative interest rates and buying up huge quantities of public debt to keep our economies rolling but what happens after these measures are exhausted governments and bankers are running out of options it can be safely said that no widely applicable economic models have been developed specifically for the upcoming era write the finnish scientists having identified the gap they lay out the opportunities for transition in this low eroi future we simply have to accept the hard fact that we will not be able to sustain current levels of economic growth meeting current or growing levels of energy need in the next few decades with low carbon solutions will be extremely difficult if not impossible the paper finds the economic transition must involve efforts to lower total energy use key areas to achieve this include transport food and construction city planning needs to adapt to the promotion of walking and biking a shift toward public transport as well as the electrification of transport homes and workplaces will become more connected and localised meanwhile international freight transport and aviation cannot continue to grow at current rates as with transport the global food system will need to be overhauled climate change and oil intensive agriculture have unearthed the dangers of countries becoming dependent on food imports from a few main production areas a shift toward food self sufficiency across both poorer and richer countries will be essential and ultimately dairy and meat should make way for largely plant based diets press link for more motherboard posted in africa agriculture alice springs america artic australia biochar bom brazil britain bushfire cairns california canada capitalism carbon emissions carbon tax china climate change climate council climate refugees coal coral csiro cyclone deforestation delhi divest drought ecocide economy energy europe extinction fiji finland flood food security fossil fuels france fremantle futurelearn germany great barrier reef greenland imf india indonesia ipcc japan kirabati limits to growth mackay malaysia mandurah media nasa netherlands new yorker ocean acidification oil gas pakistan paris perth philippines pollution poverty queensland renewable energy rotterdam russia san paulo saudi arabia science sea level rise sea turtles singapore solar solar impulse solar energy kenya south australia stop adani sustainabilty switzerland tesla townsville tzm uk united nations united states vanuatu water wave energy weather western australia wind on august 31 2018 by john 3 comments world leaders who deny climatechange should go to mental hospital samoan pm stopadani endcoal auspol qldpol world leaders who deny climate change should go to mental hospital samoan pm tuilaepa sailele berates leaders who fail to take issue seriously singling out australia india china and the us by kate lyons climate change denial is utterly stupid said samoa s pm photograph chameleonseye getty images the prime minister of samoa has called climate change an existential threat for all our pacific family and said that any world leader who denied climate change s existence should be taken to a mental hospital in a searing speech delivered on thursday night during a visit to sydney tuilaepa sailele berated leaders who fail to take climate change seriously singling out australia as well as india china and the us which he said were the three countries that are responsible for all this disaster any leader of those countries who believes that there is no climate change i think he ought to be taken to mental confinement he is utter ly stupid and i say the same thing for any leader here who says there is no climate change speaking at the lowy institute just days before the beginning of the pacific islands forum in nauru the samoan prime minister seemed to take a swipe at australia s commitment to minimising the impact of climate change which he called the single greatest threat to the livelihood security and wellbeing peoples of the pacific while climate change may be considered a slow onset threat by some in our region its adverse impacts are already felt by our pacific islands peoples and communities said sailele greater ambition is necessary to limit global warming to 1 5 degrees centigrade and pacific island countries continue to urge faster action by all countries sailele said addressing climate change required political guts from leaders we all know the problem we all know the causes we all know the solutions all that is left would be some political courage some political guts to get out and tell the people of your country do this this this or there is any certainty of disaster sailele s speech comes as leaders of pacific nations are preparing to meet at the pacific islands forum in nauru next week where australia is expected to face questions about its emissions targets australia s new prime minister scott morrison is under pressure from some members of his party to abandon australia s commitment to reducing emissions under the paris agreement his immediate predecessor malcolm turnbull was due to attend the forum but morrison has announced he is sending his new foreign minister marisa payne a move the opposition labor party condemned as an insult to our neighbours as well as a serious strategic mistake saliele s speech also touched on china s rising influence in the pacific saying the region had become an increasingly contested space the big powers are doggedly pursuing strategies to widen and extend their reach inculcating a far reaching sense of insecurity press link for more the guardian posted in africa agriculture alice springs america australia brazil britain bushfire cairns california canada capitalism carbon emissions carbon tax china climate change climate council climate refugees coal cyclone deforestation delhi divest drought ecocide economy energy europe extinction fiji flood food security fossil fuels france fremantle futurelearn germany great barrier reef greenland haiku imf india indonesia ipcc japan kirabati limits to growth mackay malaysia mandurah media netherlands ocean acidification oecd oil gas pakistan paris perth philippines politics pollution poverty r d renewable energy rotterdam russia san paulo science sea level rise singapore solar south australia stop adani sustainabilty switzerland tesla townsville tzm uk volcanoes wave energy western australia wind world bank on august 31 2018 by john leave a comment samoan pm lashes out at utterly stupid climate change deniers auspol qldpol nswpol stopadani endcoal i think he means you scottmorrison angustaylormp melissa4durack climatechange samoan pm lashes out at utterly stupid climate change deniers updated 5 hours ago samoa s prime minister tuilaepa sa ilele malielegaoi middle source aap samoan prime minister tuilaepa sailele has attacked climate change deniers as utterly stupid urging australia to cut its carbon emissions mr sailele speaking during a visit to the lowy institute a foreign policy think tank in sydney said climate change was a disaster threatening pacific island nations we all know the problem we all know the solutions and all that is left would be some political courage some political guts to tell people of your country there is a certainty of disaster mr sailele told the crowd so any leader of any country who believes that there is no climate change i think he ought to be taken to mental confinement he is utterly stupid and i say the same thing to any leader here his speech comes as conservative mps up the pressure on new australian prime minister scott morrison to increase investment in coal and gas and drop the commitment to paris targets to reduce emissions mr morrison has also been criticised for skipping next week s pacific islands forum leader s meeting in nauru criticism of china loans patronising samoa s prime minister also took aim at countries for patronising pacific island nations with their concern about debt problems and criticism of china s surging lending in the region china has spent 1 3 billion on concessionary loans and gifts since 2011 to become the pacific s second largest donor after australia stoking concern in the west that several tiny nations could end up overburdened and in debt to china he said china was not to blame we should not accuse the lender itself malielegaoi told reuters in an interview when asked about the region s growing debt to china it s up to the country itself to ensure that it sets down guidelines to borrow he said the only reason why countries have not been able to pay is because they did not have proper financial strategies china has said it is supporting development in a region where it is needed but the debt issue has become a prominent concern since china took possession of a sri lankan port as colombo struggled to pay its dues australia in particular which has long viewed the pacific as its backyard has been critical of some chinese aid projects and a former foreign minister has warned that the lending could undermine the long term sovereignty of recipients malielegaoi said unidentified traditional partners had left the neighbourhood even if momentarily and returned to find the region more hotly contested our partners have fallen short of acknowledging the integrity of pacific leadership and the responsibility they carry for every decision made in order to garner support for sustainable development in their nations he said some might say there is a patronising nuance in believing pacific nations did not know what they were doing a reuters analysis of the financial books of 11 south pacific island nations shows china is the region s biggest bilateral lender with loans jumping from almost zero to more than 1 3 billion outstanding in a decade samoa is one of eight island nations in the south pacific carrying significant debt to china but malielegaoi said the terms were soft and repayments never any problem press link for more sbs posted in africa agriculture australia brazil britain bushfire cairns california canada capitalism carbon emissions carbon tax china climate change climate council climate refugees coal coral cyclone deforestation delhi divest drought ecocide economy energy europe extinction fiji flood food security fossil fuels france fremantle futurelearn germany great barrier reef greenland haiku imf india indonesia ipcc japan keeling curve kirabati la niña limits to growth mackay malaysia mandurah media methane nasa netherlands nuclear ocean acidification oil gas pakistan paris perth philippines politics pollution poverty queensland renewable energy rotterdam russia san paulo saudi arabia science sea level rise sea turtles solar impulse solar energy kenya south australia stop adani sustainabilty switzerland tesla townsville tzm uk united nations united states vanuatu water wave energy weather western australia wind world bank on august 31 2018 by john leave a comment why morrison should swap his lump of coal for a solar panel australia s wholesale electricity prices are forecast to almost halve in the next four years not because lower energy costs are on top of the new morrison government s agenda and not because of the promise of coal but thanks to the growing supply from cheap renewable energy in the national mix data from the latest renewable energy index compiled by green energy markets and published on thursday reveals a direct link between investment in large scale renewable projects australia s rooftop solar boom and falling energy prices the report shows energy prices started rising across the national electricity market in mid 2016 in the wake of the renewable energy drought that took hold in the abbott years of the coalition government even rooftop solar pv installations currently enjoying record breaking growth were actually in decline in the period preceding the spike in power prices this says green energy markets led to an insufficient amount of new renewable supply coming online ahead of the closure of the hazelwood coal fired power plant in victoria which also saw power prices spike upwards but by mid 2017 as a massive pipeline of renewable energy supply was starting to 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