Principal speaker
Graeme Taylor
Most futurists are pessimists - for very good reasons. However, the world is not only being shaped by increasing environmental and social breakdowns, but also by accelerating technological and social breakthroughs. The good news is that a new type of sustainable global system is emerging: but will it evolve quickly enough to prevent catastrophic environmental and social collapse?
This presentation will explore probable global futures through identifying critical global trends, probable timelines, tipping points, consequences and options. It will examine whether the world is likely to run out of water, food and cheap energy in the next few decades; and the economic, political and security threats posed by climate change, failing ecosystems and growing inequity. Main themes will be the impact of non-linear (disruptive) developments, and why unsustainable social systems must either evolve environmentally relevant structures or collapse.
The future is not fixed: it is our choice.
Dr Graeme Taylor is the Coordinator of BEST Futures and an Adjunct Research Fellow with Griffith University's Environmental Futures Research Institute. He is the author of Evolution's Edge: The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World, which won the 2009 IPPY Gold Medal for "the book most likely to save the planet".
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