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27 October, 2022

Ecocentrism and Biosphere Life Extension

Science and Engineering Ethics, 28. Abstract The biosphere represents the global sum of all ecosystems. According to a prominent view in environmental ethics, ecocentrism, these ecosystems matter for the

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Sandberg, Anders
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17 May, 2023

Humanity - the biosphere's best hope?

Human activity often has a negative impact on the Earth's ecosystems. However, according to researchers Karim Jebari and Anders Sandberg, humans are still, in the long run, the best and actually the only

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19 August, 2014

A Future of Expulsions

Main speaker: Saskia Sassen Today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, but more accurately in terms of expulsion—from p

Main speaker: Saskia Sassen
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22 January, 2018

Partha Dasgupta: Earth's Carrying Capacity and Optimum Global Population

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. ABSTRACT In this lecture I study fertility choice in the face of socio-ecological constraints. I assume that when cho

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27 February, 2025

Future of food: A technology-centered path towards sustainable production in 2100

Futures, vol. 167 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and formulate a specific technology-centered path to reach it. In this scenario, the human population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
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30 November, 2022

Population growth - how great are the risks and what factors affect risk levels?

The global population has increased dramatically since the year 1900 from approximately 1,6 billion to today's 8 billion. The UN estimates that world population will reach 11 billion by the year 2100.

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21 April, 2023

Congratulations Partha Dasgupta!

Partha Dasgupta, professor of economics and member of the Climate Ethics and Future Generations-team at IFFS, and Gustaf Arrhenius at a conference in honour of Dasgupta who is turning 80 in 2023. Dasg

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17 December, 2024

Backcasting the Future of Food: A Technology-Oriented Path to Sustainable Production in 2100

Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper 2024:18 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and identify a technology-centered path to attain it. The target ou

Type of publication: Working papers | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
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