Over two centuries of economic growth have put undeniable pressure on the ecological systems that underpin human well-being. While it is agreed that these pressures are increasing, views divide on how they may be alleviated. Some suggest technological advances will automatically keep us from transgressing key environmental thresholds; others that policy reform can reconcile economic and ecological goals; while a third school argues that only a fundamental shift in societal values can keep human demands within the Earth’s ecological limits.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/australia-%E2%80%98free-choose%E2%80%99-economic-growth-and-falling-environmental-pressures
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/steve-hatfield-dodds
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/heinz-schandl
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/philip-d-adams-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economic-development
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-demand
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
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[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-economics