Rome, a wellknown international ngo working on the global environment which had issued a famous book titled the limits to growth in 1972, launched. This website is a supplement to the book 2052a global forecast for the next. Forty years ago a seminal book was published that changed the way in which. In 1972 they promoted an inconvenient book that became one of the most hated. In the book 2052, jorgen randers, one of the coauthors of limits to growth, issues a progress report and makes a forecast for the next forty years. The german version of the latest report to the club of rome, 2052a global.
This website is a supplement to the book 2052 a global forecast for the next forty years, written by jorgen randers. In 2052 a global forecast for the next 40 years, randers draws on his own experience in the sustainability area, global forecasting tools, and the predictions included in the book of more than thirty leading scientists, economists, futurists, and other. In the book 2052, jorgen randers, one of the coauthors of the limits to growth, issues a progress report and makes a forecast for the next forty years. To do this, he asked dozens of experts to weigh in with their best predictions on how our economies, energy supplies, natural resources, climate, food, fisheries, political divisions, cities. He has authored a number of books and scientific papers, and co authored the limits to growth 1972 the original report to the club of rome. First, it does not describe an impending disaster scenario, but shows only trends. The limits to growth ltg is a 1972 report on the computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources. The authors name may not ring a bell, but perhaps you have heard of, or even read the limits to growth by the club of rome 1972. A global forecast for the next forty years by jorgen. The club of rome revisited 2052 jorgen randers forecast and. A global forecast for the next forty years randers, jorgen on. To do this, he asked dozens of experts to weigh in with their best predictions on how our economies, energy supplies, natural resources, climate, food, fisheries, militaries, political divisions. It is written by jorgen randers and is a followup to the limits to growth, which in 1972 was the first worldwide report by the club of rome it differs in three ways from the previous report. A global forecast for the next forty years institute for.
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