Heinberg Economics of Sustainability keynote in the SF Public Press
October 9, 2014
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg’s recent keynote speech to the Economics of Sustainability was picked up here.
From the article:
Richard Heinberg, an author and environmental activist, says that reimagining communities to function on a smaller scale might be the best way to limit fossil fuel use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Without doing so, global temperatures could rise 2 degrees Celsius, causing irreversible changes in rainfall, heat, sea-level rise and weather events in the next few decades, such as repeats of Hurricane Katrina.
“We don’t really even know how fast the train is going anymore,” Heinberg said, referring to the planet’s rising temperature. “Nobody bothers to ask. All we care about is: Is it accelerating? Is it going faster this year than it was last year? And I say yes.”