For the greedy, all of nature is too little

Economic and security governance are the mainstays of the existing global governance system. How-ever, the fundamental forces that are shaking that system stem from ecological and environmental strain.

Already our days are filled with alarms and excursions. And these will only multiply as the global population grows - by another 2.2 billion in about a generation, according to a prediction by the United Nations.

That's a lot more people competing for resources that are already overexploited and threatened by the heatballing effects of climate change, whether that be desertification, warmer seas or changes to microclimates that support complex biosystems.