Report sets out five-fold path to saving humanity

Is it possible to save the planet? Yes, but...

Nearly 50 years ago the Club of Rome made the world aware that physical growth cannot continue forever on a finite planet. In fact, the famous report The Limits to Growth that the club commissioned in 1970 warned that rapid growth in population, use of resources and pollution would have to stop within 100 years if humanity was not going to destroy the global environment and face social decline as a result.

In other words, the Club of Rome warned that if the world continued to pursue human well-being through physical expansion, the long term result would be a decline in well-being as a result of environmental damage and social conflict over scarce resources.