Based on scientific facts, @SimonMichaux explains why an energy transition can only be realised together with a resource transition. Inconvenient truth: Maintaining our economic growth paradigm & consumption levels will not bring a sustainable future. 1/4
https://t.co/s9RH0k2YGS
Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
Naast "de-risking" en "decoupling" is het vooral belangrijk om ons voor te bereiden op de #grondstoffen-schaarste die sowieso gaat ontstaan. Dit scenario is ook oplossing voor #klimaat-verandering en #biodiversiteit-verlies. https://t.co/DrqfFU2Roq
De EU gebruikt in haar handelsrelaties met China de term ‘de-risking’, terwijl in Amerika ook wel eens de term ‘decoupling’ gebruikt wordt.
Het lijkt een klein verschil, maar er zit een strategische overweging achter.
Een 🧵 /1.
This conferende gave, @haraldtepper @Philips a bit more hope. He introduces the dialogue on stage, led by @Harm__Edens between the complementary relationship between resource wende & circular economy. With @ARakhorst @haraldsverdrup @SimonMichaux @alderthanemaaijer @Leefomgeving
How can we regain trust? Dieuwertje Wallaart @JKBonline represents the voice or the future. The answer is not only coming from the young generation. As leaders we are also responsible for our past. What do you regret? #resourcewende
Wouter van Dieren & host @Harm__Edens Op de achtergrond het eiland. Op accordeon een lied over de wereld. Speak to me of love…opening dag 2 #resourcewende conferentie
It’s really scaring to see that we will run out of resources and tomorrow I will bring you a few innovations - Ruben Janka (14) #resourcewendeconferentie