We are not ready: Policymaking in the age of environmental breakdown – Final report

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Environmental breakdown is the defining challenge of our time.

This is the final report of a major research programme investigating the implications of the global environmental crisis for politics and policymaking. Overall, this programme has found that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage and are eroding the conditions upon which enduring socioeconomic stability is possible.

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