As part of the Foresight India symposium taking place March 25-26 in New Delhi, Sustainability Institute’s executive director Bas de Leeuw will be presenting his text on applying a systems approach to resource scarcity.
In this text, De Leeuw begins by pointing out that through the years an increasing amount of credibility has been given to the issue of resource scarcity. Such scarcity is not only due to quantitative limitations, but also to the constraint location may put on their availability, due to conflicts and security concerns. Though society is far along this growth path, de Leeuw assures us there is still hope. If we put effort into looking at the whole picture, gathering more specific data on the global situation, and demonstrating the consequences of inaction, we can better understand the change we need. This change must be reflected on a global, national, and individual level in order to produce effective, innovative solutions and the legislation to support.
The full text of the article is here, and a pdf of the full reader is available here.