The first global revolution : a report by the council of The Club of Rome

https://www.amazon.com/The-First-Global-Revolution-Council/dp/0679738258 Attempted rehabilitation of the seriously malformed PDF scan (Trucolor, 72dpi, page warp and many missing pages) at http://www.archive.org/details/TheFirstGlobalRevolution A new scan at 400-600dpi, greyscale should be done with all pages checked for inclusion. Production of this DjVu version involved enlarging the page size and increasing the DPI of 72 to 600 in an effort to try and enhance ocr for the hidden searchable text layer. Given the lamentably low DPI of the original PDF the ocr accuracy remains low. Front Cover ......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 3 CONTENTS ......Page 5 Quotation ......Page 6 Foreword ......Page 8 Acknowledgments ......Page 12 Abbreviations ......Page 13 The Wheel of Humankind ......Page 14 Introduction ......Page 15 1. A Whirlwind of Change ......Page 21 2. Some Areas of Acute Concern ......Page 46 3. The Intemational Mismanagement of the\rWorld Economy ......Page 64 4. Intimations of Solidarity ......Page 77 5. The Vacuum ......Page 82 6. The Human Malaise ......Page 90 The Challenge ......Page 97 Introduction ......Page 99 7. The Three Immediacies ......Page 102 8. Governance and the Capacity to Govern ......Page 128 9. Agents of the Resolutique ......Page 145 10. Motivations and Values ......Page 159 11. Learning our Way into a New Era ......Page 168 A Call for Solidarity ......Page 176 Bibliography ......Page 178 Index ......Page 179 Rear Cover ......Page 190 In the 1970s, the Club of Rome launched the book "The Limits to Growth". Essential reading for all those concerned about the future of the planet, the book was translated into 37 languages. Now, President Emeritus Alexander King and Secretary General Bertrand Schneider review global problems 20 years on, offering both a warning and an approach to a possible solution to world problems. Topics covered by this book include the need for the world to convert from a military to a civil economy, the recognition of the disastrous short-term effects of exploitation by First World countries of Third World poverty and need, and the containment of global warming: the need to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide, to encourage reforestation, to conserve traditional forms of energy and develop alternatives, Attempts to identify the main changes of the last two decades, to describe the malaise which they have caused, and to outline some of the most important issues and dangers which humanity has to face in unity. Presents a number of measures which seem especially necessary to pursue Alexander King & Bertrand Schneider. Includes Bibliographical References.