Headline: RIFS Blog March 2021

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The blog of the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) contains contributions from employees in all RIFS departments and covers a huge range of themes. In addition to discussing the latest research findings and events, the blog authors comment on political developments.

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Arctic
Hydrogen
Social Justice
UN
Covid-19
Fellows
Coal phase-out
UN Climate Negotiations
Air quality
Mobility
Systemic risks
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Potsdam Summer School
Oceans
Narratives
Governance
Globalisation
Energy transition
Economy
Digitalisation
Democracy
Co-Creation
Climate engineering
Climate
Futures

Artur Sgambatti Monteiro

The behavioural and production patterns of humankind have put the world on a collision course with our planetary boundaries. As global warming leads us towards large-scale disaster, ecosystems are becoming more fragile by the day and social inequality is growing fast. We must urgently move towards a more sustainable and equitable collective existence. This text is about the consequences of current unsustainability, rather than its causes.