Paul Ehrlich

A shattering collapse of civilization will occur within the next few decades after 2018.

“It [a shattering collapse of civilization] is a near certainty in the next few decades, and the risk is increasing continually as long as perpetual growth of the human enterprise remains the goal of economic and political systems.”

Said on

22 March 2018 · Interview with Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 22 March 2018, as reposted by Stanford MAHB (bracketed words are the publisher's insertion). "Next few decades" gives no firm end date, so target_date omitted.

Source

Interview with Paul Ehrlich: "Collapse of civilisation is a near certainty within decades" · Stanford MAHB (reposting The Guardian)

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How sure they sounded

near certainty

Categories

Climate

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