气候变化与资源紧缩

这个大趋势着重于气候变化的生态大环境下，对重要资源产生的压力正日渐增加。

到本世纪中叶，对食物和水的需求将使这些资源面临更大压力。

我们将需要多生产60%～100%的食物，50亿人将面临严重的缺水问题。

世界鱼类资源正走向崩溃——以目前的速度，到2050年，88%的鱼类资源将被过度捕捞。

在全球气候变化的大背景下，对地球资源的需求前所未有。

我们正在目睹肆意蔓延的森林大火和烟雾弥漫的城市。

冰川和岛屿正在消失。热带群岛越来越多地受到强烈的季风风暴的冲击。

气候变化不是预测的未来，而是我们所经历的新常态。

持续的干旱、不断上升的海平面和更加频繁的恶劣天气可能会使更多的地区无法居住，迫使数百万人背井离乡。

气候变化还加速了全球生物多样性危机，使100万物种面临灭绝的危险。

这个大趋势包含了“环保主义者悖论”：我们越是消耗资源和破坏生态系统，全球人类的平均幸福指数就越高。

但是，面对日益全球化的生态系统退化，这种不断增长的消费，我们还能维持多久呢?

到2050年，全球能源需求将较目前的使用量增长30%，技术和市场创新正在竞相释放可再生能源的潜力。

通过电池存储、太阳能和风能技术等创新，我们有可能重塑能源生产，从而彻底改变消费者获取能源的方式。

60多种稀有金属对可再生技术、电池、电动汽车和混合动力汽车、智能手机和平板电脑至关重要。

但是，日益增加的需求和这种材料的稀有性质可能严重限制新技术的继续生产。

企业是产生温室气体的主要来源，而它们无法再继续忽视经济和环境福利之间的平衡。

“一切如常”的模式无法继续维持。

但是，由于资本主义依靠消耗自然环境来确保经济的持续增长，企业和政府如何才能应对这个时代的挑战呢?

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