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<div>We are messing with the future. This was the clear message that came from the Tällberg Forums in 2005 and 2006. Evidence has mounted for decades that the exponential growth of economic activity is changing the earth's eco-systems. The consequences already disrupt the lives of millions. It is now clear that climate change, "perhaps the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen" (Stern Review, 2006), is a vast challenge in itself. It is also a reminder that the ecological system and the complex system of the global economy are less and less on speaking terms. Today, two-thirds of the 24 most critical ecosystems upon which the human economy is based are over-exploited (Millennium Ecosystems Assessment, UNEP/World Resources Institute). Yet everything produced can only come from energy, matter, water, air, soil – out of nature, our natural
capital.The Tällberg Forum event is scheduled for June 28 – July 1, 2007. It will address the challenge of the great transition, by searching for solutions to the dilemma of increasing welfare without destroying the natural systems that support us.
<br><br>The underlying theme of the Tällberg Forum is the systems transformation required to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change and the wider challenge of threatened ecosystems. We need to learn to think differently about the way our economic, social, political, cultural and financial systems function and how they fit into the natural systems. We need to "Learn to Live to Learn". We need to change the way we act as individuals and as leaders in our societies. The aim of the Tracks at the Tällberg Forum this year is to allow participants an opportunity to reflect in greater detail about what this means in more practical terms in one of nine interrelated areas of society without losing the systems-based and humanistic approaches.
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett <br> </div>