Limits to Growth 50 years later

A chart illustrating the conclusions of the Limits to Growth models developed by Donella Meadows et al. in 1972, updated to 2021. The chart shows trajectories of 5 variables: population, industrial production, resources, food production and pollution, under conditions of "Business as Usual". It predicts an uncontrollable collapse around the mid-21st century.

A chart illustrating the conclusions of the Limits to Growth models developed by Donella Meadows et al. in 1972, updated to 2021. The chart shows trajectories of 5 variables: population, industrial production, resources, food production and pollution, under conditions of “Business as Usual”. It predicts an uncontrollable collapse around the mid-21st century.