Issue Irreversible loss to people, infrastructure, economies and ecosystems
Summary
The chapter's central tension is that the damage is not reversible: pollution, overuse of natural resources and environmental degradation are said to be driving changes that people, infrastructure, economies and ecosystems cannot recover from, while biodiversity and resilience fall steadily.
Classification
Main topicEcosystems & Biodiversity
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon11-30 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Megatrends 2040: Volatility, Uncertainty, Resourcefulness Hellenic Republic, Presidency of the Government — Working Group on Strategic Foresight and Futures Research (표지·판권면 로고로만 확인) page=9;section=Megatrend 1 Climate change demands ecological reform 2022-07 (문헌 본문에 발행일 표기 없음 — PDF 메타데이터 생성일 2022-07-25 기준) accessed 2026-07-26
- Megatrends 2040: Volatility, Uncertainty, Resourcefulness Hellenic Republic, Presidency of the Government — Working Group on Strategic Foresight and Futures Research (표지·판권면 로고로만 확인) page=9;section=Megatrend 1 Climate change demands ecological reform 2022-07 (문헌 본문에 발행일 표기 없음 — PDF 메타데이터 생성일 2022-07-25 기준) accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
- TrendMegatrend 1: climate change demands ecological reform3 signals
Directly linked signals 0
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Relation types: constitutes
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