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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Public Health
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • Anthropogenic climate change poses a significant threat to civilization and human health.
  • Climate change is identified as a critical component of the
  • Limits to Growth
  • system of hazards.
  • The interaction between climate change and other
  • Limits to Growth
  • factors increases the risk of civilization failure or collapse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the profound risks to global population health posed by potential civilization collapse.
  • To explore the relationship between climate change,
  • Limits to Growth
  • , and bioethical frameworks.
  • To advocate for increased consideration of civilization risks within the human health literature.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and synthesis of existing literature on climate change,
  • Limits to Growth
  • , and bioethics.
  • Analysis of the historical development and scope of bioethics, including its connection to human health and survival.
  • Conceptual integration of environmental ethics and human ecology with public health concerns.

Main Results:

  • Climate change and associated
  • Limits to Growth
  • factors present a substantial, underappreciated risk to civilization and global health.
  • The bioethical framework, particularly Van Rensselaer Potter's
  • science of survival
  • , implicitly acknowledges these existential risks.
  • Current health literature inadequately addresses the systemic risks of civilization failure.

Conclusions:

  • The human health community must re-engage with
  • Limits to Growth
  • concepts and related fields like human ecology.
  • Bioethics and environmental ethics offer valuable perspectives for understanding and addressing civilization-level health threats.
  • Contemplating the risks of civilization failure is essential for developing effective strategies to avert catastrophic outcomes for global health.