ABSTRACT
Environmental problems have steadily grown worse in recent decades and are now becoming
systemic. Human-made climate change is symptomatic of this transformation from localized
damage to global degradation. Climate change threatens to become the most serious environ-
mental issue of this century. When we consider its causes, research is unanimous: we are too
many and we want too much. We sacrifice nature for a more comfortable life. Can we change
this? Is it possible to see ourselves and nature from another point of view? What would charac-
terize a world in which can live a comfortable life, but also preserve the natural environment and
sustain the Earth system? By a ‘comfortable life’, I mean a life that will not be looked back on
with regret. What kind of ecological intelligence is needed to handle environmental problems,
deal with climate change and maintain a habitable world?
