ABSTRACT
Climate change could precipitate 'super-disasters', or a 'new scale of catastrophe'. This chapter discusses the probability of the most negative development possible for mankind that is the risk of a global environmental-energy disaster. It focuses on the danger of a global environment disaster combined with gradual exhaustion of the petrol resources of the world. Searching for the optimal amount of precaution, one would argue in favour of strong resilience and against excessive precaution. A reformulation of the M. King Hubbert message for the 21st century is to be found in the Uppsala declaration. The chapter argues that the energy-environment conundrum is the Achilles' heel of the present civilization, not overpopulation. There are three 'pillars' of sustainable development, namely: economic, social and environmental where sustainable development will depend on how the condition of the natural environment interacts with the economic and social systems of the globe. Global health coordination used to focus on illnesses such as malaria, typhus, leprosy, and tuberculosis.
