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A graphic summarizing the main argument of the review. The historical context of imperialism, population growth, and an extractive relationship with nature has led to a series of modern outcomes that put our planet at risk: disease, climate change, biodiversity loss, socio-economic inequality, and pollution. These risk the stability of human communities. Humanity may achieve a just and sustainable future through global investment in rapid decarbonization; correcting market distortions favoring fossil fuels; avoiding “net zero” as an excuse to continue GHG emissions; proper monitoring and validation of carbon offsets; revising the basis for decision-making under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; decoupling economic activity from net resource depletion; shifting to Earth-centered governance; employing sustainable/regenerative practices in all areas of natural resource economics; eliminating environmentally harmful subsidies; restricting trade that promotes pollution and unsustainable consumption; accelerating human development in all Sustainable Development Goals sectors; promoting reproductive healthcare, education, and equity for girls and women, and for low- and middle-income nations; relieving debt; providing low-cost loans; financing loss and damage; funding clean energy; arresting the dangerous loss of biodiversity; and restoring natural ecosystems.
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