The Earth of All Living Beings

Name: The Earth of All Living Beings
ISBN: 9787500172154

桑德琳·迪克森-德克勒夫 / Owen Gaffney / Jayati Ghosh / 乔根·兰德斯China Translation & Publishing House · ChinaDec 2023

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Word count: 126K words
Chapters: 66
ISBN: 9787500172154

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Summary

The prevailing mainstream economic model is undermining social stability and causing imbalanced development on this planet. Change is urgently needed! To promote effective transformation, the global think tank the Club of Rome, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and BI Norwegian Business School jointly launched the "Earth for All" initiative. This initiative builds on the 1972 Limits to Growth and the "planetary boundaries" framework, and is a vibrant, growing network of leading economists, scientists, thinkers, policy leaders, activists, and many others. The initiative focuses on rethinking capitalism, moving beyond GDP, and creating a safe, secure, and prosperous future in the Anthropocene.

Editor's review

Earth for All is not a collection of environmental clichés; it is a heavyweight report newly released by the Club of Rome, led by French economist Sandrine Dixson-Declève. In an era of increasingly complex and contentious environmental issues, this book stands out for its grand vision and profound systemic thinking. It does not stop at urging carbon emission reductions but strikes at the core: a fundamental contradiction between our current global socioeconomic system and the Earth's limited ecological carrying capacity. In the editor's view, the book's greatest value lies in its "two-track transformation" framework—advancing social equity and ecological sustainability simultaneously. It convincingly argues that without addressing growing inequality, any purely environmental policy will struggle to gain broad support and succeed. The book provides extensive rigorously modeled data and scenario analyses, offering pragmatic rather than utopian discussions of frontier concepts such as "degrowth," "circular economy," and "wellbeing economy." For readers concerned about humanity's future and seeking systemic understanding beyond fragmented information, this is a rare "intellectual map." It does not offer simple answers but guides readers to understand the complex interweaving of problems, thereby cultivating genuine "global citizenship."

Who it's for

A good fit for

Deep thinkers concerned with global sustainable development and climate change
Researchers and students interested in the intersections of economics, sociology, and environmental science
Policymakers and business leaders seeking to understand the intrinsic links between social inequality and ecological crises
Readers dissatisfied with shallow environmental slogans who desire a systemic analytical framework

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking quick, simple action guides or feel-good reassurance
Readers impatient with data, models, and theoretical frameworks who prefer purely narrative works

Reading tips

While reading, consider the "four transformation scenarios" proposed in the book and reflect on which future path your country or region more closely resembles
Focus on Part II, "The Great Transformation," which distills the book's core policy recommendations and transformation approaches
Read alongside Limits to Growth (the Club of Rome's 1972 report) to understand the evolution and deepening of human understanding over fifty years

About the publisher

China Translation & Publishing House China · Founded in 1973

China Translation & Publishing House specializes in Chinese and foreign language learning and cultural exchange, publishing in such areas as foreign literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, folk literature, examinations, and finance. Its catalog shows a sustained commitment to bilingual Chinese-English editions, including Shakespeare's Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth in English-Chinese editions, alongside Nineteen Eighty-Four, Jane Eyre, The Call of the Wild, Selected Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, and Shen Fu's Six Records of a Floating Life. Its authors and translators include Shakespeare, Zhu Shenghao, Charlotte Brontë, Jack London, and Shen Fu. As public information is limited, its full product lines and recent publishing plans are not detailed here; this profile reflects only the bilingual literature and language-learning focus evident in its available titles.

版权信息
推荐语
推荐序1 从《增长的极限》到《众生的地球》
推荐序2 人类的觉醒：从《增长的极限》到《众生的地球》
译序行动的力量：未来、碳平等与非凡的变革
原版序1
原版序2
1 众生的地球——在一个健康的星球上实现全球公平的五个非凡变革
从两个迈向2050年的场景中得到的启示
未来场景简史
从《增长的极限》到“行星边界”说
“众生的地球”倡议
人民支持经济系统的变革
2 探索两个场景——是“碎步迟行式”，还是“阔步快进式”
1980年至2020年简要回顾
场景一：“碎步迟行式”场景
场景二：“阔步快进式”场景
我们共同创造哪个场景
3 向贫困诀别
当前问题是什么
扭转贫困：应对挑战
实施解决方案所面临的障碍
结论：贫困的转变
4 不平等变革——分享红利
经济不平等的问题
迈向更平等社会的巨大飞跃
克服障碍，走向平等
结论
5 赋权变革——实现性别平等
人口问题
扭转局面：教育、收入和养老金
教育转型
经济独立和领导能力
有保障的养老金和有尊严的老龄化
结论
6 粮食变革——使粮食系统对人类和地球更健康
消耗地球的生物圈
障碍
结论
7 能源变革——让一切电气化
挑战
“不要抬头看”
Earth4All模型分析中的能源变革
障碍
结论
8 从“赢家通吃”的资本主义到Earth4All经济体
一个新的经济操作系统
收租资本主义的兴起
重新思考人类世的共同财富
传统的经济棋盘
改绘棋盘
短期主义：通向寄生金融系统
实现系统改变
如何解决系统故障
结论
9 行动号召
未来比我们想象的更近
团结八方之音
附录关于Earth4All模型
模型的用途
模型的历史
主要组成模块
模型因果循环图
模型的创新点
Earth4All游戏
本书贡献者

FAQ

How does this book differ from common environmental books?

The biggest difference is its systemic approach. Written by a team of top scientists and economists as the Club of Rome's latest authoritative report, it emphasizes holistic socioeconomic model transformation rather than scattered environmental suggestions. It places social equity and ecological sustainability at equally central positions, arguing that the two are inseparable.

Are the book's views too pessimistic or idealistic?

The book strives for balance between warning and hope. It reveals the severe risks of current paths based on scientific models (realistic rather than pessimistic), while detailing multiple feasible transformation pathways, emphasizing the possibility of change and human agency, avoiding both doom-mongering and utopian fantasy.

Is the book difficult for non-specialist readers?

The writing strives for clarity, with core arguments supported by numerous charts and case studies. Although some economic and scientific concepts are involved, the author team provides accessible explanations. Readers are advised to read sequentially, first grasping the overall framework, then delving into details. It requires some concentration but is not a highly specialized academic monograph.

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About the author

桑德琳·迪克森-德克勒夫 Author

Sandrine Dixon-Decleve is an author about whom very little public information is available; the details currently accessible center mainly on her representative work, Earth for All. The book is classified under finance and economics, and its title carries a clear ecological and holistic perspective, suggesting that the author focuses on the connections between the economy, society, and the natural environment rather than on narrowly defined financial techniques or market operations. Because her nationality, life history, and chronology of works are not reliably documented, it is difficult to outline her personal experience or academic background, or to determine whether her writing belongs to a particular school of thought or has been shaped by specific intellectual influences. On the available evidence, her writing tends to approach macro-level issues, placing economic phenomena within the broader framework of the planet's ecology and shared human life, which gives it some appeal for readers concerned with sustainable development and public issues. Given the limited material, readers should treat this book as an entry point for understanding her views rather than as a definitive picture of the author.

Owen Gaffney Author

Owen Gaffney is a writer and communicator active in the field of sustainable development. Publicly available information about him is limited, and details such as his nationality and dates of birth and death have not been confirmed in our records. According to existing sources, he has long focused on planetary boundaries and global systemic risks, and is skilled at translating complex scientific findings into narratives accessible to the general public, emphasizing the links between ecological limits and socio-economic stability. His representative work, Earth for All, written jointly with other authors, discusses how humanity can balance ecological security with public well-being in the coming decades, and has drawn attention in the crossover category of finance and environment. Based on the available material, his writing tends to examine development issues from a systemic perspective, with clear and readable language, seeking to bring sustainability topics into broader public discussion and to exert a certain influence among relevant readers.

Jayati Ghosh Author · Indian · 1955

Jayati Ghosh is an Indian development economist born in 1955 and a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her main research areas are globalization and development economics, with a focus on how globalization affects the economic structures and social equity of developing countries and how development policy responds to these changes. Our catalog includes her book Earth for All, classified under finance and economics, which discusses global development issues from an economic perspective. Public information about her personal career, academic awards, and social positions is limited, so this introduction does not go into detail. Based on the work available, she writes for both general readers and specialists concerned with economic globalization and development, bringing development economics into public discussion and offering a reference for understanding the contemporary global economy.

乔根·兰德斯 Author

Jorgen Randers is an author known for exploring the relationship between resources, the environment, and human social development, and his works are classified under finance and economics in Chinese publishing. Public information about him is limited, with details such as nationality and dates of birth and death still unclear. Yet the two works included in the catalog—Earth for All and The Limits to Growth—make his central concerns evident: the tension between economic growth and the Earth's carrying capacity. His writing often brings macro-level ecological constraints into public discussion, presenting the challenges that limited resources pose to development models in an accessible yet rigorous way. Such themes offer inspiration to readers interested in sustainable development and long-term trends, and have earned his books sustained attention at the intersection of finance, economics, and the environment.