An Ecological Crises: The old is dying and the new cannot be born.
1. Introduction The world is faced with two immediate and imminent threats. On the one hand the rising levels of inequality has emerged as a grave threat to social stability and sustainable development, while a warming planet and a changing climate not only presents the possibility where the “ planetary order upon which all societies are built starts breaking down ” (Malm, 2017) , as temperatures sour and stressed populations become increasingly anxious about their survival and their future, but also presents the possibility of increasing climate catastrophe`s which will continue to place the lives of millions at risk. According to some reports, we are speeding towards a four to five degree global temperature rise in the next few decades, “ a prospect which could annihilate large sections of the world’s population, particularly those most vulnerable in Africa ” (Hallowes, 2012) . As Vishwas Satgar notes, despite numerous warnings – scie...