Great Transition Initiative
Further development of the Great Transition scenarios, offering visions and pathways to a hopeful future, is carried on by the Great Transition Initiative (GTI). The GTI is an international effort to advance a great transition to a future of enriched lives, human solidarity and a healthy planet. The GTI elaborates alternative scenarios and disseminates these visions to the general public.
A key insight of this work is that scientific and technological improvements are not sufficient to create a just and sustainable world. Rather, science and technology must be integrally linked with cultural transformation and new values. In this sense, the emerging science of the coupled human-environment system must understand human values as a key feature of the system.
By sharing these visions with citizens, the Great Transition Initiative attempts to respond to widespread apprehension about the future and inspire action towards a transition. The GTI Paper Series brings this analysis to issues such as climate change, international security, trade, technology, feminism, global governance, transforming corporations, human well-being, and ecosystems.
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