Le rapport Meadows

L'expédition "Deep Climate" est de retour de Laponie. Les 20 volontaires, encadrés par l'explorateur Christian Clot, ont passé plusieurs semaines dans le grand Nord, dans un but scientifique : étudier leurs réactions et celles de leurs corps face aux températures extrêmes.

Et s’il était désormais impossible d’empêcher un emballement climatique et donc d’éviter un effondrement sociétal ? C’est le constat du mouvement d’origine anglaise Deep Adaptation (Adaptation Radicale), qui arrive maintenant en France. Ce jeune mouvement est né après la publication d’un article de Jem Bendell, professeur d’université sur le développement durable à l’université de Cumbria (Grande-Bretagne).

In 2018, a climate paper by Jem Bendell went viral, being downloaded over a million times. It helped to launch a worldwide movement of people seeking to reduce harm in the face of societal disruption and collapse. In this interview for Facing Future TV, Jem explains the concept of Deep Adaptation, how he developed the idea, what it means in practice, what he says to critics, and what his new book on the topic is about.

Deep adaptation’ refers to the personal and collective changes that might help us to prepare for – and live with – a climate-influenced breakdown or collapse of our societies. It is a framework for responding to the terrifying realization of increasing disruption by committing ourselves to reducing suffering while saving more of society and the natural world. This is the first book to show how professionals across different sectors are beginning to incorporate the acceptance of likely or unfolding societal breakdown into their work and lives.