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Buoyant Energy 2020
Design Team: Rames Najjar, Mihai Spanache, lurii Suchak, Atanas
Presentationvideo: Elisabeth Sellmeier
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Entering the Anthropocene, humanity as become the dominant driving force in shaping the planet’s biophysical processes and changing the Earth’s life support system.
Oceans produce over half of the world’s oxygen, take up and redistribute carbon dioxide and heat and provide vital ecosystem benefits for people through food, water supply, renewable energies, tourism and trade. However, anthropogenic pressure on the ocean is rising exponentially with increasing use of marine fish resources, plastic pollution, shipping and mineral extraction.
The climate crises threaten the livelihoods of 65 million peoples low lying coastal zones, coral reef health through ocean acidification and degrades sea food supply.
Humanity faces complex and interconnected societal challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality and poverty.
The question of our century is how we can meet human needs and safeguard human well-being while staying within the biophysical limits of our planet?
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