published 2024 ISBN 9798339673859 paperback, c.300 pages 20 x 13 x 1.6 cm £12 from Amazon     CONTENTS Abbreviations Introduction (8 pp) Biosphere Crisis (18 pp) Too Many People (19 pp) Consequences of Overpopulation (21 pp) Rationality (22 pp) Ethics (32 pp) Society & Governance (29pp) Solutions – Principles (28 pp) Solutions – Economics (16pp) Solutions – Society & Governance (34 pp) Learning from China (17 pp) T H Huxley et al. (15 pp) Conclusion (4 pp) Glossary (5 pp) References (16 pp) Index   The ‘derp’ taboos relate to Democracy, Economic growth, Religion, Population

This is a revised edition of Biosphere Crisis: six conditions for solving it. The design on the back cover is based on two graphs in the book, showing that growth in  both atmospheric CO2 & global population is continuing with no apparent slowing, regardless of the 27 COP meetings on climate, and the absence of UN meetings on population since 1994. So, do these meetings make any difference?   The biosphere crisis comprises famine, wars, mass migrations, loss of soils & biodiversity, and many other problems caused by climate change and sea-level rise, themselves the results of over-population & excessive per capita resource use. ‘Biosphere crisis’ as a term has been used in my books since 2010 (DorS), and it refers to a complex system (the biosphere) in serious crisis: climate change is only one part of it. BC aims to put that right by briefly explaining ‘system’ & ‘biosphere’, and then suggesting how the crisis might be solved before irreversible decline of civilization & human welfare sets in for good (if that is not already happening).    If we do not act more intelligently, democracy will succumb to competition from China – and perhaps China will make a better job of solving the crisis and so preventing unimaginable future suffering.   In this multidisciplinary analysis of the crisis, based on the systems paradigm, the various contributing factors are identified and suggestions offered for mitigating them in a coordinated approach. Two ethical principles are recommended for universal adoption, together with proposals for improvements in education, representative governance, and other areas.   The chapter on Huxley betrays the origin of this book: it was originally intended to be a study of Huxley and his contemporaries (Mill, Tyndall, &c), with lessons from which we can learn today.    The book has been self-published through KDP-Amazon to avoid the perceived self-censorship exercised by most commercial publishers, which are assumed to be constrained by the ‘derp’ taboos (which are ignored in BC). However, a commercial publisher is sought for a re-issue, in 2026, to celebrate Vernadsky’s important 1926 book Biosfera.    With BC as a foundation, it would be encouraging to see the development of a ‘biological school of political science’, which recognizes that Homo sapiens is one animal species, much like any other, and that there is no easy escape from basic biological facts such as Vernadsky’s ‘life pressure’, with population expanding until resources are exhausted, at which point migration, conflict &/or mass mortality are to be expected (and already occurring). Collectively we seem to be incapable of understanding the problem and regulating our lives to avoid the inevitable biological consequences in the absence of competent & ethical governance.