J.R. McNeill proposes that the unprecedented environmental changes of the 20th century came principally from unprecedented population and economic growth: many more people, with new technologies, found that they could alter the Earth they live on in a way their ancestors never did. According to McNeill, political and social adjustments made to adapt to this growth often exacerbated environmental destruction, or resulted in it being worse in some regions, and to certain classes of people, than to others.
A question for readers to consider: will environmental change in the 21st be any different than in the 20th century? Will there be different reasons, unknown to the 20th century, for it?
MA
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Since it is being expected that the world's population will grow further and land to live on will decrease due to rising sea levels, one can only hope that the thinking of the people and politics will change.
The world needs serious protection and it is important to act now. Instead of just blindly consuming more with no respect for nature, we need to learn to consume responsibly and use the technologies of the 20th & 21st century to protect the environment.
VZ
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