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According to the United Nations Millennium Project, unsustainable growth may be the greatest threat to the future of humanity since the danger of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War.
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Heddier, D., Materek, A. (2015). How Can Sustainable Development Be Achieved for All While Addressing Global Climate Change?. In: Grand Societal Challenges in Information Systems Research and Education. SpringerBriefs in Information Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15027-7_1
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