John Thackara has written a thought-provoking essay on World Changing addressing the global design challenges inherent in moving to a world with much lower carbon emissions. Starting with an epiphany about a concrete column in the Madrid airport, he expands his vision to how a world design consortium may be forming to counter global warming and climate change.

This is not a dull read- it is an example of how a macro POV is critical to understanding the eco-system of climate change and our response to it. When businesses begin to integrate, at a strategic level, enviromental issues into their planning we are at a tipping point. John details the signs that such an event may be occurring. Read it.