Abstract
While the impression of a global economic crisis has led to environmental problems somewhat withdrawing into the background, at their congress in Copenhagen scientists delivered an alarming message: the worst-case IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scenario trajectories are in fact being realised. As regards many key parameters the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived. Inaction is inexcusable (International Scientifi c Congress on Climate Change: Key Messages, 2009). But why then is it so diffi cult to agree on strategies to improve these problems. In any event, the two problems are interrelated since both economic crisis and pollution are the outcomes of similar factors.
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