One planet living

The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report^[1] on the computer simulation of exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources.^[2] Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation^[3] and commissioned by the Club of Rome, the findings of the study were first presented at international gatherings in Moscow and Rio de Janeiro in the summer of 1971.^[1]:186 The report's authors are Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III, representing a team of 17 researchers.^[1]:8

Since its publication, some 30 million copies of the book in 30 languages have been purchased.^[4] It continues to generate debate and has been the subject of several subsequent publications.^[5] Recently, The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update was published in 2004,^[6] and in 2012, a 40-year forecast from Jørgen Randers, one of the book's original authors, was published as 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years.^[7]