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"As the world has evolved over the past three decades, so has the annual State of the World report. This edition offers an even more systemic analysis than past ones, integrating finance into its snapshot of ecological and societal trends on Planet Earth. Everyone who cares about the overarching issues shaping our future should pay attention, as the warning lights on our dashboard are glowing."—Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute

"This well-written book makes a strong case for an urgent reduction in demands on resources such that Earth can remain a sustainable home for humanity...important observations are not accompanied by a 'wringing of hands' approach that is sometimes evident in environmental volumes, but instead a rational analysis of each sustainability threat is presented and a solution offered."—Quarterly Review of Biology

"The State of the World report has always been at the forefront of bringing new issues and new perspectives to wide public attention in the U.S. and abroad. Devastating findings about our world have been matched with exciting opportunities for action. For 30 years, there has been nothing quite like it, and now comes another major contribution in the series. The 2015 volume once again explores new territory, including, I am happy to see, an examination of whether GDP growth, as we now experience it in places like the United States, brings more costs than benefits. Overall, an extremely important contribution."—James Gustave Speth, Author, America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy

"Each year, we can count on State of the World for up-to-date research revealing critical issues of sustainability for our planet and its people. Get it if you want to understand emerging threats and new possibilities. Probably the best investment you will make in 2015!"—Mathis Wackernagel, President, Global Footprint Network

"State of the World lays out the essential knowledge of what is happening to the planet and the solutions we need to sustain civilization. A cutting-edge compass for a sustainable future: no leader should be without it."—Thomas E. Lovejoy, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University