Socio-ecological crisis, the challenge of the 21st century

Abstract

In this century, society faces the challenge of reversing socio-ecological crises. To move forward in overcoming this crisis, there is the path of denouncing their factors and risks and the announcement of overcoming in the construction of another society. In this sense, this text seeks to present the dimensions of these crises and their interconnections, as ecological and social crises are produced by the hegemonic socioeconomic model, in this case, this conjunction results in the Planet's exhaustion in supplying life, including human life. To overcome these crises, economic sciences use as a tool the complex dialogue of Earth sciences and their biogeochemical models and calculations, which allows understanding the magnitude of the impacts of the current hegemonic socioeconomic model. As socio-ecological crises are produced by decisions of a tiny oligarchic portion and at the same time enrich it, overcoming the crisis requires that in addition to understanding the dynamics of these crises and pointing out ways to break the dominance of this social layer and at the same time presenting concrete proposals of another logic of society. Taking on this challenge, the objective of this text is to help understand these crises.