Lords and Lady Luddites

The august board of the "Planet under Pressure" desire a global governance so that the consumption of humanity may be reigned in to comply with their cherished second law of thermodynamics. (Mustn't have those beastly wogs freely procreating...Don't you know.)

The Planet under Pressure Board of Patrons includes:

Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Sir John Beddington, UK Government's Chief Scientific Advisor
Phil Bloomer, Director of Campaigns and Policy, Oxfam 
Keith Clarke CBE, Director of Sustainability, Atkins, UK
Rowan Douglas, Willis-RE, UK
Colin Drummond, Chairman LWEC Business Advisory Board & Chief Executive Viridor
Tim Flannery, Panasonic Professor of Environmental Sustainability at Macquarie University
Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist and Vice President, The Nature Conservancy
Bo Kjellen, Chair of the 1992 Earth Summit Preparatory Committee
Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith, Oxford University, UK
Thomas Lovejoy, Heinz Center, USA
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Pascal Mittermaier, Head of Sustainability EMEA, Lend Lease
Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India
Rudy Rabbinge, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Jan-Eric Sundgren, Senior Vice President Public and Environmental Affairs, AB Volvo
Lord Turner, Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, UK
Sir Robert Watson, Defra Chief Scientific Advisor, UK