Editing James Lovelock (section)

==== Sustainable retreat ====
{{See also|Climate change adaptation}}
Sustainable retreat is a concept developed by Lovelock to define the necessary changes to human settlement and dwelling at the global scale to adapt to global warming and prevent its expected negative consequences on humans.{{sfn|Lovelock|2006}}{{page needed|date=July 2022}}

Lovelock thought the time was past for sustainable development and that we had come to a time when development is no longer [[sustainable]]. Therefore, we needed to retreat. Lovelock stated the following to explain the concept:<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Goodell |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Goodell |name-list-style=vanc |date=1 November 2007 |title=James Lovelock, the Prophet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/james-lovelock-the-prophet-192646/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825222938/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/james-lovelock-the-prophet-192646/ |archive-date=25 August 2019 |access-date=25 August 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>{{blockquote|Retreat, in his view, means it's time to start talking about changing where we live and how we get our food; about making plans for the migration of millions of people from low-lying regions like Bangladesh into Europe; about admitting that New Orleans is a goner and moving the people to cities better positioned for the future. Most of all, he says, it's about everybody "absolutely doing their utmost to sustain civilization, so that it doesn't degenerate into Dark Ages, with warlords running things, which is a real danger. We could lose everything that way."}}

The concept of sustainable retreat emphasises a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs with lower levels or less environmentally harmful types of resources.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=John |name-list-style=vanc |date=27 January 2006 |title=The Revenge of Gaia, by James Lovelock |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-revenge-of-gaia-by-james-lovelock-6110631.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727224852/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-revenge-of-gaia-by-james-lovelock-6110631.html |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=30 July 2022 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>