First of all, while climate change has to be adapted to... it is natural and beyond the influence of humans to alter /// the issue of HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE is a fantasy that distracts us from environmental problems, such as the pressure of high human numbers on the environment, that we can remediate....see:

Global Warming Myth Debunked: Humans Have Minimal Impact on Atmosphere's Carbon Dioxide and Climate (westernjournal.com)

Second, capitalism, as we know it presently, insists on GROWTH, including population growth.... and endless growth in a closed system like the Earth is like cancer-- it will, at some point, do serious damage to the host (the carrying capacity of the Earth's environment).

IF capitalism could thrive in the context of a shrinking population that would reduce our pressure on the Earth's carrying capacity--- then perhaps capitalism could be sustainable.

Guilherme, You raise good points. I have postulated that our challenge relates to the asymmetrical relationship between proself versus prosocial value orientations among participating humans. I assert and describe this asymmetric phenomenon in my attempt to explore what we can do about this. I invite you to read my recent research proposal titled Capitalism and a Free Market Economy (attached). I welcome feedback. I appreciate the questions you are asking. Wait what I have written make some sense to you?

Capitalism is dependent on growth, thus it is not sustainable (Hickel 2020, Less is More, for reading about this). Also, for some researchers, development (as it is commonly understood, read Arturo Escobar or Arun Agrawal for example) is not sustainable, and "sustainable development" would be an oxymoron.

Hello, Peter Salonius

Thanks for the answer. I agree that the topic of climate change is the focus of discussions, leaving other topics forgotten. I also agree that a very large number of people, with growing needs fueled by capitalism, in a closed system like Earth, have limits. However, I disagree that climate change is a fantasy, as the body of scientific evidence about it is already quite considerable. Furthermore, as important or more than the number of inhabitants on the planet is the issue of inequality. A world with a few people consuming the equivalent of hundreds of others doesn't seem to me to be much better. In such a way that, even with 7 to 8 billion inhabitants, the way we divide what we have is relevant. Although with diverging points, in the end we agree that it is difficult to reconcile sustainable development under capitalism.

I did not say climate change is a fantasy... I said HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE is a fantasy...read:

Global Warming Myth Debunked: Humans Have Minimal Impact on Atmosphere's Carbon Dioxide and Climate (westernjournal.com)

Robert, thank you for referring me to Hickel 2020, Less is More. This book immediately makes sense to me, logically and intuitively. This places my own work into a more explicit context. 👍 Again, thank you for this tip, Robert.

Dear Norman Jentner, Robert Petitpas and Peter Salonius

Thank you for your contributions. Thank you for the suggested texts.

Dear Peter,

Sorry if I was wrong about part of your comment. But... I still disagree. There is consistent evidence, such as that available in IPCC reports since 1988, that demonstrate the participation of human actions in the global warming/climate change process. Not exactly as a cause of changes, but as an agent of intensification/acceleration of a natural process. Regardless, there are many other social and environmental problems that have not been solved by capitalism.