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Welcome to the Pathways to Low-Energy Society VCC. The mission of the Low Energy VCC is the development of pathways to a low-energy society with high socio-ecological benefits ensuring the welfare of the people and safeguarding the Earth's life-support system. To achieve this goal, the CoP in the Low Energy VCC is developing a comprehensive metrics for ratio of socio-ecological benefit to energy usage accounting for all energy used include the primary solar energy usage. The metrics will be used to assess current technologies, methodologies and the resulting socio-ecological benefits. Pathways will be assessed based on social, economic, technological, and methodological scenarios.

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[May. 22, 2026] DRG VCC opened: The "Disaster Risk Governance VCC" has been initialized and is open now.

[May. 21, 2026] NEXUS VCC opened: The "Food-Water-Energy Nexus VCC" has been initialized and is open now.

[May. 09, 2026] Doomsday Clock is Getting Closer to Midnight: In January, the Doomsday clock was set to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest setting since it was established in 1947 in response to the threat of nuclear war. Sophie McBain in her article “‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?” emphasizes that with the wars on Iran and on the Ukraine, the rapid and largely uncontrolled development of AI and the climate breakdown all together increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock now stands closer to midnight than ever before. She asks the question of whether we can buy ourselves more time.