The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.

She also posthumously received the John H. Donella was a long-term member of the US Association for the Club of Rome which has instituted an award in her memory "The US Association for the Club of Rome Donella Meadows Award in Sustainable Global Actions". Sustainability Institute and Donella Meadows Institute
Donella Meadows was the founder of the Sustainability Institute combining research in global systems with practical demonstrations of sustainable living including the development of a cohousing or ecovillage and organic farm at Cobb Hill in Hartland Vermont in the United States.

She is best known as lead author of the influential book The Limits to Growth which made headlines around the world. Donella H.