(LTG) is a landmark 1972 report commissioned by the Club of Rome and authored by a team of MIT researchers led by Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III.

The report's primary conclusion was that if "business as usual" growth trends continued without significant change, the earth's carrying capacity would be exceeded, leading to a sudden and uncontrollable decline in population and industrial capacity sometime in the . The Limits to Growth - Club of Rome

Using the computer simulation model, the study analyzed the interactions between five major global factors: population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and non-renewable resource depletion. Key Findings and Scenarios