The Anthropocene and the Future of Diplomacy:

Abstract

The Anthropocene controversy has triggered four discussions: i) whether there are geological indicators or not to identify it; ii) when it started; iii) if we better define it as capitalocene, technocene, plantacionocene or chthulucene; and iv) if it is a scientific or political discussion for the ``popular culture{''}. Beyond the original competence attributed to geology, the debate has interested the social sciences and humanities, since they are undoubtedly involved. This article starts identifying one of the paradoxes of this controversy --to think less about Earth system long term evolution, than to identify current situations arisen in a recent past that trigger diverse future concerns-- to suggest changes of focus vis-a-vis the four discussions.