Standing up for a sustainable world : voices of change / edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockstrom, Nicholas Stern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henry, Claude, editor.

Rockström, Johan, editor.

Stern, Nicholas, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Environmental economics.

Environmental degradation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"The world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life expectancy and population since the end of WWII, but it has occurred at the expense of undermining life support systems on Earth and subjecting future generations to the real risk of destabilising the planet. This timely book exposes and explores this colossal environmental cost and the dangerous position the world is now in. Standing up for a Sustainable World is written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them. Combining the voices of leading academics as well as climate change and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors, the book highlights the urgent action that needs to be taken to foster sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the face of powerful systemic forces. Chapters look ahead to a better path for human wellbeing, security and dignity, offering insight to ways this can be created. The book as a whole shares the visions and hopes of those fighting in a myriad of ways to make a sustainable world, attempting to tip the balance away from the crushing loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels and increasing global mean temperature, whilst increasing living standards across all dimensions, particularly for the poorest people. An imperative read for those concerned about the future of our planet, this book showcases not only why urgent action is now imperative, but also what changes are necessary for a sustainable, resilient and equitable world. It offers crucial insights for those interested in the dynamics of political action, in how change occurs, and in effective communication. Environmental economics, as well as environmental studies and human geography students and scholars more broadly will find this an invigorating read"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface: A collective book project - the last chance? Voluntary actors in an ecological and economic transition

Part I: Introduction

Section 1. Scientific backgrounds

1. Science, society and a sustainable future / Johan Rockström and Nicholas Stern

2. Conservation psychology and climate change / Susan Clayton

3. Capitalism and the curse of external effects / Claude Henry

Section 2. Setting the scene

4. Costa Rica as pioneer of a green social contract / Monica Araya

5. The carbon tax in Sweden / Thomas Sterner

6. Lessons from the Obama White House: how climate policy really gets done / Alice C. Hill

7. Climate policy in China: an overview / Ye Qi, Xiaofan Zhao and Nicholas Stern

8. The Paris Agreement on climate change: What legacy? / Laurence Tubiana and Emmanuel Guerin

Part II: Defenders

9. Introduction to Part II / Jonathan Watts

10. To protect the Amazon, defend the people of the forest / Maria do Socorro Costa Silva

11. Of chainsaws and grace: Direct action by eco-vigilantes in the Philippines / Bobby Chan

12. Social justice goes hand in hand with environmental campaigns - and not just in Africa / Phyllis Omido

13. Living our values: Using art and technology to campaign for nature in Turkey / Birhan Erkutlu and Tuba Günal

Part III: Litigants

14. Introduction to Part III / Marie Toussaint and Claude Henry

15. The Urgenda case in the Netherlands: creating a revolution through the courts / Marjan Minnesma

16. Juliana v. United States and the global youth-led legal campaign for a safe climate / Patti Moore, Danny Noonan and Erik Woodward

17. How policymakers imperil coming generations' future and what to do about it / Ridhima Pandey

18. Protecting the rights of future generations through climate litigation: lessons from the struggle against deforestation in the Colombian Amazon / Camila Bustos, Valentina Rozo-Ángel and Gabriela Eslava-Bejarano

19. People's climate case - families and youth take the EU to court over its failure to address the climate crisis / E. Deville, L. Dubois Gökahin

20. Climate change claim on behalf of New Zealand's indigenous Maori peoples / Michael Sharp, Nicole Smith and Tania Te Whenua

21 France: L'affaire du siècle : the story of a mass mobilization for climate / Marie Toussaint

Part IV: Coming generations on the front line

22. Introduction to Part IV / Claude Henry

23. Fridays for Future - FFF Europe and beyond / Anuna De Wever, Luisa Neubauer and Katrien van der Heyden

24. The Fridays for Future movement in Uganda and Nigeria / Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Sadrach Nirere and Adenike Titilope Oladosu

25. The origins of school strike 4 climate NZ / Sophie Handford and Raven Maeder

26. 350.org 231 / William "Bill" McKibben

27. How to become an engineer in the ecological crisis? / Antoine Bizien, Elsa Deville and Lucas Dubois

28. Ecological aspirations of youth: How higher education could fall between two stools / Alessia Lefébure

Part V: Entrepreneurs

29. Introduction to Part V / Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor

30. Catching mighty north sea winds / Claude Henry

31. Providing electricity from rice husk in rural India / Claude Henry

32. Heat pumps for decarbonizing buildings / Dominique Bureau

33. The rise of supercapacitors: Making electric vehicles as convenient as ordinary ones / Claude Henry

34. From scooter to boat: innovations in electric transport in cities of Southeast Asia / Pippo Ranci

35. The third attempt at the electric car might be the successful one / Geoffrey Heal

36. Solar cookstoves for adaptation to degrading natural conditions / Claude Henry

37. Carbon capture from ambient air: a brake on climate change? / Claude Henry

38. Ecological engineering in coastal protection / Claude Henry

39. Better to corrupt plastics than the environment / Pippo Ranci

40. Drip irrigation: Daniel Hillel's legacy / Claude Henry

41. Making the case for agroecological innovation: the need for technical but also political entrepreneurs / Sébastien Treyer

42. Radical transformation in global supply chains: can new business models be based on biodiversity in the agrifood industry? / Sébastien Treyer

43. Ethan Brown - the protein revolutionary / Geoffrey Heal

44. How to make a sustainable living in a tropical forest: the case of Suruí Indians in the Amazon Rainforest - success under threat / Claude Henry

45. Migrants to repopulate depopulated villages - Riace in Calabria, Italy and its mayor Mimmo Lucano / Pippo Ranci

46. How Loos-en-gohelle, a derelict mining town in the north of France, has become a standard in sustainable development / Michel Berry

Part VI: Investors

47. Introduction to Part VI / Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor

48. Unleashing the power of financial markets for the green transition / Jeremy Oppenheim and Catharina Dyvik

49. The case for fossil fuel divestment / Stephen B. Heintz

50. How can finance be used to combat climate change? / Alain Grandjean

51. China's pioneering green finance / Ma Jun

Part VII: Communicators

52. Introduction to Part VII / Johan Rockström

53. Communicating climate change science to diverse audiences / Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

54. Global marine fisheries: avoiding further collapses / Philippe Cury and Daniel Pauly

55. Why are we so much more afraid of Covid-19 than of climate change? Early lessons from a health crisis for the communication of climate change / François Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux

56. Communicating the climate emergency: Imagination, emotion, action / Genevieve Guenther

57. Climate change: From research to communication / Jean Jouzel

58. Communicating biodiversity loss and its link to economics / Georgina M. Mace

59. Helping trusted messengers find their voice on climate change / Edward Maibach

60. From climate scientist to climate communicator: a process of evolution / Michael E. Mann

61. Communicating science beyond the ivory tower / David R. Montgomery

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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