Regional Development at Crossroad to Degrade the Environment: Regional Impact and Responses to Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues

The 2018 Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to two American economists - William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer - who designed methods for better assessing environmental issues and technological advances on growth. This year’s Laureates, Nordhaus was the first person to create an intergrated model to assess interactions between society and nature and Romer laid the foundation for what is now called endogenous growth theory. According to the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, these two macroeconomists’ research have helped “significantly broaden the scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge” which integrates climate change measures into long-term sustainable economic growth. Keywords Nobel in economics, William D. Nordhaus, Paul M. Romer, climate change, endogenous growth theory, economic growth References [1] Y Vân (2018), “Lý lịch 'khủng' của hai nhà khoa học vừa giành giải Nobel Kinh tế 2018”, Vietnambiz, đăng tải ngày 08/10/2018, https://vietnambiz.vn/ly-lich-khung-cua-hai-nha-khoa-hoc-vua-gianh-giai-nobel-kinh-te-2018-95776.html[2] Jonas O. Bergman, Rich Miller (2018), “Nordhaus, Romer Win Nobel for Thinking on Climate, Innovation”, đăng tải ngày 8/10/2018, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-08/nordhaus-romer-win-2018-nobel-prize-in-economic-sciences [3] Antonin Pottier (2018), “Giải Nobel” William Nordhaus có thật sự nghiêm túc?”, Nguyễn Đôn Phước dịch, đăng tải ngày 11/10/2018, http://www.phantichkinhte123.com/2018/10/giai-nobel-william-nordhaus-co-that-su.html[4] Thăng Điệp (2018), “Giải Nobel kinh tế 2018 về tay hai người Mỹ”, đăng tải ngày 8/10/2018, http://vneconomy.vn/giai-nobel-kinh-te-2018-ve-tay-hai-nguoi-my-20181008185809239.htm[5] Lars P. Syll (2018), “Cuối cùng - Paul Romer cũng có được giải thưởng Nobel”, Huỳnh Thiện Quốc Việt dịch, đăng tải ngày 14/10/2018, http://www.phantichkinhte123.com/2018/10/cuoi-cung-paul-romer-cung-co-uoc-giai.html[6] Phương Võ (2018), “Nobel Kinh tế 2018: Chạm tới bài toán khó của thời đại”, đăng tải ngày 9/10/2018, https://nld.com.vn/thoi-su-quoc-te/nobel-kinh-te-2018-cham-toi-bai-toan-kho-cua-thoi-dai-20181008221734228.htm[7] Đông Phong (2018), “Nobel Kinh tế cho giải pháp phát triển bền vững và phúc lợi người dân”, đăng tải ngày 8/10/2018, https://news.zing.vn/nobel-kinh-te-cho-giai-phap-phat-trien-ben-vung-va-phuc-loi-nguoi-dan-post882860.html[8] Thanh Trúc (2018), “Giải Nobel kinh tế 2018: Thay đổi tư duy về biến đổi khí hậu”, https://tusach.thuvienkhoahoc.com/wiki/Gi%E1%BA%A3i_Nobel_kinh_t%E1%BA%BF_2018:_Thay_%C4%91%E1%BB%95i_t%C6%B0_duy_v%E1%BB%81_bi%E1%BA%BFn_%C4%91%E1%BB%95i_kh%C3%AD_h%E1%BA%ADu[9] Cẩm Anh (2018), “Nobel kinh tế 2018: Lời giải cho tăng trưởng kinh tế bền vững”, đăng tải ngày 11/10/2018, http://enternews.vn/nobel-kinh-te-2018-loi-giai-cho-tang-truong-kinh-te-ben-vung-137600.html.

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Energy Management, Sustainability, and Ethics: An Islamic Perspective

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v31i4.281 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 73-99

Author(s):

Mohammad Khalil Elahee

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Energy Management ◽

Energy Use ◽

Global Climate ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Environmental Ethic ◽

Radical Change ◽

Management Tools ◽

Islamic Perspective ◽

Environmental Objectives

The challenge of global climate change requires a radical change in our understanding of environmental issues, for its causes are linked to our dominant development model and its impact is significant at the grassroots level. Addressing energy production and consumption remains at the heart of any feasible solution. In this article, I define energy management (EM) as a systemic and systematic endeavor to optimize energy use through engineering and management tools in order to achieve political, economic, and environmental objectives. I also discuss what underpins EM’s ethical dimension, focusing on sustainability, and critically analyze the Islamic perspective to elaborate a value-based, universally acceptable, realistically applicable, and objective environmental ethic. By using EM as a vehicle toward sustainability, hence addressing climate change, I evaluate the outcomes of such a radical change in our understanding of environmental issues. I conclude by investigating whether a difference in vision with regard to faith and the hereafter can hinder a common engagement. Evidence is also sought from relevant specialist studies by non-Muslims, in which such Islamic principles as ordering the good and prohibiting the evil, ijmā‘, istiḥsān, istiṣḥāb, or istiṣlāḥhave been implemented to a given extent in all but name.

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Missing in Action: Experiences of women with climate journalism

10.21201/2021.7154 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zofeen Ebrahim

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Environmental Activism ◽

Female Journalists ◽

Climate Action ◽

The Media ◽

Gender Based ◽

Missing In Action ◽

Experiences Of Women

This booklet narrates the stories of five female journalists from Pakistan who are working on environment- and climate-change-related issues. Women are being disproportionately and adversely impacted by climate change and female journalists are uniquely placed to understand and share their stories. However, these journalists are ‘missing in action’ from the media in sharing their experiences of environmental activism and climate action. The publication covers a range of challenges journalists face, from limitations on mobility and harassment, to gender-based discrimination in media houses. It highlights why environmental issues sometimes make headlines while remaining dormant at others.

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Ecomedia: Of Angelic Images and Environmental Values

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x0812700111 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 127 (1) ◽

pp. 71-81

Author(s):

Kitty van Vuuren ◽

Libby Lester

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Vice President ◽

Central Position ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Race And Gender ◽

An Inconvenient Truth ◽

Traditional Research ◽

And Gender ◽

Influential Book

The prominence of media events in 2006, including the release of former US Vice President Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, even the death of ‘eco-celebrity’ Steve Irwin, suggested a need to devote an issue of Media International Australia to media and the environment. The study of environmentalism through the lens of media, journalism and communication is all but absent in Australia, with some notable exceptions. This issue of MIA goes some way towards redressing the absences identified by Tom Jagtenberg and David McKie in their influential book Eco-Impacts and the Greening of Postmodernity, published more than 10 years ago, which claimed for the environment an equal status with traditional research foci: class, race and gender. The current public interest in environmental issues emphasises this point, although it is not unprecedented. History shows that environmental issues move in waves to and from the heart of public debate. As well as showcasing some of the field's distinct approaches and traditions, the articles in this issue contribute to a better understanding of this current wave and its likely aftermath. In doing so, it goes some way towards moving the environment in the direction of a more central position on the research and public agenda.

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Readying Health Services for Climate Change: A Policy Framework for Regional Development

American Journal of Public Health ◽

10.2105/ajph.2010.202820 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 101 (5) ◽

pp. 804-813 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Erica Bell

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Health Services ◽

Regional Development ◽

Policy Framework

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Comparing climate change indices between a northern (arid) and a southern (humid) basin in Mexico during the last decades

Advances in Science and Research ◽

10.5194/asr-15-231-2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 231-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Martín José Montero-Martínez ◽

Julio Sergio Santana-Sepúlveda ◽

Naydú Isabel Pérez-Ortiz ◽

Óscar Pita-Díaz ◽

Salvador Castillo-Liñan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

River Basin ◽

Arid Region ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Previous Analysis ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

The Other ◽

The World ◽

Humid Area ◽

Different Parts

Abstract. It is a matter of current study to determine potential climate changes in different parts of the world, especially in regions like a basin which has the potential to affect socioeconomic and environmental issues in a defined area. This study provides a comparison between several climate change indices trends of two very different basins in Mexico, one located in the northern arid region (the Conchos River basin) and the other in the southern humid area (the Usumacinta River basin). First, quality control, homogenization, and completion of the missing data were applied before calculating the climate change indices and their respective trends for the combined period 1961–1994. A clear warming signal was found for the two basins in addition to an increment in the DTR, in agreement with other studies in Mexico. Also, the Conchos River basin was found to be more humid and the Usumacinta River basin drier, in accordance to a supposed seesaw behavior indicated in previous analysis.

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What Can Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Teach Us About Changing Our Approach to Human Activity and Environmental Stewardship in Order to Reduce the Severity of Climate Change?

International Indigenous Policy Journal ◽

10.18584/iipj.2018.9.3.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John G Hansen ◽

Rose Antsanen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Human Activity ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Environmental Stewardship ◽

Fundamental Assumption ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

Many Indigenous communities living on traditional lands have not contributed significantly to harmful climate change. Yet, they are the most likely to be impacted by climate change. This article discusses environmental stewardship in relation to Indigenous experiences and worldviews. Indigenous knowledge teaches us about environmental stewardship. It speaks of reducing the severity of climate change and of continued sustainable development. The methodology that directs this research is premised on the notion that the wisdom of the Elders holds much significance for addressing the harmful impacts of climate change in the present day. This article's fundamental assumption is that Indigenous knowledge offers practical and theoretical recommendations to current approaches to human activity and environmental issues. We share findings from interviews with Cree Elders who discussed their worldviews and knowledge systems. Findings revealed that Indigenous knowledge offers a philosophy and practice that serve to reduce the severity of climate change.

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Conservation of Plants and Trees in the Light of Prophetic Teachings

Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies ◽

10.36476/jirs.5:1.06.2020.16 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 65-84

Author(s):

Sumaira Nawaz ◽

Dr. Shah Moeen ud Din Hashmi

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Environmental Behaviors ◽

Environment Friendly ◽

Human Behaviors ◽

The World ◽

Ecological Problems

Article endeavors to analyze the prophetic guiding principles regarding human behaviors related to plants and trees being an important component of our environment. The discussion mainly deals with the key environmental issues emphasizing plantation and its significance for balancing the equilibrium of the environment. Additionally, it thrashes out that humans are urged to seedling the plantation even the world is to be ended in Islam. The present study is delimited to the present ecological crises faced by society and a great challenge to the globe. The current ecological problems i.e global warming and climate change are interpreted just to analyze the environmental behaviors in Hadith literature. However, a profundity descriptive study has been conducted in the most influential way to examine the prophetic rules for human behaviors related to trees and plants being environment friendly. Furthermore, the existing practices of humans related to such an environmental sphere also been aptly figure out to highlight all possible ways in the light of prophetic guidance to deal with prevailing environmental issues. Inconsistency between religious teachings and human behaviors need the keen interest of religious scholars and social scientists to carefully harmonize both for maintaining the ecological balance in nature.

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Review: Isabelle Stengers, In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism

Theory Culture & Society ◽

10.1177/0263276417736368 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (7-8) ◽

pp. 259-264

Author(s):

Nicholas Beuret

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Status Quo ◽

General State ◽

Cautionary Tale ◽

Current State ◽

The Status ◽

Isabelle Stengers ◽

Ecological Catastrophe

In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism (2015) offers a welcome intervention into the current state of global political impasse and ecological catastrophe. Less a cautionary tale or a series of political injunctions, In Catastrophic Times sets out a clear account of how the ‘cold panic’ induced by looming ecological crises such as climate change is actively produced by the managers of the status quo – those Stengers calls ‘Guardians’. Stengers claims it is the convergence of governance without legitimacy with enclosed knowledges and the cult of expertise that has produced a general state of panicked political impotence. Against this mode of governance, Stengers offers a series of tactical experiments, from paying attention as intervention to acts of scientific commoning, articulated through what she calls the GMO event, that seek to seize environmental issues and sociotechnical problems as political questions in order to resist the devolution of modernity into a global social apartheid state.

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