From Global Doom to Sustainable Solutions: International News Magazines’ Multimodal Framing of our Future with Climate Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Lars Guenther ◽  
Michael Brüggemann ◽  
Shorouk Elkobros
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International News ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
News Magazines

scholarly journals Materials for the 21st century

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Jessica Wade ◽  
Sebastian Wood
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Consumer Demand ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Sustainable Solutions

The combined challenges of growing populations, climate change and increasing scarcity of raw materials is driving innovation in materials and design. The motivation to innovate comes from the economic impact of not doing so, as well as consumer demand, with mature customers actively seeking out more environmentally sustainable solutions.

Climate Change Communication in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sei-Hill Kim ◽  
Myung-Hyun Kang ◽  
Jeong-Heon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
News Media ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
International News ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
International Events

Climate change is a significant issue in South Korea, and the news media are particularly important because they can play a central role in communicating information about climate change, a complex phenomenon on which the public in general lacks expert knowledge. The amount of climate change coverage increased in South Korean newspapers until 2009 and started to decline thereafter. The increase seems to have been driven primarily by international news and domestic politics. Until 2007, the increase in news coverage—as well as its short-term peaks—coincided with major international events, such as the releases of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. After 2007, the amount was affected not only by international events but also by domestic politics, such as the Lee administration’s “Low Carbon, Green Growth” policy, which became an important part of the national agenda. In terms of the nature of news coverage, newspapers represented the perspectives of climate change believers for the most part, while it was relatively hard to find skeptics’ arguments. News stories relied heavily on such authoritative international figures as the IPCC for information, which often led to conclusions that climate change is real and that human activities are primarily responsible. There are also political reasons for this point of view. President Lee, and his successor, President Park, maintained strong and ambitious environmental policies. As an important part of the president’s agenda, these policies might have affected the nature of news coverage, setting the tone of news articles in favor of strong environmental regulations. Lack of scientific expertise among news writers seems to affect the nature of news coverage as well. The lack of expert knowledge has often resulted in heavy reliance on press releases, newsworthy events, and scandals, instead of providing in-depth analyses of scientific backgrounds in climate change reporting. Another consequence was a heavy reliance on international news. The largest number of climate change articles was found as part of international news, while such articles rarely appeared in the science sections.

scholarly journals Global Leadership to Transform the World

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoko Seki ◽  
Katherine Holt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
The World ◽  
Competency Models ◽  
National Boundaries

Global leadership is sorely needed to transform the world, given trends such as climate change, water scarcity, and social unrest. We need leaders with multicultural sensitivity who will face paradoxes head on, invite new voices into the dialogue, and collaborate across sector and national boundaries to find more sustainable solutions. This response addresses 3 areas that garnered the most commentaries: competency models, paradoxes, and developing global leaders. We point out several neglected perspectives, including “being” and “individual uniqueness,” along with the absence of non-Western voices in the commentary dialogue. We challenge readers to raise their consciousness and shift from enabling status quo leadership to becoming change agents.

scholarly journals Wooden Facade Renovation and Additional Floor Construction for Suburban Development in Finland

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markku Karjalainen ◽  
Hüseyin Emre Ilgın ◽  
Lauri Metsäranta ◽  
Markku Norvasuo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Empirical Approach ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Zero Energy Building ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Sustainable Materials ◽  
Sound Engineering ◽  
Suburban Development

Finnish urban settlements are in the age of restoration, and the suburbs need improvements in Finland. In this sense, wooden facade renovation and additional floor construction are viable and sustainable solutions for this development in the Finnish context. This chapter focuses on these important applications from the Finnish residents’ perspective as ecologically sound engineering solutions through a survey. In doing so, the challenges of facade renovation, as well as the benefits of additional floor construction, were presented. The main purpose of the survey was to get the opinions of the residents, find out which variables are important, make inferences for the planning and improvement of such areas, and determine what will be emphasized in the sustainable suburban development of the future. Therefore, the results were based on this empirical approach—survey—but further research such as energy analysis, wood-based facade renovation, and additional floor solutions will be done as part of other studies. It is believed that this study will contribute to the use of sustainable materials and decarbonization of buildings as well as zero energy building (nZEB) to overcome the challenges posed by climate change by the diffusion of wood in the renovation of buildings.

scholarly journals Water Sensitive Cities: An Integrated Approach to Enhance Urban Flood Resilience in Parma (Northern Italy)

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Arianna Dada ◽  
Christian Urich ◽  
Francesca Berteni ◽  
Michèle Pezzagno ◽  
Patrizia Piro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Urban Flooding ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Sustainable Solutions

Climate change is globally causing more intense meteorological phenomena. Our cities experience increased rainfall intensity, more intense heat waves, and prolonged droughts providing economic, social, health and environmental challenges. Combined with population growth and rapid urbanization, the increasing impact of climate change will make our cities more and more vulnerable, especially to urban flooding. In order to adapt our urban water systems to these challenges, the adoption of newly emerging water management strategies is required. The complexity and scale of this challenge calls for the integration of knowledge from different disciplines and collaborative approaches. The water sensitive cities principles provide guidance for developing new techniques, strategies, policies, and tools to improve the livability, sustainability, and resilience of cities. In this study, the DAnCE4Water modeling approach promoting the development of water sensitive cities was applied to Parma, an Italian town that has faced serious water issues in the last few years. The city, indeed, had to face the consequences of flooding several times, caused by the inadequacy of both the network of open channels and the sewerage network due to the urban expansion and climate change of the last 30 years. Through the model, the efficiency of decentralized technologies, such as green roofs and porous pavement, and their integration with the existing centralized combined sewer system was assessed under a range of urban development scenarios. The obtained results show that the adoption of an integrated approach, including soft engineering hydraulic strategies, consisting in the use of natural and sustainable solutions, can increase resilience to urban flooding. Further, the study shows that there is a critical need for strategic investment in solutions that will deliver long-term sustainable outcomes.

scholarly journals The Contribution of NBS to Urban Resilience in Stormwater Management and Control: A Framework with Stakeholder Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Beceiro ◽  
Rita Salgado Brito ◽  
Ana Galvão
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Performance Assessment System ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Control

Urban waters represent a crucial component for the enhancement of urban resilience due to their importance in cities. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have emerged as sustainable solutions to contribute to urban resilience in order to meet the challenges of climate change. In order to promote the use of NBS for increasing urban resilience, tools that demonstrate the value of this type of solutions over the long-term are required. A performance assessment system provides an adequate basis for demonstrating this value, as well as for diagnosing the current city situation, selecting and monitoring the implementation of solutions. Regarding NBS management, some assessment approaches have been published, focusing on assessing the effectiveness of NBS in the face of climate change and supporting their design and impact assessment. Nevertheless, an integrated approach to assess the NBS contribution for urban resilience has not been published. This paper presents a comprehensive resilience assessment framework (RAF) to evaluate the NBS contribution for urban resilience, focused on solutions for stormwater management and control. Furthermore, details on stakeholders’ validation, with focus on the metrics’ relevance and applicability to cities, is also presented.

Using Creativity and Social Innovation to Create Social Value and Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 975-990
Author(s):  
Ziska Fields
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Social challenges are numerous, complex, urgent and multidisciplinary in nature. The old ways of looking for solutions to social problems like unemployment, climate change, an ageing population, poverty, supply of clean water, chronic disease and so on, do not offer sustainable solutions and global implementation. Societies can also no longer hold governments responsible to find solutions to all these social problems only. Social innovation is needed and seeks new answers to social problems by identifying and delivering new services that improve the quality of life of individuals and communities. The main aim of this chapter is to create awareness of social innovation as an emerging field. This chapter explain what social creativity and innovation are and explains the creative and innovative processes. Barriers and support for social innovation are also discussed.

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