Health, sustainability, and climate change

2020 ◽  
pp. 382-392
Author(s):  
David Pencheon ◽  
Sonia Roschnik ◽  
Paul Cosford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
System P ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
People Skills ◽  
Cross System

This chapter will help you understand the importance of, and the relationships between, health, health and care systems, sustainable development, and climate change, and to do so locally and globally. The specific objectives of the chapter are to help you: make the case for action by understanding how science, law, policies, and values can be framed and translated into specific and system wide actions; translate what is known and what protects and creates health into policy and practice, and help address barriers to implementation and quality improvement in health and care systems; engage a wide range of stakeholders to ensure appropriate cross-system action involving a diverse group of people, skills, and influences across the health and care system.

Health, sustainability, and climate change

2013 ◽  
pp. 548-555
Author(s):  
David Pencheon ◽  
Sonia Roschnik ◽  
Paul Cosford
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Good For

This chapter will help you understand the relationships between health, health care, sustainability, climate change, and carbon reduction, locally and globally. The specific objectives of the chapter are to help you make the case for action by showing how health, health care, sustainable development, and climate change are linked positively such that what is good for mitigating climate change is also good for health and health care today, translate science into policy and practice and help move research and action about climate science into policy and practice, and engage a wide range of stakeholders and appreciate that, as in much public health practice, appropriate action comes from involving a diverse group of people through genuine engagement.

Collaboration project around United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with focus on climate change and human rights

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Bredberg ◽  
Anna Bergqvist
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Science ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Goals

<p>Climate change is one of the most important global issues affecting the entire population on the earth, particularly young people. Since climate change is already threating us all, it is of utmost importance to raise this issue in a wide range of community policies, including school programs. In line with this reasoning, teacher at our school have together started a collaborative project in different subject as Natural Science, Swedish, Economics, Human Rights and Social Science focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The primary objective with this collaborative project is to work with United Nations sustainaable Development Goals since it is applicable to the school subjects in many different aspects, including Economic, Social science and Science. An important objective of this project is to provide students with educational and practical training in how to make scientific inquiries and write a scientific report. During this school year, participating students will attend lectures and exhibitions concerning United Nations’ Sustanable Development Goals. In April 2020 the students will present their reports in a conference at the department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University.</p>

scholarly journals Global energy trilemma

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-462
Author(s):  
Leonid M. Grigoryev ◽  
Dzhanneta D. Medzhidova
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Global Energy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Change Mitigation

The international community has become increasingly concerned with sustainable development and particularly with preventing climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic and global recession of 2020 will exacerbate the situation not just for 2020–2021, but for many years to come. Sadly, it is a game-changer. The necessity to solve problems of poverty (energy poverty) and inequality, as well as growth and climate change mitigation, now haunts intellectuals, forecasters, and politicians. These three problems constitute the global energy trilemma (GET). There is a wide range of forecasts, scenarios, and political plans emerging after the Paris Agreement in 2015. They demonstrate concerns about the slow progress on the matter; however, they still increase the goals for 2030–2050. The global capital formation is a key tool for changes while also representing the hard-budget investment constraints. This article examines practical features of recent trends in energy, poverty, and climate change mitigation, arguing that allocation and coordinated management of sufficient financial resources are vital for a simultaneous solution of GET. No group of countries can hope to solve each of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) separately. The global economy has reached the point where it has an urgent need for cooperation.

scholarly journals City vs. climate changes - the future and its (un)sustainability: The global applicability of Sarriguren and Jätkäsaari?

Spatium ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Stupar ◽  
Zoran Nikezic
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Climate Shifts ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Local Initiatives

The global reality, intensively exposed to the challenges caused by climate changes, demands new ideas, methods and tools which could eventually prevent or mitigate the consequences of carbon emissions. Therefore, the contemporary cities, as focal points of the new global comprehension, have become testing grounds for numerous initiatives based upon imperatives of sustainability, environmental consciousness, energy efficiency and ?green? life style. In Serbia, experience in matters of the built environment has had a tendency to be formed exclusively on the basis of authentic local initiatives, aspirations, successes and failures. In the global effort for sustainable development, considering the commitments imposed by climate change and carbon emission, a greater reliance on results achieved elsewhere would be a welcome change. Consequently, this article will present and comment two eco-driven projects - Sarriguren and J?tk?saari, both covering a wide range of useful ideas, intriguing concepts and globally applicable solutions for the challenges caused by climate shifts.

scholarly journals Linking disaster risk reduction, climate change, and the sustainable development goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Kelman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better link the parallel processes yielding international agreements on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores how the Paris Agreement for climate change relates to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, demonstrating too much separation amongst the topics. A resolution is provided through placing climate change within wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development contexts. Findings No reason exists for climate change to be separated from wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development processes. Research limitations/implications Based on the research, a conceptual approach for policy and practice is provided. Due to entrenched territory, the research approach is unlikely to be implemented. Originality/value Using a scientific basis to propose an ending for the silos separating international processes for climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development.

scholarly journals An Exercise on Data-Based Decision Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 522-528
Author(s):  
Florian Fiebelkorn ◽  
Nils Puchert ◽  
Aaron T. Dossey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Complex World ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Data Based Decision Making

The ability to make criteria-based and thought-out decisions in everyday life as well as to answer questions pertaining to society at large, such as those regarding climate change and the loss of biodiversity, is becoming more and more important against the backdrop of an increasingly complex world with a wide range of options for action or inaction. Using the method of “data-based decision making,” this article presents a decision-making strategy for improving the evaluation competence of students that is particularly suitable for teaching socioscientific issues in the context of sustainable development. Using the example of human consumption of insects (sometimes termed “entomophagy,” although this term is defined as the consumption of insects by any organism), the students will evaluate the potential for insects as an alternative, sustainable source of protein as compared with conventional meat.

Advancing Sustainability Research in the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Rosario Adapon Turvey ◽  
Sreekumari Kurissery
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Giant Cluster ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Distinct Field

Major developments have been achieved in advancing sustainability research in sustainability science (SS) as a new and distinct field. Based on its emerging academic landscape, SS has now acquired an unusual geographic footprint with a giant cluster of co-authorships in cities and countries at very different levels, all in pursuit of sustainable development and sustainability. It has gained a robust inclusion in the agendas of governments and corporations along with the burgeoning growth of educational and research programs worldwide. In the call for the integration of research and education, higher educational and research institutions have fostered the goals toward sustainability to address the practical protection of Earth's key support systems, climate change, and other global issues. In confronting a wide range of global issues in the 21st century, scientists across the globe see the need for accelerating knowledge in sustainability wherein knowledge production itself must be made sustainable.

scholarly journals Advancing capacity to adapt to climate change: addressing information needs in the Australian property industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-335
Author(s):  
Georgia Warren-Myers ◽  
Anna Hurlimann ◽  
Judy Bush
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the sources of climate change information used and trusted by key stakeholders in the Australian property industry, their information needs and their capacity to translate that information into decision-making. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative research applying in-depth interviews with 24 key stakeholders from a diverse range of property/real estate companies in Australia. Findings This research identified a wide range of information types used by key stakeholders, ranging from reliance on unsophisticated mass media reporting to detailed analysis of scientific research. The capacity of stakeholders to translate this information for their organisation was polarised; 11 of the 24 interviewees indicated they had the capacity, while the other 13 indicated they did not, often owing to time horizons or lack of current interest within the organisation or from clients. Research limitations/implications This research was limited to 24 in-depth interviews and is not intended to be a representative sample. However, this limitation is offset by the fact that a diverse range of stakeholders were interviewed and an in-depth and rich understanding has been provided about their approach to climate change. Practical implications The results can inform the development of better communication channels for climate change for the property industry by supporting science-practice collaborations in the timely and effective dissemination of research. This is important to understand given the identified need to bridge the gap among research, policy and practice. Social implications Climate change poses significant challenges and risks for built environments. The property industry, as a key stakeholder, has great potential to influence current practices. The results reported here assist in addressing these challenges. Originality/value At present, limited research globally has been conducted about climate change actions in the property industry. This research responds to this gap.

scholarly journals Assessing Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals through Nexus Planning

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1321
Author(s):  
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi ◽  
Luxon Nhamo ◽  
Tendai P. Chibarabada ◽  
Goden Mabaya ◽  
Sylvester Mpandeli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Production Water ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Water Provision

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) acknowledge the inter-linkages between human wellbeing, economic prosperity, and a healthy environment and, hence, are associated with a wide range of topical issues that include the securities of water, energy and food resources, poverty eradication, economic development, climate change, health, among others. As SDGs are assessed through targets to be achieved by 2030 and monitored through measurable indicators, this study applied the nexus planning model to monitor and evaluate progress towards SDGs using South Africa as a case study. The study highlighted pathways to ensure socio-ecological sustainability and environmental health by establishing the connectivity between SDGs and nexus approaches. The linkages between SDGs and nexus planning facilitated the sustainable management of resources in an integrated manner. They addressed the cross-sectoral synergies, value-addition, and trade-offs within interlinked sectors. The connectedness of current challenges facing humankind (climate change, rapid urbanisation, migration, and the emergence of novel infectious diseases) require transformative approaches that address these cross-cutting challenges holistically. Managing the intricate relationships between distinct but interconnected sectors through nexus planning has provided decision support tools to formulate coherent strategies that drive resilience and sustainability. The established linkages between nexus planning and SDGs have strengthened cross-sectoral collaboration and unpacked measures for cooperative governance and management through evidence-based interventions. As food production, water provision, and energy accessibility are the major socio-economic and environmental issues currently attracting global attention; the methodology promotes attaining sustainability by 2030.

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