Australian fires may destabilise prime minister

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decisive Action ◽  
Climate Disasters ◽  
Change Mitigation

Significance The bushfires will wipe billions of dollars off 2020 economic growth and could push Australia’s economy into deficit in this quarter. Insurance claims already exceed 700 million dollars (417 million US dollars). Impacts With climate disasters likely to become more intense, long-term investment will be needed to protect communities. Damage to Australia’s image will hurt tourism and intensify pressure for decisive action on emissions. Labor and the Greens could benefit from the coalition’s political difficulties and stance on climate change. The coalition will approach climate change mitigation as an economic issue, partly to avoid party splits. Fossil fuels’ economic importance means the Liberals will not change energy policies right away.

scholarly journals Identifying integrated options for agricultural climate change mitigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tzilivakis ◽  
Kathleen Lewis ◽  
Andrew Green ◽  
Douglas Warner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mitigation Options ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Change Mitigation

Purpose – In order to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is essential that all industry sectors have the appropriate knowledge and tools to contribute. This includes agriculture, which is considered to contribute about a third of emissions globally. This paper reports on one such tool: IMPACCT: Integrated Management oPtions for Agricultural Climate Change miTigation. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – IMPACCT focuses on GHGs, carbon sequestration and associated mitigation options. However, it also attempts to include information on economic and other environmental impacts in order to provide a more holistic perspective. The model identifies mitigation options, likely economic impacts and any synergies and trade-offs with other environmental objectives. The model has been applied on 22 case study farms in seven Member States. Findings – The tool presents some useful concepts for developing carbon calculators in the future. It has highlighted that calculators need to evolve from simply calculating emissions to identifying cost-effective and integrated emissions reduction options. Practical implications – IMPACCT has potential to become an effective means of provided targeted guidance, as part of a broader knowledge transfer programme based on an integrated suite of guidance, tools and advice delivered via different media. Originality/value – IMPACCT is a new model that demonstrates how to take a more integrated approach to mitigating GHGs on farms across Europe. It is a holistic carbon calculator that presents mitigation options in the context other environmental and economic objectives in the search for more sustainable methods of food production.

Demoralizing: integrating J.D. Peters’ communication “chasm” with Niklas Luhmann’s (1989) ecological communication to analyze climate change mitigation inaction

Kybernetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Binary Codes ◽  
Social Implication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation Policy ◽  
Ecological Communication ◽  
Change Mitigation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the US society’s insignificant mitigation of climate change using Niklas Luhmann’s (1989) autopoietic social systems theory in ecological communication. Specifically, the author’s analysis falls within the context of Luhmann re-moralized while focusing on particular function systems’ binary codes and their repellence of substantive US climate change mitigation policy across systems. Design/methodology/approach The author achieves this purpose by resituating Luhmann’s conception of evolution to forgo systems teleology and better contextualize the spatial-temporal scale of climate change; reinforcing complexity reduction and differentiation by integrating communication and media scholar John D. Peters’s (1999) “communication chasm” concept as one mechanism through which codes sustain over time; and applying these integrated concepts to prominent the US climate change mitigation attempts. Findings The author concludes that climate change mitigation efforts are the amalgamation of the systems’ moral communications. Mitigation efforts have relegated themselves to subsystems of the ten major systems given the polarizing nature of their predominant care/harm moral binary. Communication chasms persist because these moral communications cannot both adhere to the systems’ binary codes and communicate the climate crisis’s urgency. The more time that passes, the more codes force mitigation organizations, activist efforts and their moral communications to adapt and sacrifice their actions to align with the encircling systems’ code. Social implications In addition to the conceptual contribution, the social implication is that by identifying how and why climate change mitigation efforts are subsumed by the larger systems and their codes, climate change activists and practitioners can better tool their tactics to change the codes at the heart of the systems if serious and substantive climate change mitigation is to prevail. Originality/value To the author’s knowledge, there has not been an integration of a historical communication concept into, and sociological application of, ecological communication in the context of climate change mitigation.

scholarly journals Insurrection for land, sea and dignity: resistance and autonomy against wind energy in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Dunlap
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
Sand Bar ◽  
Wind Energy Development ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town ◽  
Change Mitigation

Providing a glimpse into the reality of wind energy development, the story of Álvaro Obregón is one of resistance. Álvaro Obregón is a primarily Zapotec semi-subsistence community located near the entrance of the Santa Teresa sand bar (Barra), where in 2011 Mareña Renovables initiated the process of building 102 wind turbines. Demonstrating the complicated micro-politics of land acquisition, conflict and unrest, this article argues that climate change mitigation initiatives are sparking land grabs and conflict with the renewed valuation of wind resources. Insurrection against the Mareña Renovables wind project has spawned a long-term conflict, which has created social divisions and a type of low-intensity civil war within the town. This article will chronicle the uprising against the wind company, battles with police, and the town hall takeover, which includes analyzing the conflict taking place between the cabildo comunitario and the constitucionalistas. Subsequent sections examine the different perspectives within the village and how this battle between the Communitarians and the wind company continues today. The article reveals the complications associated with land deals, the conflict generating potential of climate change mitigation practices and, finally, concludes by reflecting on the difficulties of formulating alternatives to development within a conflict situation.

Australia’s energy mix will fuel overseas disputes

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Public Opposition

Significance The UN summit will follow Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s refusal to reduce Australia’s fossil fuels reliance during talks with Pacific leaders in Tuvalu this month. Impacts Australian domestic concerns will dictate emission policies, even at the risk of harming Pacific relations. Renewables will dominate the long-term electricity fuel mix, but coal is still needed to maintain output. Australian public opposition will hinder potential investment in nuclear power.

Russia plans to enter global hydrogen market

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chamber Of Commerce ◽  
Nord Stream ◽  
Change Mitigation

Significance Interest in hydrogen stems mainly from a recognition that global markets and regulation will change, rather than domestic pressure for climate change mitigation. Natural gas producer Gazprom, liquified natural gas (LNG) specialist Novatek and government-controlled nuclear and hydroelectric companies Rosatom and Rusgidro are expected to play leading roles, but ambitions are modest. Impacts Hydrogen development will be led by firms with interests in natural gas or electricity, both key inputs. The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce will push hydrogen development as a way of marrying bilateral expertise and capacity. There is talk of using the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to carry a hydrogen-methane mix, or even of a dedicated third pipeline.

Bonn meetings will be key in global climate deal

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Carbon Pricing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Core ◽  
Climate Treaty ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Strong Agreement

Significance The most important climate summit since the 1997 Kyoto gathering will open in Paris at end-November, with the goal of producing the first universal binding climate treaty ever drafted. Preparatory talks are progressing slowly on the core document negotiated among countries. However, the recent announcement of the first-ever official climate commitment from China and the growing push for carbon pricing are positive signals that the Paris summit could result not only in an agreement, but in a significant one. Impacts French organisers will accelerate negotiations, set to be intensive, as the first Bonn meeting did not produce the expected result. China's official commitment to climate change mitigation could pave the way for a strong agreement in Paris. Carbon pricing will be discussed and progress in harmonising carbon markets is not excluded anymore.

South Africa’s Mining Charter faces renewed opposition

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Export Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Ore Grades ◽  
Change Mitigation

Significance While the latest draft by Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe is a significant improvement on its predecessor, it still requires extensive clarification and modification if it is to attract growth-inducing investment and placate communities’ concerns. Impacts Growing mineworker deaths will increase tensions with miners over safety issues and working conditions. The coal industry will decline as Eskom’s finances deteriorate, climate change mitigation pressures start and global export markets wane. Further ahead, declining ore grades will be offset by digitalisation efficiencies and new demand for metals (notably, chrome and manganese).

Global and Brazilian Amazon pressures will rise

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
Domestic Companies ◽  
Change Mitigation

Significance In Amazonia, deforestation increased by 25% year-on-year in the first half of 2020. The situation has led large institutional investors, corporations and foreign governments to press Brazil to change its environmental policy. Domestic companies, including the country’s largest banks, have also increased calls for more environmental protection. Impacts Climate change mitigation internationally will be severely affected by fires in Amazonia. Environmental neglect will increasingly erode Brazil’s diplomatic influence. Lack of a clear commitment to environmental conservation in the coming years will undermine efforts to boost the economy.

scholarly journals Synergizing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith Ngum ◽  
Dieudonne Alemagi ◽  
Lalisa Duguma ◽  
Peter A. Minang ◽  
Anderson Kehbila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Change Mitigation

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the policy environments, institutional arrangements and practical implementation of some initiatives undertaken by the Government of Cameroon, together with some relevant stakeholders, in addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation at various levels in the country, which are prerequisites to promote synergistic ways of addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation.Design/methodology/approachUsing a qualitative approach to data collection, the paper draws upon information collected from relevant literature and interviews with 18 key country resource personnel.FindingsResults revealed that most reviewed policies/programs/strategies do not mention “climate change” explicitly but propose some activities which indirectly address it. Interaction is fair within the government ministries but weak between these ministries and other institutions. Inadequate financial resources are being opined as the most important challenge stakeholders are (and would continue) facing as a result of adopting integrated approaches to climate change. Other challenges include inadequate coordination, insufficient sensitization and capacity building, ineffective implementation, inadequate compliance, lack of proper transparency and inadequate public participation. To redress the aforementioned constraints and challenges, the paper concludes by outlining a number of recommendations for policy design.Originality/valueThe following recommendations were made: create a national technical committee to oversee and provide scientific guidance to the government on synergistic approaches; promote private sector investment and sponsorship on synergistic approaches; create local awareness, etc. It is important to underscore that minimal studies have been conducted to analyze multi-stakeholder perspectives on synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon. This study attempts to bridge this major gap.

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