scholarly journals Energy in the Context of Sustainability

Daedalus ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina M. Bierbaum ◽  
Pamela A. Matson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
The World ◽  
Clean Air

Today and in the coming decades, the world faces the challenge of meeting the needs of a still-growing human population, and of doing it sustainably – that is, without affecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Energy plays a pivotal role in this challenge, both because of its importance to economic development and because of the myriad interactions and influences it has on other critical sustainability issues. In this essay, we explore some of the direct interactions between energy and other things people need, such as food, water, fuel, and clean air, and also some of its indirect interactions with climate, ecosystems, and the habitability of the planet. We discuss some of the challenges and potential unintended consequences that are associated with a transition to clean, affordable energy as well as opportunities that make sense for energy and other sustainability goals. Pursuing such opportunities is critical not just to meeting the energy needs of nine billion people, but also to meeting their other critical needs and to maintaining a planet that supports human life in the near and long term.

scholarly journals Human capital and economic development: The axiological perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Michał Gabriel Woźniak
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Market Values

Global capitalism is both an outcome and a stimulant of spreading not only the same market economy standards and lifestyles but moral relativism as well. Its origin goes back to Anglo-Saxon liberalism that limits the individuals to maximize their personal benefits that are measured according to the market values. The perception of human nature adopted in this ideology determines solutions as for how to achieve individual and communitarian goals and meet criteria of their validation. As a result, the development of human capital understood as the knowledge necessary to act, is focused on its subjective functions. Thus, human capital plays a more important role in the multiplication of individual benefit than in the improvement of the value of human life. Such developed human capital results in growing disparities in the knowledge assets enabling the harmonization of personal benefit with the responsibility for the valuable life of present and future generations. These disparities lead to an increase in risk of global threats to humanity. The reaction to these threats cannot be based on the development of globalization. The concept that respects the multi-faceted nature of a human being seems to be an appropriate alternative. Due to these efforts, new economics might be developed that may provide applicable educational and institutional tools for long-term sustained economic development and improve the quality of life of an individual.

Factors and Prospects for Overcoming the Socio-Demographic Crisis in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Boris N. Kuzyk ◽  
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Valentina G. Dobrokhleb ◽  
Tatiana Y. Yakovets ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Social Doctrine ◽  
Demographic Dynamics ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Demographic crisis remains one of the main challenges to socio-economic development of Russia. The COVID–19 pandemic has aggravated preconditions for a possible recovery from depopulation. The present article substantiates the need to develop and approve the RF social doctrine upon completion of national projects in 2018–2024. The authors suggest their own approach to overcoming the socio-demographic crisis with regard to the long-term demographic dynamics in Russia. Various scenarios of the “post-coronavirus” future of both specific countries and the world as a whole are proposed.

TO THE ISSUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COOPERATION OF STATES IN THE FIELD OF THE RATIONAL USE AND PROTECTION OF RESOURCES OF THE WORLD OCEAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Михаил Елизаров
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Global Consensus ◽  
The World ◽  
Acute Challenge

Over the decades, attempts were made to elaborate a legally binding single document on ocean resource management that would be acceptable to all countries. The culmination of this process was the adoption of the 1982 UN Convention on the law of sea. Since its entry into force, the Convention has become an important legal basis for ensuring the rational use of the world's ocean resources and their long-term conservation on behalf of future generations. At the same time, there remains the very acute challenge associated with finding a balance between reaching a global consensus on issues that are common to all and identifying topics that can be addressed and resolved by leaders at the global level. As humankind continues to postpone the adoption of urgent measures to prevent the effects of climate change, the environment deteriorates, while measures to mitigate these effects get more expensive and complex.

Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy N. Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Living Species

This entry describes how the viability of long-term human social systems is inextricably linked to human behavior, environmental resources, the health of the biosphere, and human relationships with all living species. New ways of thinking and acting in our engagement with the biosphere are explored, with attention to new ways of measuring well-being to understand the global relationships among human settlements, food security, human population growth, and especially alternative economic efforts based on prosperity rather than on growth. The challenge of social work is to engage in socioecological activities that will prevent and slow additional damage to the biosphere while at the same time helping human populations to develop the cultural adaptation and resilience required to confront increasing weather disasters; displacement resulting from rising seas; drought conditions that severely affect food supplies; the loss of biodiversity, soils, forests, fisheries, and clean air; and other challenges to human social organizations.

The place of forestry in the energy question

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Nautiyal
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
The World

Although forests supply a major part of the energy needs of the less developed countries in the world, the industrialized nations cannot look forward to very significant contributions from existing forests in this matter. Even if the economic problems of cost are ignored there is not enough wood left, even in a forest-rich country like Canada, to provide more than about 5% of the energy needs of the country after the requirements of the forest products industries have been met. Forests can, however, supplement other energy sources in certain situations. Energy farming seems to be the only way in which forestry can make a significant long-term contribution to energy supply, particularly if research in development of wood-fired generating plants and management of stands for energy production is pursued.

scholarly journals Ekonomi Syariah Sebagai ‘Trend’ di Era Globalisasi

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefri Putri Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Economic

Islam is a universal religion that regulates all dimensions of human life both; the world and the hereafter. Islam has also arranged economic problems since Islam was revealed through the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Quran and al-Hadith as the main reference of sharia economic thought. Islamic finance has become an economic system that was born along with the birth of Islam, but only this decade Islamic economic system become trending topic of discussion. Considering followers conventional notions began to look at the economic system of Syariah. In the era of globalization, there are a tendency in economic development for more attention to ethics in economic activity. This paper aims to explore in depth discussion on the trend of global economic and its development at the same time, reveals the opportunities and challenges in the economic development of sharia in the context of global economic development era.

scholarly journals Peran Politik dalam Pembangunan Ekonomi Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 232-248
Author(s):  
Moh. Hudi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
Asian Nation ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Asian Pacific

Indonesia is a developing country which is one of the countries that are members of the group of world countries, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asian Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC), Southeast Asia Association of South East Of Asian Nation (ASEAN) and others. Even though until now the Indonesian state in its level of economic development is not very well established. Even among ASEAN countries, Indonesia is still lagging behind other ASEAN countries. This will hamper Indonesia's growth in the medium and long term if the quality of the economy is not immediately improved.

Impact of Riverbank erosion on Human life

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Dr. Biplab Tripathy ◽  
Tanmoy Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Bank Erosion ◽  
River Ecology ◽  
River Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Riverbank Erosion ◽  
Social Insecurity ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Long Term Consequences

The side portion of a course of river called riverbank. The area is always important to our human civilization for all kinds of development. But it is not so secure for various problems.  Riverbank erosion is one of the critical problems in the world at least in some countries. It has a long term consequences on human life. The problems which create challenge in river basin are flood, landslide, land erosion, deforestation etc. The victims are migrated and they become hopeless. On the other hand river bank erosion also affects river ecology in different way. The peoples those lived in near to bank area of river are suffered by economically, social insecurity and health problem indirectly by riverbank erosion. All these insecurities caused by the forced of displacement of riverbank.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Jin Chen ◽  
Liying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
External Demand ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Opening Up

The long-term gradual recovery of the world economy has provided a good international environment for entrepreneurship and innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With the continuous deepening of reforms and policies such as “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation” and “Internet Plus,” unprecedented policy dividends have benefited SMEs’ entrepreneurship and innovation. In particular, the new round of opening up, led by “The Belt and Road” construction, will stimulate more external demand, which will provide good opportunities for the development of SMEs. With the current weak foundation for the recovery of the world economy, there are still many uncertainties. The problem of insufficient and imbalanced domestic economic development is still outstanding, and economic development still faces many difficulties and challenges. Overall, the international and domestic environment faced by China’s SMEs is improving.

CFC Regulations on Refrigeration Compressors Used in Environmental Test Chambers

1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Brian Hearn
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Montreal Protocol ◽  
Environmental Test ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Antarctic Ozone ◽  
The Antarctic

The earlier discovery of the Antarctic ozone "hole" and current scientific evidence indicate that CFC emissions into the atmosphere deplete the ozone layer and present a long-term threat to the quality of human life. The items of most concern, from an ozone protection standpoint, are the long-lived, fully halogenated compounds—halons, CFCs, and chlorocarbons. Scientific information indicates that most, if not all, of the chlorine or bromine content of these compounds is transported to the stratosphere, where it has the potential to destroy ozone. Furthermore, these compounds remain in the atmosphere for an extended number of years, providing a significant background chlorine concentration. According to DuPont.2 an 85 percent reduction in global CFC emissions from 1986 levels is necessary just to maintain current atmospheric levels of chlorine from these compounds. The refrigerants used within environmental test chambers have been included among those identified as ozone depleting. Specifically, these are CFC-12 and CFC-502. The 1987 Montreal Protocol was revised in June of 1990. Further regulations on CFC products are contained within the Clean Air Bill that is being debated in the Fall of 1990. Restrictions pertaining to CFC-13 are being proposed.

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