2016 to Be the International Year of Global Understanding

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
International Council ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Understanding ◽  
Local Impacts ◽  
And Migration ◽  
International Social

Last September, on the first day of the World Social Science Forum 2015 in Durban, South Africa, the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) jointly announced that 2016 would be the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU). The aim of IYGU is to promote better understanding of how the local impacts the global in order to foster smart policies to tackle critical global challenges, such as climate change, food security, and migration.

Rising Global Challenges in Energy Demand and the Politics of Climate Change in Government Operations

2021 ◽  
pp. 242-263
Author(s):  
Sharon Nanyongo Njie ◽  
Ikedinachi Ayodele Power Wogu ◽  
Uchenna Kingsley Ogbuehi ◽  
Sanjay Misra ◽  
Oluwakemi Deborah Udoh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Global Energy ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The World

While most governments subscribe to boosting global energy supplies since it paves the way for improved economies, which translates to better living conditions and gainful employments which in turn boost government operations, the rising global demand for energy from all human endeavors have activated unparalleled consequences on the environment, resulting to harmful repercussions for government operations and processes all over the world. Hence, scholars argue that the rising demand for global energy by industrialized nations have further increased the vulnerability of governments' operations and processes, especially in countries where these energy sources abound. Consequently, governments, multinationals, and various interest groups are divided on how best to address the quandaries resulting from rising global demand for energy and its effect on the environment and government operations. Recommendations that would enhance government operations were proposed.

ICSU to Merge with ISSC

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Council ◽  
International Social

AbstractAt an extraordinary General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and General Assembly of the International Social Science Council (ISSC), held in Oslo on 24 October 2016, members voted overwhelmingly that the two organizations should merge. This in-principle decision followed a recommendation by the two organizations’ executives, setting the two councils on a trajectory to become one by October 2018.

scholarly journals Food Security in India: Need for Improved Distribution System

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Shivesh Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
World Today ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Nutritious Food ◽  
The World

Security (Food and Human) is one of the major challenges confronting the world today. Food security is inherently interlinked with other current global challenges of economy and climate change. Food security is said to exist when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of relevant climate change, landscape and regional development strategies regarding the areas pertaining to Debrecen (Hajdú-Bihar County)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
Krisztina Bánóczki ◽  
Péter Csorba
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Environmental Strategy ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Change Of Perspective ◽  
Regional Development Strategies

AbstractToday, the countries of the world have to face several global challenges with regard to the plans they have developed together. The protection of the natural values of our country and their sustainable use is receiving more and more attention in today’s society. In order to achieve the above, a change of perspective in social strategy built on knowledge and professional training is inevitable. An environmental strategy paradigm shift emphasizing the protection of biodiversity, resources, and landscape cultivation is also necessary. The need for documents providing a basis for the paradigm shift is indubitable; however, more efforts are needed to induce fundamental changes by plans detailed in the documents.The aim of this study is to review the current environmental protection initiatives in Hajdú-Bihar County and to assess the degree to which the relevant plans are harmonized and that the objectives outlined in the documents overlap.

Rising Global Challenges in Energy Demand and the Politics of Climate Change in Government Operations

2022 ◽  
pp. 1832-1856
Author(s):  
Sharon Nanyongo Njie ◽  
Ikedinachi Ayodele Power Wogu ◽  
Uchenna Kingsley Ogbuehi ◽  
Sanjay Misra ◽  
Oluwakemi Deborah Udoh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Global Energy ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The World

While most governments subscribe to boosting global energy supplies since it paves the way for improved economies, which translates to better living conditions and gainful employments which in turn boost government operations, the rising global demand for energy from all human endeavors have activated unparalleled consequences on the environment, resulting to harmful repercussions for government operations and processes all over the world. Hence, scholars argue that the rising demand for global energy by industrialized nations have further increased the vulnerability of governments' operations and processes, especially in countries where these energy sources abound. Consequently, governments, multinationals, and various interest groups are divided on how best to address the quandaries resulting from rising global demand for energy and its effect on the environment and government operations. Recommendations that would enhance government operations were proposed.

Sociologists everywhere: Country representation in conferences hosted by the International Sociological Association, 1990–2012

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow ◽  
Marta Kołczyńska ◽  
Kazimierz M Slomczynski ◽  
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Science System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
International Sociological Association ◽  
National Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
International Social

Professional events that feature face-to-face interaction of social scientists from across the world are, next to publications and research, important forms of scientific knowledge production and dissemination. Thus, they are vital to the World Science System (WSS). Like other WSS elements, scholarly involvement in international social science events is characterized by unequal cross-national representation. This article focuses in-depth on the International Sociological Association (ISA), a major international social science professional association, to examine inequality in attendance at its flagship conferences. To what extent do countries differ with respect to the number of scholars attending ISA conferences? What factors drive attendance? The authors base their hypotheses on the economic, political and social dimensions that influence country representation. To test these hypotheses the authors use a dataset containing information on 212 countries and their participation in the eight ISA conferences – World Congresses and Forums – held from 1990 to 2012. Results show that a country’s GDP, level of democracy and social science research infrastructure (SSRI) substantially determine their level of representation. SSRI effects are significant above and beyond the effect of GDP and of other controls. Findings also show a meaningful over-time decrease in representation inequality according to countries’ GDP.

scholarly journals The case for Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Bergman-Rosamond ◽  
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen ◽  
Mo Hamza ◽  
Jeff Hearn ◽  
Vasna Ramasar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Features ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Analytical Tools

In the world we live in today, the presence and claims of crisis abound – from climate change, financial and political crisis to depression, livelihoods and personal security crisis. There is a challenge to studying crisis due to the ways in which crisis as a notion, condition and experience refers to and operates at various societal levels. Further, different kinds of crisis can overlap and intersect with each other, and act as precursors or consequences of other crises, in what can be thought of as inter-crisis relations or chains of crises. This article makes an enquiry into how to develop more adequate analytical tools for understanding crisis as a multidimensional phenomenon. We ask how crisis can be conceptualised and what the analytical potentials of a distinct crisis perspective might be? In this article we suggest a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to bridge between traditionally separated realms. Our ambition is to present a case for the development of Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies as a field of scholarly enquiry, which allows for new perspectives on data collection and analysis. Using the cases of, first, crisis and security and, second, crisis and climate, conflict and migration, we illustrate how studying and intervening in crises requires non-linear approaches which connect across disciplines to develop more comprehensive, interdisciplinary understandings of societal problems and better solutions. In concluding the paper, we assert that key features of Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies must include (1) temporality, spatiality and scale; (2) multi-layeredness, processuality and contradictions; and (3) gender, intersectionality and social inequalities.

Conclusion: Big or Small

2020 ◽  
pp. 250-270
Author(s):  
Luke Patey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Sustained Response ◽  
First Century ◽  
Small States ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Middle Powers

The world cannot afford for China to lose. Arguments can be made on whether or not China’s leaders will realize their global ambitions, but the direction of Chinese politics and economy will largely dictate whether global challenges, from fighting climate change to global pandemics, can be overcome. Overreaction to China’s assertive foreign policy must be avoided, as too must naïveté toward China’s global ambitions. China’s actions during the beginning of the twenty-first century present lessons for countries around the world to manage their relations with Beijing, but a collective and sustained response is paramount. The world does not require American or Chinese leadership to give it order. Common economic interests and political values exist between Asian and Western countries. Middle powers and small states will not simply follow the dictates of Washington or Beijing, but will instead blend, package, and resist big power pressures in pursuit of their own ambitions.

Addressing Future Fragility: Women, Climate Change and Migration

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-222
Author(s):  
Briana Mawby ◽  
Anna Applebaum
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Security ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
The World ◽  
And Migration ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Climate change and its consequences are among the greatest challenges facing the global community, with the potential to radically alter the structures of communities, states, and international cooperation. Climate change will fundamentally reshape migration patterns around the world; as people choose to migrate to find safety and economic opportunities, their movements will affect how states manage their borders and national security and will strain further the already burdened mechanisms which help guide migration flows locally and internationally. The pressure of climate-related migration in both origin and destination communities requires rethinking international initiatives and national frameworks governing migration and resettlement. When a shock occurs, such as those caused by climate change impacts, it leaves women especially vulnerable and makes migration particularly arduous. Yet women will also be critical to determining the response to such events. In order to understand the potential impacts of climate change-related migration, it is critical to understand women’s roles and experiences. As responsive new policies and approaches are being designed, it is equally critical for women’s perspectives, needs, and expertise to be centered. This chapter provides a discussion of the gendered consequences of climate change, the legal and policy gaps that exist for understanding and addressing gendered climate change-related migration, and the role that future WPS research and analysis can play in highlighting and addressing these issues.

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