scholarly journals Sustainable development in the contemporary world – determinants

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Jana Gálová ◽  
Anna Mravcová
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Starting Point

The aim of this chapter is to describe various determinants of sustainable development in the contemporary world, including those most important, such as globalisation, climate change, poverty versus unlimited consumption as well as limited exhausted access to resources—with regard to the goals of sustainable development. The other objective is to give the reader essential resources covering the topic from various viewpoints and a starting point for discussions about sustainability.

Environmental Hazards, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: J. K. Mitchell’s Relevance to the Global Sustainable Development Agenda

2016 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 1671006
Author(s):  
Juha I. Uitto
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Environmental Hazards ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Complex Disasters

This paper argues how Mitchell’s work on complex disasters and environmental hazards is highly relevant to the global Sustainable Development Agenda and the international organizations involved in its implementation. The paper takes as its starting point two United Nations University projects led by Mitchell in the 1990s and reviews their prescience in terms of current developments in the context of urbanizations, economic development, population growth, and global environmental change. The issue of adaptation to climate change is highlighted as exemplifying the importance of integrated approaches encompassing human and natural systems, as advocated by Mitchell. Challenges to program and policy evaluation are then discussed with regard to adaptation, adopting Mitchell’s approach of understanding local situations while anchoring evaluation in scientific knowledge.

scholarly journals Dziedzictwo archeologiczne w kontekście wyzwań zrównoważonego rozwoju

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-322
Author(s):  
Michał Pawleta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Rational Management ◽  
The One

Archaeological Heritage in the Context of Sustainable Development The concept of sustainable development is widely declared and used in contemporary scientific dis­course. Sustainability also refers to cultural and archaeological heritage. What is an important ele­ment of the contemporary conservation doctrine is a departure from the idea of protection of ar­chaeological heritage in favour of the rational management of such heritage, in accordance with the sustainable development rationale. It follows from the premise that, on the one hand, herit­age is a subject of protection, but, on the other hand, it constitutes potential that should be adapted to new conditions and used for cultural, social, and economic development. With the above-men­tioned concept as a starting point, the paper is aimed at analysing the role that archaeological her­itage resources can play in the context of sustainable development. As an example of good practic­es implementing the idea of sustainable development based on archaeological resources, I take and discuss archaeological tourism, because it aims to promote public interest in archaeology and the protection of archaeological sites.

The Gender Dimension in Urban Air Quality

2019 ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Theodora Slini ◽  
Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global And Local

In the frame of existing differences between genders regarding the access and control of resources, women and men have different vulnerability, capacities, and reactions to climate change and global warming issues and policies. Women are increasingly recognized as potentially critical actors of successful climate change policies. Thus, gender dimensions and perspectives need to be addressed by both global and local stakeholders and decision makers. The current chapter explores and highlights this gap. It identifies the current situation and indicates ways for authorities to integrate the gender dimension of climate change in the various stages of policy making. The focus is on European countries and Greece. The chapter stands as a starting point that introduces gender-sensitive aspects of climate change to decision makers and experts and promotes the development of efficient environmental and women-friendly technologies for sustainable development.

scholarly journals Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
Roberta Moruzzo ◽  
Simone Mancini ◽  
Alessandra Guidi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Development Goals

The insect sector can become an important component of sustainable circular agriculture by closing nutrient and energy cycles, fostering food security, and minimising climate change and biodiversity loss, thereby contributing to SDGs. The high levels of the interaction of the insect sector with the SDGs is clearly illustrated inside the review, analysing all of the SDGs that can have direct and indirect effects on insects. Mapping the interactions between the SDGs goals and insect sector offers a starting point, from which it could be possible to define practical next steps for better insect policy.

scholarly journals The promotion of both decent and green jobs through cooperatives

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josune López Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Starting Point

Nowadays, it is undeniable that continuous environmental degradation and climate change threaten the sustainability of the planet. As a consequence, there is an urgent need to face these menaces and to promote sustainable development. From this starting point, this paper aims to show how cooperatives can be a useful channel to promote green and decent jobs. In order to achieve this objective, first of all, we will analyse the conceptual scope of green and decent jobs. Secondly, we will highlight the meaning of cooperatives, paying special attention to cooperative values and principles. Thirdly, we will proceed to explain how cooperatives can contribute to encourage green and decent jobs. And, lastly, we will enumerate the main conclusions.Received: 29 November 2018Accepted: 07 March 2019Published online: 22 July 2019

Issue-linkages to Climate Change Measured through NGO Participation in the UNFCCC

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquel Muñoz Cabré
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
United Nations Framework Convention ◽  
Civil Society Participation

NGOs comprise over half the cumulative number of delegates attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) for the 1995–2009 period. These NGOs represent a wide array of issues, including sustainable development, business, and higher education, to name just a few. Based on UNFCCC publicly available participation statistics, this article analyzes NGO participation from a quantitative issue-based perspective, and compares the results with the relevant conclusions drawn by the other contributors to this special issue. The findings of this analysis confirm informed expectations about issue-driven NGO participation. In particular, three main findings are that: (1) environment and conservation, academic, business, and energy NGOs dominate civil society participation in the UNFCCC; (2) UNFCCC constituencies do not adequately capture the range of issues addressed by observer NGOs; and (3) since 2007, NGO participation has sig-nificantly increased and diversified.

scholarly journals Sen’s concept of development as freedom and the idea of sustainable development

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
Adam Płachciak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One

On the one hand, the contemporary world is a place of sheer abundance; on the other, it is a place where the poverty is widespread, people’s needs are unsatisfied, and the natural and socioeconomic systems remain unstable. The negligence/absence of human rights and basic political needs pose a direct threat to development. One of the most effective answers to such a threat is the idea of sustainable development, which works towards the goal of satisfying the needs of present generations without depriving the future generations of their options and basic needs. Amartya Sen’s concept of development, understood as a process of extending basic civil rights and freedoms as well as improving the effectiveness of social security networks is crucial for intellectual reflection on the idea of sustainable development.

The Gender Dimension in Urban Air Quality

2018 ◽  
pp. 3371-3381
Author(s):  
Theodora Slini ◽  
Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global And Local

In the frame of existing differences between genders regarding the access and control of resources, women and men have also different vulnerability, capacities and reactions to climate change and global warming issues and policies. Women are increasingly recognized as potentially critical actors of successful climate change policies. Thus, gender dimensions and perspectives need to be addressed by both global and local stakeholders and decision makers. The current chapter aims at exploring and highlighting this gap. It identifies the current situation and indicates ways for authorities to integrate the gender dimension of climate change in the various stages of policy-making. The focus is on European countries and Greece. The chapter stands as a starting point which introduces gender-sensitive aspects of climate change to decision-makers and experts and promotes the development of efficient environmental and women-friendly technologies for sustainable development.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Kristina Diprose ◽  
Gill Valentine ◽  
Robert M. Vanderbeck ◽  
Chen Liu ◽  
Katie Mcquaid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
World Regions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Human Sense ◽  
Cross National

Taking ‘Youth Strike 4 Climate’ as a starting point, this chapter outlines how climate change is commonly framed as an issue of intergenerational injustice, and how this intersects with arguments for sustainable development. It introduces the INTERSECTION project, its empirical focus on the human sense of climate and social change in Jinja, Nanjing and Sheffield, the rationale for focussing on these cities and world regions, and the fieldwork undertaken to inform this book. It also critically reflects on methodological issues in cross-cultural and cross-national research, and how the research team addressed issues of cross-cultural comparability in the design, collection and analysis of data.

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