Climate Change Measure for the Common Folk

After the Great Recession of 2008, there was a strong commitment from several international institutions and forums to improve wellbeing economics, with a switch towards satisfaction and sustainability in people–planet–profit relations. The initiative of the European Union is the Green Deal, which is similar to the UN SGD agenda for Horizon 2030. It is the common political economy plan for the Multiannual Financial Framework, 2021–2027. This project intends, at the same time, to stop climate change and to promote the people’s wellness within healthy organizations and smart cities with access to cheap and clean energy. However, there is a risk for the success of this aim: the Jevons paradox. In this paper, we make a thorough revision of the literature on the Jevons Paradox, which implies that energy efficiency leads to higher levels of consumption of energy and to a bigger hazard of climate change and environmental degradation.

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Rapid range expansion predicted for the Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) in the near future under climate change scenarios

Avian Research ◽

10.1186/s40657-021-00285-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Peter Capainolo ◽

Utku Perktaş ◽

Mark D. E. Fellowes

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

North America ◽

Climate Change Scenarios ◽

Biogeographic Patterns ◽

Range Distribution ◽

Mean Temperature ◽

Bioclimatic Variables ◽

The Future ◽

The Common ◽

Quiscalus Quiscula

Abstract Background Climate change due to anthropogenic global warming is the most important factor that will affect future range distribution of species and will shape future biogeographic patterns. While much effort has been expended in understanding how climate change will affect rare and declining species we have less of an understanding of the likely consequences for some abundant species. The Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula; Linnaeus 1758), though declining in portions of its range, is a widespread blackbird (Icteridae) species in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. This study examined how climate change might affect the future range distribution of Common Grackles. Methods We used the R package Wallace and six general climate models (ACCESS1-0, BCC-CSM1-1, CESM1-CAM5-1-FV2, CNRM-CM5, MIROC-ESM, and MPI-ESM-LR) available for the future (2070) to identify climatically suitable areas, with an ecological niche modelling approach that includes the use of environmental conditions. Results Future projections suggested a significant expansion from the current range into northern parts of North America and Alaska, even under more optimistic climate change scenarios. Additionally, there is evidence of possible future colonization of islands in the Caribbean as well as coastal regions in eastern Central America. The most important bioclimatic variables for model predictions were Annual Mean Temperature, Temperature Seasonality, Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter and Annual Precipitation. Conclusions The results suggest that the Common Grackle could continue to expand its range in North America over the next 50 years. This research is important in helping us understand how climate change will affect future range patterns of widespread, common bird species.

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Environmental displacement: the common ground of climate change, extraction and conservation

Area ◽

10.1111/area.12193 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 130-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Elizabeth Lunstrum ◽

Pablo Bose ◽

Anna Zalik

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Common Ground ◽

The Common ◽

Environmental Displacement

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Climate Change Liability: Comparing Risks for Directors in Jurisdictions of the Common and Civil Law

Climate Law ◽

10.1163/18786561-01002002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 151-196

Author(s):

Rolf H. Weber ◽

Andreas Hösli

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Decision Making ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Common Law ◽

Civil Law ◽

Social Impacts ◽

Securities Law ◽

The Common

Businesses are increasingly expected to consider the environmental and social impacts of their undertakings. In recent years, the focus has shifted to climate-change-related aspects of corporate behaviour. While climate change litigation against corporations continues to evolve globally, there is a growing debate with regard to directors’ duties: are directors expected to consider climate-change-related risks in their decision making? If yes, to what extent? The issue has received considerable attention from commentators in relation to common law jurisdictions, but so far it has been less discussed in relation to civil law countries. This article attempts to contribute to filling this gap by presenting a comparative analysis, with a main focus on claims based on corporate and securities law.

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Climate change, the common good and the promotion ofsustainable development

Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development ◽

10.4337/9781849807579.00020 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 249-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susan Baker

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Common Good ◽

The Common Good ◽

The Common

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Great Barrier Reef

10.1071/9780643098275 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mike Kingsford ◽

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Coral Reef ◽

Great Barrier Reef ◽

Coral Disease ◽

Barrier Reef ◽

Physical Processes ◽

Marine Park ◽

The World ◽

The Common ◽

International Experts

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.

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The Purpose and Practice of a Public Theology in a Time of Climate Change

International Journal of Public Theology ◽

10.1163/156973210x510901 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 356-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Clive Pearson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Common Good ◽

Public Theology ◽

The Public ◽

The Common Good ◽

Public Agenda ◽

The Subject ◽

The Common ◽

Level Of Concern ◽

Opinion Polls

AbstractThe nature of a public theology is to concern itself with the common good and the flourishing of all. The subject of climate change is to the forefront of the public agenda. Now and then the level of concern can slip down the opinion polls and it does attract a concerted degree of scepticism. It is nevertheless an issue that can allow us to consider the purpose and practice of a public theology. This article sets out to draw upon the insights of others who have contributed to this issue of the International Journal of Public Theology. It also sets out to place this work inside other discussions on what is a public theology and its intersection with an ecotheology.

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Climate Change and Schools: Implications for Children's Health and Safety

Creative Nursing ◽

10.1891/1078-4535.25.3.249 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 249-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stephanie Chalupka ◽

Laura Anderko

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Social Justice ◽

Human Health ◽

Common Good ◽

Health And Safety ◽

School Environments ◽

Healthy Environment ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

The Common ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

The predicted impacts of climate change are fast becoming a reality and are already adversely affecting human health and health systems. Events such as flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires are challenging communities to re-evaluate whether their schools provide a safe, healthy environment. Among the populations most vulnerable to the impacts of our changing climate are our children. Nurses are key to supporting mitigation and adaptation efforts to promote more resilient school environments, using approaches based on values of the common good and social justice.

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Climate Change and the Common Good: Some Reflections from the South African Context

International Journal of Public Theology ◽

10.1163/156973210x510857 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 271-293 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ernst M. Conradie

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South African ◽

Common Good ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Common Good ◽

Theological Discourse ◽

African Context ◽

The Common ◽

Christian Discourse ◽

Selection Of

AbstractThis article is based on the observation that any theological discourse is always from a particular location and a particular point of view, which is immediately recognized by others. At the same time, any (theological) discourse cannot escape the use of universals, of common categories that we need to communicate with others. We make constructions of the whole, of that which is common, albeit that we ineluctably make particular constructions of the whole. This poses particular challenges for discourse on the common good in the context of public theology. On this basis the article investigates a selection of ecclesial statements on climate change produced during the course of the year 2009 alone that are available in English. It focuses on how these statements handle the dilemma of speaking about the universal and the particular, given the moral ambiguities surrounding any Christian discourse on climate change. It argues that most of these documents are plagued with problems of reception; namely, whether the stipulated addressees would actually receive and read the documents, let alone respond to them appropriately.

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What is the Goal? Framing the Climate Change Adaptation Question through a Problem-Oriented Approach

Weather Climate and Society ◽

10.1175/2010wcas1052.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 16-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Carolina E. Roman ◽

Amanda H. Lynch ◽

Dale Dominey-Howes

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Social Processes ◽

Common Interest ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Scenarios ◽

Goal Framing ◽

Tourism Management ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The Common

Abstract A problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approach was employed at Alpine Shire, in northeast Victoria, Australia, to explore its tourism sector’s contextual vulnerability and adaptability to stressors that include but are not limited to climatic change. Using a policy sciences approach, the objective was to identify factors that influence existing vulnerabilities and that might consequently act as barriers to effective adaptation. To do this, a particular focus was placed on identifying the underlying values embedded in social and decision processes and their role in shaping preferred adaptation outcomes. Analyses of social processes suggest that many threats, including the effects climate change, compete for the resources, strategy, and direction of local tourism management bodies. Many complex and interacting factors define the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of the shire’s tourism sector to the challenges of global change, including local socioeconomic issues as well as exposure to external factors of macroscale. These issues represent more immediate concerns than future climate change scenarios, revealing an approximation of the common interest in working toward adaptation and sustainability.

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