scholarly journals Environment and Inequality: A Complex Relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Liszt Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Favorable Effect ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Environmental Refugees ◽  
Mutual Relations

The objective of this article is to discuss the mutual relationship between environment and inequality. This is a subject that received few attention from the environmental point of view. The economic perspective is usually predominant. Environment is a broad, transversal subject which keeps interfaces with a number of disciplines and affects important dimensions of the human life. We selected two central issues in order to explain their mutual relations with poverty and inequality: climate change and biodiversity. The relation between climate change and poverty/inequality is easier to be understood, in spite of the fact that it is a complex relationship. It is sufficient to consider the natural disasters and the increasing number of environmental refugees. However, in some exceptional cases, global warming may have a favorable effect on poor population living in very cold geographic areas. Insofar as biodiversity is concerned, the question is more controversial. There is a visible dependence of natural resources on the part of poor populations. The depletion of natural resources has a direct impact on the survival of these populations, and this will bring about increased inequality. But the need to conserve biodiversity in protected areas may affect the source of subsistence of low-income population.

scholarly journals Haiwan dan Ternakan dalam Quran: Statistik dan Objektif Penyebutan

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-89
Author(s):  
Adnan Mohamed Yusoff ◽  
Abdoul Karim Toure
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Physical Design ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Statistical Point ◽  
Actual Form ◽  
The Way

Animals and livestock are part of the main phenomenon of the Quran which highlights its intimacy with nature and human life. Names, types, properties, stories or matters that are related to animals and livestock appear specifically, scientifically and strategically in the Quran. This phenomenon attracts researchers to observe this emerging trend from a statistical point of view including the type of animal, frequency and place of emergence, as well as the objective of its mention either in actual form or as a metaphor. Thus, this study aims to identify the name or type of animal that has been selected to be immortalised in this Holy Book, the frequency and condition of its appearance, and subsequently the objective of its mention in the verse or surah. This is very important as basic data which will pave the way to a more advanced study in highlighting the majesty and miracles of the Quran in various dimensions that are related to natural resources. Correspondingly, this is a library study that is based on research on the text, especially the books of authentic interpretation, contemporary tafsir studies, the Ulum Quran, scientific journals, and other related texts. Among the important findings of the study is that animals and livestock are not a side element that comes to complete the beauty of the Quranic word or metaphor, or the physical design framework of its arrangement alone, for the presence of each of these animals or livestock is to carry the mission and certain objectives that cannot be played by other components in it. This study also paves the way for various further studies that can be explored by interested researchers, as well as in tadabbur activities that successfully attract the interest of today's society to get closer to the Quran.

Climate change catastrophes and social intersections

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Rob White
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Related Issue ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the consequences of climate change from the point of view of disasters and their consequences for specific interest and population groups. A key focus is the social intersections that become apparent in such events. For example, the climatic and weather events that form the backdrop to present conflicts in places such as Syria are discussed, as are the gendered vulnerabilities evident in disaster situations such as cyclones and tsunami. Social conflicts stemming from climate change are then elaborated as a more general and increasingly likely scenario. In response to real and perceived threats and risk linked to climate change, issues of security are already generating angst among policy-makers and military planners. Indeed, the securitisation of natural resources, to the detriment of others, is emerging as an important climate-related issue, especially in regard to food, water, land, and air quality.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Global Warming in Namibia: Environmental Disasters vs. Human Life and the Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chalene Keja-Kaereho ◽  
Brenden R. Tjizu ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Native People ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Unique Approach

Climate change is one of the concepts in Namibian languages that does not have any meaning or cannot be easily translated into the native dialects. It is very alien to many Namibians but yet growing in popularity, as it has become a problem that is affecting the economy, natural resources, and tradition and culture of the native people. Climate change is probably going to worsen the dry circumstances that are currently experienced in Southern Africa or Namibia to be specific. If it happens that rainfall does come in good amounts regularly, it will probably erupt in greater power. This will eventually lead to floods and erosion damages in some parts of the country, though these expectations have had very little influence on Namibian policy. Reid et al. (2008) stated that over the past 20 years there has been annual decrease in the Namibian economy of up to 5%, which has been a result of the climate change mostly impacting natural resources in the country. The result was reported using the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model simulations for Namibia. However, this result has negatively impacted the poorest people the most, which is a consequence of decline in wages and employment opportunities, especially for uneducated or unskilled labor in rural areas. It is of utmost importance for Namibia to take initiatives to ensure that most of its policies and activities are environmentally proofed. Namibia should have a unique approach to deal with displaced farmers and farm workers and citizens of such nature by looking into its issues of colonialism. In addition, there is a clear need to mainstream climate change into policies of developing countries like Namibia, because it is the responsibility of these countries to muddle through with climate change impacts and plan for a climate-constrained future.

scholarly journals Algunas implicaciones del cambio climático para la vida humana.

Xihmai ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Eduardo Dehays Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
New Development ◽  
Environmental Refugees ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Causal Nature

Resumen   El  artí­culo  tiene  por  objetivo  precisar  la  naturaleza  causal  del  cambio climático y sus implicaciones para la vida humana en el futuro. Se reconoce el papel de los seres humanos en la generación de un efecto invernadero más intenso, lo que provoca un desequilibrio del sistema climático. Para el efecto, se  revisó  literatura especializada  y reciente  sobre  el  tema  con  el  fin  de detectar la trascendencia de este cambio ambiental en la vida las personas. Las  dimensiones más intensamente  afectadas apuntan a  aspectos vitales como la disponibilidad de agua, la producción de alimentos, la conflictividad social y polí­tica a nivel nacional e internacional, el aumento del número de refugiados  ambientales, el incremento de la pobreza y la desigualdad, entre otros. Este desfavorable escenario precisa un replanteamiento del modelo de desarrollo actual, el que deberá estar encuadrado en estrategias de adaptación a nuevas condiciones y peligros ambientales. En suma, el nuevo desarrollo deberá centrarse en un proceso deliberado de adaptación que permita hacer sustentable la vida humana de todos los seres humanos, sin distinción.   Palabras Clave: Cambio climático, adaptación, vulnerabilidad, desarrollo, conflictos socioambientales.     Abstract   This article aims to clarify the causal nature of climate change and its implications for human life in the future. It recognizes and demonstrates the role the humans in the generating a stronger greenhouse effect, causing an imbalance in the climate system. For this purpose was reviewed and recent literature on the subject in order to detect significance of this environmental change in the lives of people. The dimensions suggest strongly affected vital aspects such as water availability, food production, social unrest and political national  and  international  level,  the  increasing  number  of  environmental refugees, increasing poverty and inequality, among others. This unfavorable scenario  requires  a  rethinking  of  the  current  development  model,  which should be framed in strategies to adapt to new conditions end environmental hazards. In short, the new development should focus on a deliberate process of adaptation that would enable sustainable life for all human beings without distinction.   Key words: Climatic change, adaptation, vulnerability, development, socio environmental conflicts.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Indonesian Language Learning with the Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayu Permata Sari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Acid Rain ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Environmental problems are not new, such as pollution, climate change, depletion of natural resources, waste disposal, deforestation, depletion of the ozone layer, and acid rain. If this problem is not immediately addressed, the sustainability of human life on earth will be worrying. These problems can be overcome with environmental education. Awareness of the importance of the environment needs to be increased. Teachers as educators have an important role in teaching environmental education and raise awareness of students about the importance of the environment.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Health Protection in European Union

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Radu Ioan Mogos ◽  
Mihaela Diana Negescu–Oancea ◽  
Sorin Burlacu ◽  
Victor Adrian Troaca
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The People ◽  
Direct Results ◽  
Climate Change And Health

Climate change (CC) represents a real fact with consequences that start to be seen more and more often and that is why it cannot be ignored anymore. It affects many domains of the human activities and also the health of the people. Climate-specific actions are needed to be taken in order to protect the people and to save the environment. For each affected domain, new regulations and actions regarding climate change prevention must be designed, promoted and implemented. Besides phenomena like heat waves, storms, increased temperature, forest fires, floods, etc. which represent direct results of the CC, also indirect results like human health may be encountered. Human health is affected by elements that are having a big impact over the environment of the people and over the resources that they need (resources like water, food, air, natural resources, etc.). CC has also implications on people migration, the fight over the natural resources, political and economic environments. This paper offers an overview of the most important factors that are affecting the health of the people from the CC point of view and which are the main challenges that most affected countries from EU are dealing with.

Special Issue on Climate Change (Part 2)

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-97
Author(s):  
Hideaki Karaki ◽  
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Syunsuke Ikeda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Biological Interactions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Seed Dispersion

Global warming precipitated by human activity in turn affects plants and animals in addition to human life. This special issue on Climate Change (Part 2) presents two reviews on the biological effects of global warming. Higuchi discusses how plants have started to bloom, leaf, and bear fruits earlier than 30 years ago. Birds have started laying eggs earlier than 25 years ago and migrating and singing -- both related to breeding -- earlier than before. Other changes include a shift in the ranges of some plants and animals northward or to higher elevations. One problem resulting from these changes are distortions or mismatches in biological interactions such as predation, pollination, seed dispersion, and parasitism because changes in phenology and habitation ranges vary by species and groups. newpage Global warming is thus also affecting biodiversity and changing ecosystem structures and functioning. In the second review, Kobayashi et al. show how global warming is changing the habitation range of disease-transmitting insects such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Because insects are cold-blooded, their activities are strongly influenced by environmental temperature. Changes in the distribution of disease-transmitting "vector" insects in turn change the distribution of disease. Summarizing his review, Higuchi wrote that "From a cynical point of view, it could be said that we are currently making an experiment on a global scale to investigate when and how our warming of the entire globe will affect the natural world and our own lifestyles."

scholarly journals INDONESIA-NORWAY COOPERATION TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGH REDD + SCHEMES (CASE STUDY: FORESTS OF CENTRAL KALIMANTAN)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
Christin Sicilia Blandina Ansanay
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
The Impact

Environmental problems, in particular, climate change is of international concern as this issue is directly related to human life using natural resources such as forests, regardless of environmental carrying capacity and ecosystem sustainability. It will undoubtedly affect the economy because natural resources have economic and social functions that provide benefits and become the foundation for the sustainability of the lives of nations in the world, especially in reducing the impact of climate change. The purpose of this research is to know the cooperation between Indonesia dan Norway to reduce greenhouse gas emission (GHG) through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme. The benefits of the research are theoretically useful for the development of the International Relations of science, especially concerning the cooperation of the environment. The theory used as the basis of the author in answering the question is the theory of constructivism. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The results of this research indicate that the cooperation between Indonesia and Norway runs well through the preparation and transition phase, but not yet at the full implementation stage so that there has been no result of reduction of gas emissions a significant deforestation and degradation. However, this cooperation has a positive impact on improving forest governance for Indonesia and raising awareness government and communities to safeguard and conserve forests to reduce carbon emissions through the formation of policies in Indonesia.

scholarly journals The question of the human in the Anthropocene debate

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Chernilo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Tipping Point ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Two Stages

The Anthropocene debate is one of the most ambitious scientific programmes of the past 15 or 20 years. Its main argument is that, from a geological point of view, humans are considered a major force of nature, thus implying that our current geological epoch is dominated by human activity. The Anthropocene has slowly become a contemporary meta-narrative that seeks to make sense of the ‘earth-system’ as a whole, and one whose vision of the future is dystopian rather than progressive: as the exploitation of the planet’s natural resources reaches tipping point, the very prospects of the continuity of human life are being questioned. This article aims to explore the implicit notions of the human – indeed of the anthropos – that are being mobilized in the Anthropocene debate. It will proceed in two stages: first, the article will spell out the main arguments of the Anthropocene debate with a particular focus on trying to unpack its implicit ideas of the human. Second, it will use my approach to philosophical sociology to highlight some of the limitations and contradictions of the ideas of agency, reflexivity and responsibility that underpin the Anthropocene debate.

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