Senior Lecturer of Law & Regulation, Yezreel Valley College; Research Fellow, Minerva Center for the Rule of Law, Haifa Univ.; Associate Editor, Humanit. & Soc. Sci. Comm.; Climate Soc. Sci. Network Scholar, Brown Univ.
In an era where governments grapple with the urgent challenge of climate change, a novel approach emerges: Regulatory climate shaming. Join us on Monday, July 15th to delve into this concept during a webinar discussion featuring Sarah Dadush, David Konisky, Aseem Prakash, Joana Setzer, and Dr. Sharon Yadin. Sign up: https://ow.ly/OgNB50SnnN6
Senior Lecturer of Law & Regulation, Yezreel Valley College; Research Fellow, Minerva Center for the Rule of Law, Haifa Univ.; Associate Editor, Humanit. & Soc. Sci. Comm.; Climate Soc. Sci. Network Scholar, Brown Univ.
In an era where governments grapple with the urgent challenge of climate change, a novel approach emerges: Regulatory climate shaming. Join us on Monday, July 15th to delve into this concept during a webinar discussion featuring Sarah Dadush, David Konisky, Aseem Prakash, Joana Setzer, and Dr. Sharon Yadin. Sign up: https://ow.ly/OgNB50SnnN6
In his article, "'Follow the Science' Leads to Ruin", Bjorn Lomborg expertly employs the impractical analogy of decreasing all speed limits to near 0 to the sudden halt of utilizing fossil fuels around the world--although stopping both might prevent some deaths initially, they will dramatically destroy the quality of life in general. Lomborg goes on to explain that although man-made climate change exists, government policies and the actions of societies are merely personal preferences. An example of this is explained when politicians reinforce the movement to "follow the science" behind climate change instead of listening to the other perspectives and allowing discussion. It is revealed that listening to perspectives and discussions about the pressing issue of climate change results in unmanageable expenditures that politicians don't want a hand in.
Furthermore, what caught my attention in the article were the statistical data that displayed the positive impacts of fossil fuels in the face of battling climate change: deaths related to climate change decreased by 97% in the last decade, hunger around the world drastically decreased, net income increased, life expectancy increased, and--most importantly--the overall quality of life increased. If these fossil fuels were completely terminated, according to Neil Record, "6 billion deaths would occur in one year".
Consequently, this article goes to show the vitality of fossil fuels. Albeit, man-made climate change is an issue, solutions to climate change will have a cost greater than climate change itself according to Lomborg.
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Man-made climate change exists, but what societies do in response is a matter of political choice. When politicians tell us we must “follow the science” toward extreme climate policies, they are really trying to shut down the discussion of enormous, unsustainable costs. We shouldn’t let them.
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Climate Action Venn Diagram by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
P.S. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s new book “What if We Get it Right: Visions of climate futures” is on pre-order. I love seeing more work about imagining the future we want to live in. Can’t wait to read it!
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Nice work! 25 years ago I got my PhD in Environmental Politics from Colorado State University and way back then scientists in the know were calling on sweeping changes to address climate change. Now here we are facing the consequences of inaction. I wonder, can our political system, which benefits as much from the status quo as the entrenched economic interests we are facing off with in this moment, muster the will to shift toward a sustainable economic system? Here is one author’s attempt to lay out a path to a sustainable future: https://lnkd.in/dRjnFeCv
It was such an honour to join a distinguished Keynote Panel to discuss climate impacts and response at the local level.
I had the opportunity to highlight some of Saanich’s key activities to reduce our community emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
My fellow panelists are Prof. Christina Hoicka, Elise Godin from DND, R-Adm C.A. Robinson, and Prof. Michael Byers.
We need to invest much more money, attention, and resources into climate solutions.
But how do we make sure these investments are effective and actually do some good?
Science can help us with that. Learn more here.
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If we really want to stop climate change, we need to step up our game.
We need to be far more strategic about how we invest in climate solutions and how we deploy them.
Science can help, and tell us when, where, and how to get the job done.
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For all those attending the What Works Climate Solutions Summit, we know there's an evidence-synthesis gap in climate policy. This is a unique opportunity to learn from health, where evidence synthesis is more engrained, and leapfrog toward an enhanced evidence synthesis practice (including living evidence synthesis) in climate change. Join one of the sessions supported by the Global Evidence Commission to learn more about this and key elements from Update 2024 https://lnkd.in/dtVRrr5D#ClimateSolutions#ClimateChange#ClimatePolicy
We need a science-based approach to determine how to invest in climate solutions.
Sadly, we're not doing that well right now. We need to align resources to the best opportunities to avoid catastrophic climate damage.
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In part three of our “Rational Thinker’s Guide to Climate Change and Related Policies” trilogy, out today, we examine what's driving many of the climate policies we see increasingly being hoisted upon societies and economies.
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This gorgeous chart shows how our survey respondents answered the question 'does your organisation – or people involved in it – use contemplative practices to address climate distress? If yes, what forms of contemplative practice do you use?'
