Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change
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Data de Publicação: | 2019 |
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Título da fonte: | Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) |
Texto Completo: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/31971 |
Resumo: | Development plans at different levels – from local to global – aspire to eliminate poverty, famine, to make health care accessible, to create better access to education, to improve transportation, employment, and the quality of life, all within next decades. Yet, these plans collide with the reality of climate change, more precisely the Anthropocene, which already creates high-dimensional conflicts. These will only intensify within decades because climate change and other consequences of the environment global devastation lead to a real decrease of resources. These resources enable not only development but also an elementary reproduction of the essential preconditions of life. The current model of development has substantially contributed to the intensification of unequal accessibility to resources and existing conflicts have thus heightened and new ones have emerged. Water as an essential resource will cause new conflicts. Growing population, expansion of deserts and a sea level rise then increase conflicts for the land. Heat waves occur more often which strengthens conflicts for land suitable for human life, meaning that inhabitable areas are spreading. Therefore there is a need to re-evaluate the character and hierarchy of resources and their accessibility, and also concepts of development. The existing development of humankind has been done at the expense of others in many cases and mainly at the expense of the environment. The current situation raises a question of climate justice from both historical and systematic viewpoints. It opens a need to reformulate the concept of human rights from the perspective of their essential environmental preconditions and to define the status of environmental migrants. |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate changeDesarrollo sostenible en la sombra del cambio climáticoSustainable development in the shadow of climate changeClimate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice.Cambio climático. Migrantes ambientales. Conceptos de desarrollo. Sostenibilidad ambiental. Justicia climática.Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice.Development plans at different levels – from local to global – aspire to eliminate poverty, famine, to make health care accessible, to create better access to education, to improve transportation, employment, and the quality of life, all within next decades. Yet, these plans collide with the reality of climate change, more precisely the Anthropocene, which already creates high-dimensional conflicts. These will only intensify within decades because climate change and other consequences of the environment global devastation lead to a real decrease of resources. These resources enable not only development but also an elementary reproduction of the essential preconditions of life. The current model of development has substantially contributed to the intensification of unequal accessibility to resources and existing conflicts have thus heightened and new ones have emerged. Water as an essential resource will cause new conflicts. Growing population, expansion of deserts and a sea level rise then increase conflicts for the land. Heat waves occur more often which strengthens conflicts for land suitable for human life, meaning that inhabitable areas are spreading. Therefore there is a need to re-evaluate the character and hierarchy of resources and their accessibility, and also concepts of development. The existing development of humankind has been done at the expense of others in many cases and mainly at the expense of the environment. The current situation raises a question of climate justice from both historical and systematic viewpoints. It opens a need to reformulate the concept of human rights from the perspective of their essential environmental preconditions and to define the status of environmental migrants.Los planes de desarrollo a diferentes niveles, de local a global, aspiran dentro de las próximas décadas eliminar la pobreza, el hambre, a hacer accesible el sistema de cuidado de la salud, a crear un mejor acceso a la educación, a mejorar el transporte, el empleo y la calidad de vida. Sin embargo, estos planes chocan con la realidad del cambio climático, más precisamente con el Antropoceno, que ya crea conflictos de grandes dimensiones. Estos sólo se intensificarán dentro de décadas, debido a que el cambio climático y otras consecuencias del entorno devastador global conducen a una disminución real de los recursos. Estos recursos permiten no sólo el desarrollo, sino también una reproducción elemental de las condiciones previas esenciales de la vida. El modelo actual de desarrollo ha contribuido sustancialmente a la intensificación de la accesibilidad desigual a los recursos y los conflictos existentes han aumentado y han surgido otros nuevos. El agua como recurso esencial causará nuevos conflictos. La creciente población, la expansión de los desiertos y el aumento del nivel del mar aumentan los conflictos por la tierra. Las olas de calor ocurren con mayor frecuencia, lo que fortalece los conflictos por una tierra adecuada para la vida humana, lo que significa que las áreas habitables se están extendiendo. Por lo tanto, es necesario volver a evaluar el carácter y la jerarquía de los recursos y su accesibilidad, así como los conceptos de desarrollo. El desarrollo de la humanidad hasta ahora se ha hecho a expensas de otros y en muchos casos, principalmente, a expensas del medio ambiente. La situación actual plantea una cuestión de justicia climática desde puntos de vista tanto históricos como sistemáticos. Abre la necesidad de reformular el concepto de derechos humanos desde la perspectiva de sus condiciones ambientales esenciales y definir el estado actual de los migrantes ambientales.Development plans at different levels – from local to global – aspire to eliminate poverty, famine, to make health care accessible, to create better access to education, to improve transportation, employment, and the quality of life, all within next decades. Yet, these plans collide with the reality of climate change, more precisely the Anthropocene, which already creates high-dimensional conflicts. These will only intensify within decades because climate change and other consequences of the environment global devastation lead to a real decrease of resources. These resources enable not only development but also an elementary reproduction of the essential preconditions of life. The current model of development has substantially contributed to the intensification of unequal accessibility to resources and existing conflicts have thus heightened and new ones have emerged. Water as an essential resource will cause new conflicts. Growing population, expansion of deserts and a sea level rise then increase conflicts for the land. Heat waves occur more often which strengthens conflicts for land suitable for human life, meaning that inhabitable areas are spreading. Therefore there is a need to re-evaluate the character and hierarchy of resources and their accessibility, and also concepts of development. The existing development of humankind has been done at the expense of others in many cases and mainly at the expense of the environment. The current situation raises a question of climate justice from both historical and systematic viewpoints. It opens a need to reformulate the concept of human rights from the perspective of their essential environmental preconditions and to define the status of environmental migrants.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2019-08-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/3197110.15448/1984-7289.2019.2.31971Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 19 No. 2 (2019): Sustainable development? Social and environmental conflicts; 337-353Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 19 Núm. 2 (2019): ¿Desarrollo sostenible? Conflictos sociales y ambientales; 337-353Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 19 n. 2 (2019): Desenvolvimento sustentável? 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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change Desarrollo sostenible en la sombra del cambio climático Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change Sťahel, Richard Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. Cambio climático. Migrantes ambientales. Conceptos de desarrollo. Sostenibilidad ambiental. Justicia climática. Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sustainable development in the shadow of climate change |
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Sťahel, Richard |
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Sťahel, Richard |
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Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. Cambio climático. Migrantes ambientales. Conceptos de desarrollo. Sostenibilidad ambiental. Justicia climática. Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. |
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Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. Cambio climático. Migrantes ambientales. Conceptos de desarrollo. Sostenibilidad ambiental. Justicia climática. Climate change. Environmental migrants. Concepts of development. Sustainability. Climate justice. |
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Development plans at different levels – from local to global – aspire to eliminate poverty, famine, to make health care accessible, to create better access to education, to improve transportation, employment, and the quality of life, all within next decades. Yet, these plans collide with the reality of climate change, more precisely the Anthropocene, which already creates high-dimensional conflicts. These will only intensify within decades because climate change and other consequences of the environment global devastation lead to a real decrease of resources. These resources enable not only development but also an elementary reproduction of the essential preconditions of life. The current model of development has substantially contributed to the intensification of unequal accessibility to resources and existing conflicts have thus heightened and new ones have emerged. Water as an essential resource will cause new conflicts. Growing population, expansion of deserts and a sea level rise then increase conflicts for the land. Heat waves occur more often which strengthens conflicts for land suitable for human life, meaning that inhabitable areas are spreading. Therefore there is a need to re-evaluate the character and hierarchy of resources and their accessibility, and also concepts of development. The existing development of humankind has been done at the expense of others in many cases and mainly at the expense of the environment. The current situation raises a question of climate justice from both historical and systematic viewpoints. It opens a need to reformulate the concept of human rights from the perspective of their essential environmental preconditions and to define the status of environmental migrants. |
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