Standing up for a sustainable world : voices of change

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Standing up for a sustainable world : voices of change

edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, Nicholas Stern

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020

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The world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life expectancy and population since the end of WWII, but it has occurred at the expense of undermining life support systems on Earth and subjecting future generations to the real risk of destabilising the planet. This timely book exposes and explores this colossal environmental cost and the dangerous position the world is now in. Standing up for a Sustainable World is written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them. Combining the voices of leading academics as well as climate change and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and investors, the book highlights the urgent action that needs to be taken to foster sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the face of powerful systemic forces. Chapters look ahead to a better path for human wellbeing, security and dignity, offering insight to ways this can be created. The book as a whole shares the visions and hopes of those fighting in a myriad of ways to make a sustainable world, attempting to tip the balance away from the crushing loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels and increasing global mean temperature, whilst increasing living standards across all dimensions, particularly for the poorest people. An imperative read for those concerned about the future of our planet, this book showcases not only why urgent action is now imperative, but also what changes are necessary for a sustainable, resilient and equitable world. It offers crucial insights for those interested in the dynamics of political action, in how change occurs, and in effective communication. Environmental economics, as well as environmental studies and human geography students and scholars more broadly will find this an invigorating read.

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Contents: Preface: a collective book project - the last chance? Voluntary actors in an ecological and economic transition xxiii PART I INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS 1 Science, society and a sustainable future 3 Johan Rockstroem and Nicholas Stern 2 Conservation psychology and climate change 10 Susan Clayton 3 Capitalism and the curse of external effects 24 Claude Henry SECTION 2 SETTING THE SCENE 4 Costa Rica as pioneer of a green social contract 48 Monica Araya 5 The carbon tax in Sweden 59 Thomas Sterner 6 Lessons from the Obama White House: how climate policy really gets done 68 Alice C. Hill 7 Climate policy in China: an overview 76 Ye Qi, Xiaofan Zhao and Nicholas Stern 8 The Paris Agreement on climate change: what legacy? 103 Laurence Tubiana and Emmanuel Guerin PART II DEFENDERS 9 Introduction to Part II 117 Jonathan Watts 10 To protect the Amazon, defend the people of the forest 125 Maria do Socorro Costa Silva 11 Of chainsaws and grace: direct action by eco-vigilantes in the Philippines 128 Bobby Chan 12 Social justice goes hand in hand with environmental campaigns - and not just in Africa 131 Phyllis Omido 13 Living our values: using art and technology to campaign for nature in Turkey 134 Birhan Erkutlu and Tugba Gu nal PART III LITIGANTS 14 Introduction to Part III 137 Marie Toussaint and Claude Henry 15 The Urgenda case in the Netherlands: creating a revolution through the courts 140 Marjan Minnesma 16 Juliana v. United States and the global youth-led legal campaign for a safe climate 151 Patti Moore, Danny Noonan and Erik Woodward 17 How policymakers imperil coming generations' future and what to do about it 158 Ridhima Pandey 18 Protecting the rights of future generations through climate litigation: lessons from the struggle against deforestation in the Colombian Amazon 163 Camila Bustos, Valentina Rozo-Angel and Gabriela Eslava-Bejarano 19 People's Climate Case - families and youth take the EU to court over its failure to address the climate crisis 171E. Deville, L. Dubois Goeksen Sahin 20 Climate change claim on behalf of New Zealand's indigenous Maori peoples 178 Michael Sharp, Nicole Smith and Tania Te Whenua 21 France: L'Affaire du Siecle : the story of a mass mobilization for climate 185 Marie Toussaint PART IV COMING GENERATIONS ON THE FRONT LINE 22 Introduction to Part IV 194 Claude Henry 23 Fridays For Future - FFF Europe and beyond 196 Anuna De Wever, Luisa Neubauer and Katrien van der Heyden 24 The Fridays For Future Movement in Uganda and Nigeria 211 Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Sadrach Nirere and Adenike Titilope Oladosu 25 The origins of School Strike 4 Climate NZ 218 Sophie Handford and Raven Maeder 26 350.org 231 William "Bill" McKibben 27 How to become an engineer in the ecological crisis? 234 Antoine Bizien, Elsa Deville and Lucas Dubois 28 Ecological aspirations of youth: how higher education could fall between two stools 238 Alessia Lefebure PART V ENTREPRENEURS 29 Introduction to Part V 247 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 30 Catching mighty North Sea winds 251 Claude Henry 31 Providing electricity from rice husk in rural India 254 Claude Henry 32 Heat pumps for decarbonizing buildings 256 Dominique Bureau 33 The rise of supercapacitors: making electric vehicles as convenient as ordinary ones 261 Claude Henry 34 From scooter to boat: innovations in electric transport in cities of Southeast Asia 264 Pippo Ranci 35 The third attempt at the electric car might be the successful one 271 Geoffrey Heal 36 Solar cookstoves for adaptation to degrading natural conditions 274 Claude Henry 37 Carbon capture from ambient air: a brake on climate change? 278 Claude Henry 38 Ecological engineering in coastal protection 283 Claude Henry 39 Better to corrupt plastics than the environment 286 Pippo Ranci 40 Drip irrigation: Daniel Hillel's legacy 291 Claude Henry 41 Making the case for agroecological innovation: the need for technical but also political entrepreneurs 294 Sebastien Treyer 42 Radical transformation in global supply chains: can new business models be based on biodiversity in the agrifood industry? 297 Sebastien Treyer 43 Ethan Brown - the protein revolutionary 301 Geoffrey Heal 44 How to make a sustainable living in a tropical forest: the case of Surui Indians in the Amazon rainforest - success under threat 304 Claude Henry 45 Migrants to repopulate depopulated villages - Riace in Calabria, Italy and its mayor Mimmo Lucano 307 Pippo Ranci 46 How Loos-en-Gohelle, a derelict mining town in the north of France, has become a standard in sustainable development 312 Michel Berry PART VI INVESTORS 47 Introduction to Part VI 321 Nicholas Stern and Charlotte Taylor 48 Unleashing the power of financial markets for the green transition 325 Jeremy Oppenheim and Catharina Dyvik 49 The case for fossil fuel divestment 339 Stephen B. Heintz 50 How can finance be used to combat climate change? 349 Alain Grandjean 51 China's pioneering green finance 358 Ma Jun PART VII COMMUNICATORS 52 Introduction to Part VII 368 Johan Rockstroem 53 Communicating climate change science to diverse audiences 374 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe 54 Global marine fisheries: avoiding further collapses 382 Philippe Cury and Daniel Pauly 55 Why are we so much more afraid of COVID-19 than of climate change? Early lessons from a health crisis for the communication of climate change 394 Francois Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux 56 Communicating the climate emergency: imagination, emotion, action 399 Genevieve Guenther 57 Climate change: from research to communication 407 Jean Jouzel 58 Communicating biodiversity loss and its link to economics 412 Georgina M. Mace 59 Helping trusted messengers find their voice on climate change 424 Edward Maibach 60 From climate scientist to climate communicator: a process of evolution 431 Michael E. Mann 61 Communicating science beyond the ivory tower 436 David R. Montgomery Index

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