Humanity and the 21 st century’s resource gauntlet: a commentary on Ripple et al.’s article 'World scientists’ warning to humanity: a second notice'
| Autor: | Mohsen Kayal, Ehsan Kayal, Hannah Lewis, Jane Ballard |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens (CEFREM), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, ABiMS - Informatique et bioinformatique = Analysis and Bioinformatics for Marine Science (FR2424), Station biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Resource (biology) World Scientists' Warning to Humanity 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences 03 medical and health sciences Food production Political science lcsh:QH540-549.5 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 030304 developmental biology Sustainable solutions Demography Western bias 0303 health sciences Ecology Notice Environmental ethics Sustainability Inequality 13. Climate action [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies Humanity [SDE]Environmental Sciences lcsh:Ecology |
| Zdroj: | Rethinking Ecology, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 21-30 (2019) Rethinking Ecology Rethinking Ecology, Pensoft, 2019, 4, pp.21-30. ⟨10.3897/rethinkingecology.4.32116⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2534-9260 |
| Popis: | A year ago, Ripple et al.’s “Warning to Humanity” was published (Ripple et al. 2017), reigniting debate on the importance of addressing the environmental crisis that humanity will increasingly face in the 21st century. While we fully endorse the pertinence of this initiative, we identify critical gaps which impede the capacity of this call to action in fostering the positive change that humanity needs. With our present manuscript, we provide a complementary assessment to Ripple et al.’s article for addressing the current environmental crisis, as well as some alternative paths forward. We emphasize the importance of considering historical patterns and underlying drivers of the current global socio-ecosystem, particularly in relation to social inequalities, human demography, and food production systems. Without such considerations, several of the steps proposed in the warning might be interpreted as prescriptions from a western-biased vision of our global socio-ecosystem, undermining the fundamental message of this unique initiative for achieving sustainability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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