Transitioning to Climate Action
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Beschreibung
Given all insight from climate science, it has become obvious that the only viable path forward is transitioning to an economy that lives off our planet’s regeneration, rather than its liquidation. We now need to start becoming regenerative. Current trends, however, such as still increasing fossil fuel emissions, indicate that humanity is on the slowest, and ultimately most destructive and costliest, path. Barriers to change may include financial interests, inadequate decision-making, or warped incentives. But there are also cognitive obstacles, such as a failure of climate communication to mobilize sufficient enthusiasm to solve the problem. Most communication overemphasizes personal sacrifice, failing to ignite individuals’ and institutions’ desire for change. Much communication, furthermore, has a moralistic undertone, or is at least perceived as finger-pointing, hardening the emotional resistance. This messaging is counterproductive: Climate action is not noble, but necessary. Without rapid shifts in perception and public desire for decision-making that embraces our one-planet context, runaway climate change and biodiversity loss is inevitable.
Drawing on a canon of voices from academia, international institutions, governments, businesses, foundations working on climate change, and civil society, Transitioning to Climate Action follows the conviction that we need to stop waiting for others to act first. Thus, given the clarity of the challenge, this volume aims to discuss the possibilities which indeed exist to succeed with the transformation set out by the Paris Agreement and its climate goals.
Transitioning to Climate Action is part of MDPI's new Open Access book series Transitioning to Sustainability. With this series, MDPI pursues environmentally and socially relevant research which contributes to efforts toward a sustainable world. Transitioning to Sustainability aims to add to the conversation about regional and global sustainable development according to the 17 SDGs. Set to be published in spring 2020, and coinciding with the SDGs’ 5-year anniversary, the book series is intended to reach beyond disciplinary, even academic boundaries.
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Roshnie A. Doon
Dr. Roshnie A. Doon is the Secretary of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Regional Executive at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. In this role, she oversees all chapters across the Caribbean, including those in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados. Additionally, she is a research affiliate with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) in Essen, Germany, where her primary area of expertise lies in Labor Economics.
Dr. Doon earned her PhD in Economic Development Policy, an MSc in Economics, and a BSc in Economics from UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. She also completed a PhD Masterclass in International Business at the Henley Business School at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Throughout her academic career, she has received several prestigious awards, including the Mannic Bissoon Memorial Scholarship, UWI Postgraduate Scholarship, and Undergraduate Bursary. Additionally, she was honored with the World Society Foundation (WSF) and Council for European Studies (CES) Global Digital Fellowship. Dr. Doon has also benefited from various research grants, such as the Campus Research and Publication Fund at UWI St. Augustine and the Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Publication Fund in Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Doon serves on the editorial boards of several publications, including the International Journal of Law and Policy, Discover Global Society, and the International Journal of Applied Business and International Management. She is affiliated with numerous prestigious institutions, such as the International Science Council (ISC) in Paris, France, the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP) in Trieste, Italy, as well as the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) and the Technological Transfer Management (TTM) Research Cluster in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Doon currently leads six research clusters focused on labor economics, social policy, migration, COVID-19, climate change, and Industry 4.0, publishing several articles and books in these fields. Additionally, she has presented her research findings at various conferences around the world, including locations in Iceland, Italy, Australia, Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados.
Themen in »Transitioning to Climate Action«
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