Earth System Visioning » economy http://www.icsu-visioning.org   Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What are the possible policies for meeting the problems of climate change, overfishing, and depletion of mineral resources? What is the effectiveness of tradeable permits and taxes, how can they deal with tradeoffs over time, and especially how are they compatible with the need for economic growth among the poorer nations who are, at the same time, contributing to the problems? What is the scope for directed technological change? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/possible-policies-for-meeting-problems-climate-change/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/possible-policies-for-meeting-problems-climate-change/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:41:47 +0000 KJarrow http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1280 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/possible-policies-for-meeting-problems-climate-change/feed/ 0 What political and economic changes can reverse climate change and the loss of biodiversity? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-political-and-economic-changes-can-reverse-climate-change-and-the-loss-of-biodiversity/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-political-and-economic-changes-can-reverse-climate-change-and-the-loss-of-biodiversity/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:35:06 +0000 lmvicente http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2241 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-political-and-economic-changes-can-reverse-climate-change-and-the-loss-of-biodiversity/feed/ 0 When it comes to reducing environmental degradation, what specific challenges are presented by globalization (in terms of the free-flow of money, commodities, and people, and the global power of multinationals) vis a vis the institutional limits of national government jurisdictions? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/challenges-globalization-vis-a-vis-limited-government-jurisdictions/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/challenges-globalization-vis-a-vis-limited-government-jurisdictions/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:25:50 +0000 kamalkapadia http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1665 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/challenges-globalization-vis-a-vis-limited-government-jurisdictions/feed/ 0 Can humankind figure out a way to rid itself of the money system and economies that human civilisation are run on and replace it with another system if need be? Like we replaced the barter system. http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/rid-of-the-money-system-and-economies-replace-with-another-system-if-need-be/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/rid-of-the-money-system-and-economies-replace-with-another-system-if-need-be/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:24:38 +0000 IDG96 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2207 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/rid-of-the-money-system-and-economies-replace-with-another-system-if-need-be/feed/ 0 How do we develop the tools to ensure the changes in societal behavior needed to achieve a sustainable socio-environmental dynamic within the short timeframe available? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-develop-tools-ensure-the-changes-in-societal-behavior-needed-achieve-sustainable-socio-environmental-dynamic/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-develop-tools-ensure-the-changes-in-societal-behavior-needed-achieve-sustainable-socio-environmental-dynamic/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:28:08 +0000 van der Leeuw http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1852 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-develop-tools-ensure-the-changes-in-societal-behavior-needed-achieve-sustainable-socio-environmental-dynamic/feed/ 0 How should the human community reorganize its activities towards a healthy relationship with Earth? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-should-human-community-reorganize-activities-towards-healthy-relationship-with-earth/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-should-human-community-reorganize-activities-towards-healthy-relationship-with-earth/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:11:39 +0000 surfer http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1970 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-should-human-community-reorganize-activities-towards-healthy-relationship-with-earth/feed/ 0 Given boundary conditions (e.g. budget constraints; human kind’s need for food and shelter; present state, pace and length of physical processes, etc.), what is, from an economic (but not only) point of view the right mix of mitigation/prevention and adaptation actions and policies to deal with (and cope with the consequences of) natural resource (land, water, climate, biodiversity, etc.) and sustainability problems? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/given-boundary-conditions-right-mix-mitigation-adaptation-policies/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/given-boundary-conditions-right-mix-mitigation-adaptation-policies/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:17:52 +0000 Bruinsma http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1598 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/given-boundary-conditions-right-mix-mitigation-adaptation-policies/feed/ 0 What kind of tourism should we promote for the next decades? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-kind-of-tourism-should-we-promote-for-the-next-decades/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-kind-of-tourism-should-we-promote-for-the-next-decades/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:37:08 +0000 pedromorais http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1438 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/what-kind-of-tourism-should-we-promote-for-the-next-decades/feed/ 1