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What is the best fit trajectory of development to balance economic growth, natural resource use and low carbon emission in the less developed and emerging economies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America?
Posted on August 11th, 2009Categorized as Biodiversity, Earth System, Human Health, Interdisciplinary, Social Science, Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as economic growth, emerging economies, low carbon economy, natural resources, poverty, sustainable development
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To increase economic growth and reduce the number of the poor, the low income and emerging economies of Africa, Asia and Latin Ameria are going to strive more vigorously to achieve higher economic growth in the coming decade. This implies that they are going to explore every resources (importantly, natural resources)to do this. It is clear now, judging from current levels of knowledge on the state of the earth, these contries must not follow the development trajectory of todays’ developed nations, otherwise the planet earth (and all of us) will be in greater jeopardy in future. It is critically important now to ponder on what is the optimum developmenent trajectory that should be followed to balance sustainable use of natural resources, achieve low carbon economy, and record the levels of economic growth that can take majority of population out of poverty, in a win-win fashion. Specific country level (and local level)investigations using cross discipline methodologies may be required. It may also require radical spatial/land use re-organization which may be in conflict with existing social organization.
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How can humankind establish and maintain global equity?
Posted on August 14th, 2009Categorized as Social Science Tagged as climate change, development assistance, global equity, poverty, unequal impacts
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The gap between rich and poor nations in the world is still getting deeper – despite of all efforts of development assistance in the past decades. Some attest developing countries a certain “natural” backwardness, but there were times when there existed only little differences in the economic status between the various continents. For instance, in the 18th century the economic productivity of the manufactures in India was superior or at least equal to that of the most advanced European countries, like England. Only in the 19th century the development of the enormous global disparity began. A substantial contribution to that was made by the imperial strategies of the European great powers. Recently, new threats to global justice evolved with the financial crises that generated dramatic social problems adding to existing poverty, hunger and inequality. Climate change will have its most severe effects in Africa, which is by far the poorest continent in the world. But even strategies for the reduction of greenhouse gases come along with risks for global justice, contributing for instance to a land grab of investors for the production of bioenergy in poor countries which mostly are not even able to feed their own population.
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How can we ensure that the environment is integrated into all development activities?
Posted on August 11th, 2009Categorized as Interdisciplinary Tagged as governance, poverty, sustainable development
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With current rates of world poverty, socio-economic development is not only morally justified, it must be tempered by environmental protection and conservation. How to achieve this in the massive scale that is required, and through the different governance structures and motivations across different regions and states will be of major importance in the next decade. This not only relates to matters of the climate, but to all aspects of the earth system.
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What should be the new world order if low carbon development pathway, low poverty and equal opportunity are to become equally weighted global developmental goals for this decade?
Posted on August 11th, 2009Categorized as Climate, Interdisciplinary, Other, Social Science Tagged as collective action, governance, mitigation, new world order, poverty
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Can the slogan of think globally and act locally provide feasible solution? Perhaps time has come to rise above national boundaries and act globally to deliver climate good? Has climate change pushed the world to the edge so that it is time for us to think of minimum work agenda which rises above national boundaries and becomes global good to be delivered globally? Can global governance in climate mitigation generate global commitment for poverty reduction given that national priorities and circumstances are different and for large number countries reason for non cooperation for commitment to low carbon pathway is poverty burden and need for rapid development and income generation at the least possible cost .
