From climate science to climate action

IF 4.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Global Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI:10.1017/sus.2023.19
Paul Shrivastava, Fumiko Kasuga, John Grant
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Abstract Non-technical summary Despite 50 years of good science showing the urgency for action on remedying climate change, the business and political worlds have been exceedingly slow in actualizing climate solutions. Now excess climate-related deaths have mounted to more than 5 million people per year. In this Intelligence Briefing, we identify a few targeted driving actions through economic taxation, ending subsidies, and pursuit of legal cases for climate homicide, among many others. Scientists can play a vital role in providing supporting scientific evidence for policies and prosecutions, and model climate behaviors in their personal and professional lives. Technical summary Based on our analysis of the current global situation regarding carbon (CO2) in the atmosphere, we note that the earth has reached a dangerous 420 ppm, compared to staying under the 350 ppm necessary for human sustainability; and carbon concentration in the atmosphere is still climbing, as fossil fuel firms are continuing to delay and dilute regulatory efforts. This paper suggests action on several fronts. Governments can impose improved taxation regimes that involve unitary, windfall, and luxury taxes on carbon and the consumption of natural assets. Cutting subsidies to fossil fuel firms via COP actions can reduce carbon, by making renewable energy more competitive. We suggest recognizing the excess deaths by carbon pollution as homicide and charging responsible companies as was done in the case of asbestos and tobacco. If timely action is not taken, we caution about the potential rise of climate violence of emerging ‘new politics’ and increased global population displacement. Science, government, and business sectors need to collaborate in transdisciplinary ways to produce further actionable knowledge. Scientists can lead by example by reducing their own carbon footprints. Social media summary Fund climate action by taxing billionaires, eliminating subsidies, and suing fossil companies for climate homicide. The science community is focused on and committed to systems changes – seeking both natural systems, and social and economic systems to be sustainable. Yet systems that are in-place now producing carbon dioxide (herein aka carbon), are not taking adequate scientifically recommended actions; or worse, they are changing in the wrong directions. How can we move from producing more scientific knowledge to science-based actions, and what can scientists do to support such actions? In this Intelligence Briefing, we suggest some pathways for action.
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从气候科学到气候行动
摘要 非技术性摘要 尽管 50 年来有充分的科学依据表明,采取行动应对气候变化迫在眉睫,但商界和政界在落实气候解决方案方面却极为缓慢。现在,每年与气候相关的过量死亡人数已超过 500 万。在本期情报简报中,我们提出了一些有针对性的推动行动,包括征收经济税、停止补贴、对气候杀人案提起诉讼等。科学家可以发挥重要作用,为政策和起诉提供支持性科学证据,并在个人和职业生活中示范气候行为。技术摘要 根据我们对当前全球大气中碳(CO2)状况的分析,我们注意到,地球上的碳浓度已经达到了危险的 420 ppm,而人类可持续发展所需的碳浓度则保持在 350 ppm 以下;由于化石燃料公司不断拖延和削弱监管工作,大气中的碳浓度仍在攀升。本文建议在几个方面采取行动。政府可以改进税收制度,对碳和自然资产消费征收单一税、暴利税和奢侈税。通过缔约方大会行动削减对化石燃料企业的补贴,可使可再生能源更具竞争力,从而减少碳排放。我们建议将碳污染造成的超额死亡认定为杀人罪,并像石棉和烟草那样对负有责任的公司进行指控。如果不及时采取行动,我们要警惕新出现的 "新政治 "可能引发的气候暴力,以及全球人口流离失所现象的加剧。科学、政府和商业部门需要以跨学科的方式开展合作,以产生更多可操作的知识。科学家可以以身作则,减少自己的碳足迹。社会媒体总结 通过向亿万富翁征税、取消补贴、起诉化石公司对气候的谋杀,来资助气候行动。科学界关注并致力于系统变革--寻求自然系统以及社会和经济系统的可持续发展。然而,现在产生二氧化碳(又名碳)的现有系统并没有采取足够的科学建议行动;或者更糟的是,它们正在朝着错误的方向改变。我们如何才能从提供更多科学知识转向采取以科学为基础的行动?在本情报简报中,我们提出了一些行动路径。
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Global Sustainability
Global Sustainability Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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19
审稿时长
17 weeks
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