La Ciencia de la Sostenibilidad: una necesaria revolución científica

Vilches, Amparo; Gil‐Pérez, Daniel

doi:10.1590/1516-731320160010001

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“…The adaptation actions seek to relate climate change and environmentally sustainable development pathways within the context of multiple stressors and vulnerabilities, and with concern for both intra- and intergenerational equity (Brown, 2011). In this regard, Vilches and Gil (2016) states:…”

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Addressing climate adaptation in education, research and practice: the CLiVIA-network

Nagy

Cabrera²,

Coronel

et al. 2017

IJCCSM

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Purpose Climate change and variability are both a developmental and an environmental issue. Adaptation to climate change and variability has gained a prominent place on global and local policy agendas, evolving from mainly climate risks impacts and vulnerability assessments to mainly adaptation action, imposing new defies to higher education (HE). The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Climate Vulnerability, Impact, and Adaptation (VIA) Network (CliVIA-Net), a South American university-based coalition aimed at achieving a science for/of adaptation. Design/methodology/approach CliVIA-Net is a collaborative effort by academic groups from across the spectrum of the natural, social and health sciences focused on improving climate VIA on education, research and practice. In consonance with international literature and practices, the network shifted from a discipline-oriented approach to an interdisciplinary and Earth System Science (ESS)-oriented one. It seeks to advance fundamental understanding and participatory practice-oriented research and to develop a problem orientation question/solving answering methodology. A set of cases studies illustrates how CliVIA-Net faces adaptation and sustainability challenges in the twenty-first century. Findings Focusing on interdisciplinary graduate education, practice-oriented research and problem orientation practice on climate threats which are already threatening the environment, population’s well-being and sustainability, allows for the co-production of knowledge and solutions, as well stakeholders’ buy-in and commitment. Originality/value CliVIA-Net draws upon the results of evolving interdisciplinary approaches on global change and VIA education, the research partnership with stakeholders and decision-makers to develop environmental and health outcomes, e.g. vulnerability indicators and scenario planning.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing climate adaptation in education, research and practice: the CLiVIA-network

Nagy

Cabrera²,

Coronel

et al. 2017

IJCCSM

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“…We highlight here the onset of a new field of knowledge, with transdisciplinary epistemic bias, named Sustainability Science. It has caused changes in education, especially in science teaching-based Education toward Sustainability (PEDROSA, 2018), where it may assist individuals in understanding the interactions between natural systems and human society, and foster the systematic approach of mutual problems that arise constantly (VILCHES et al, 2016).…”

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Water quality and cyanobacterial blooms in the Piancó-Piranhas-Açu Watershed, Semi-arid Region of Northeastern Brazil: relationships with education toward sustainability

Oliveira

Fonseca²,

Araújo³

2022

RICA

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Greater emphasis has been attached to aquatic ecosystems in recent decades, as these are associated with indicators determinant of sustainability indices. The environmental impacts of these ecosystems with potential risk to human health in the semi-arid region of the state of Rio Grande do Norte have been frequently observed. This study aimed at evaluating the cyanobacteria density, and the indices that indicate the Piancó-Piranhas-Açu Watershed quality. It also targeted to identify the factors that impact most the blooming of these aquatic organisms. The sampling design consisted of 12 collections in different seasonal periods from 2009 to 2016, carried out by the Água Azul Program on 6 points along the basin. Environmental variables were used to analyze the Water Quality Index (WQI), Trophic State Index (TSI), and Cyanobacteria Density (CD). The mean WQI indicated ‘Regular’ water status for points PPA3 and PPA4, while PPA1, PPA2, PPA5 and PPA6 resulted in ‘Good’. As for the TSI, the levels indicate average degree of eutrophication (mesotrophy) on three sampling points, high degree of eutrophication (eutrophy) on two points, and low degree of eutrophication (oligotrophy) on one point. In this sense, human activities - especially diffuse polluting sources - around the spring seemed to worsen these scenarios. The density of potentially toxic cyanobacteria was high, exceeding CONAMA Resolution 357/2005 that recommends a maximum value of 50,000 cells/mL, and the Ministry of Health Ordinance 2914/2011 that recommends a threshold of 20,000 cells/mL. Regarding the general correlation between CD and seasonality we found significant influence (p < 0.05), with greater proliferation of these organisms directly related to periods of drought. We concluded that although the WQI indicated that dams’ waters are suitable for multiple uses, the TSI had limitations, considering the excessive primary productions associated with the presence of cyanobacteria and, thus, the potential occurrence of cyanotoxins ensuing from pollutant loads. The study led us to conclude that the adoption of education practices toward sustainability would help environmental preservation and local social development. It would also enable the establishment of effective priority public policies on mitigation of water pollution.

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“…Particularly surprising is the absence of references to demography in the field of Sustainability Science, an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific domain created at the beginning of the 21 st century with the explicit aim of carrying out a systemic treatment -without reductionisms -of the ensemble of problems that determine the current unsustainable Earth situation, until then studied by separated disciplines (CLARK, 2007;KATES et al, 2001;KOMIYAMA;TAKEUCHI, 2006;TAKEUCHI et al, 2017;GIL-PÉREZ, 2016a).…”

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The Role of Demography in the Transition to Sustainable Societies

Vilches

Gil‐Pérez

2020

Ciênc. educ. (Bauru)

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Currently, although the global population has surpassed 7.5 billion and continues to increase in about 80 million each year, attention to demography is almost absent in most of the studies and publications related to the current situation of planetary emergency and the necessary transition to sustainable societies. For this reason, our first aim in this paper has been to discuss if this current lack of attention to demography is justified or not. With this purpose, we begin considering the scientific meaning of Sustainability, in order to overlay distorted and impoverish views of this concept that may hinder our study. Then, we analyse the reasons given by experts for and against the incidence of demographic growth in the current unsustainable situation of planetary emergency. Finally, we present proposals to face the ensemble of interconnected socio-environmental problems (including demographic evolution), to make possible an appropriate transition to sustainable societies.

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La Ciencia de la Sostenibilidad: una necesaria revolución científica

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Addressing climate adaptation in education, research and practice: the CLiVIA-network

Addressing climate adaptation in education, research and practice: the CLiVIA-network

Water quality and cyanobacterial blooms in the Piancó-Piranhas-Açu Watershed, Semi-arid Region of Northeastern Brazil: relationships with education toward sustainability

The Role of Demography in the Transition to Sustainable Societies

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