Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability, Scientific Advancement, and Leadership Development

Abstract

As entrenched population growth and industrialization continue to raise demand for natural resources and their exploitation, there is increasing concern over the detrimental impacts on the global environment and humanity. Economic growth was expected to save people from poverty, but conventional economic growth models simply prompted intensive resource use and undermined the basis for livelihoods that are sustainable over the long term. Whilst research and policy measures have articulated environmental risks and key factors of sustainability, compartmentalized approaches have failed to forge a scientifi c foundation for averting risks and promoting sustainability. Countermeasures to address environmental risks often involve trade-offs weighed against other socio-economic factors. A holistic viewpoint and trans-disciplinary science are therefore needed to foster appropriate decision making and implementation that can ensure optimal risk management and promotion of sustainability. The Leadership Programme in Sustainable Living with Environmental Risk (the SLER programme) spearheaded by Yokohama National University from 2009 to 2014, is one of the programs playing an instrumental role in addressing this need. It provides a platform for strengthening the expertise and skills graduate school students need to become environmental leaders. Moreover, the process of implementing the SLER programme has revealed both the potential and the challenges inherent in developing future environmental leaders to effectively manage environmental risk and promote sustainability.

Environmental sustainability risk, institutional effectiveness and urbanization

“…According to equation ( 4), Y j,it is the normalized data point for commodity j for country i at year t, LCAPmin j,i is the minimum local currency adjusted price for commodity j for country i and LCAPmax j,i represents the maximum local currency adjusted price for commodity j for country i. Following equation ( 4), we proceed to calculate the composite global commodity price, termed GDPF in this study in reference to equation (5).…”

“…GDPF it denotes Global Demand Pull Factor (GDPF) for country i at year t and is the weight generated via PCA for commodity j for country i according to equation (5).…”

“…that negatively influence or are inimical to environmental sustainability. 5 The concept also highlight practices or activities that threaten or constrain sustainable management of both exhaustible and non-exhaustible natural resources and the environment as a whole. Thus, environmental sustainability risk in this context highlights the threat of excessive exploitation and depletion of both renewable and non-renewable natural resources, and emission of harmful pollutants inimical to the environment and human existence.…”

AL-QUR’AN DAN PEMBANGUNAN LINGKUNGAN BERKELANJUTAN DI INDONESIA: ANALISIS MAQASHID SYARIAH UNTUK PENCAPAIAN SDGs

“…Kerangka SDGs menunjukkan bahwa tanggung jawab dalam dokumen kunci SDGs tetap berpusat pada negara-negara dengan ruang besar untuk kedaulatan negara, pengaturan diri, dan penghormatan terhadap kondisi nasional, dan ketiganya saling membangun (Bexell & Jonsson, 2017) untuk mengartikulasikan risiko lingkungan. Faktor kunci keberlanjutan mencerminkan pendekatan yang terkotakkotak yang gagal membentuk landasan ilmiah untuk menghindari risiko dan mempromosikan keberlanjutan, sehingga perspektif holistik dan sains interdisipliner penting untuk mendorong pengambilan keputusan dan implementasi dengan memastikan manajemen risiko yang optimal dan mempromosikan keberlanjutan (Kobayashi et al, 2014).…”

“…Pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat ini dapat berdampak pada lingkungan dan masyarakat, antara lain pencemaran, penggundulan hutan, dan ketimpangan pendapatan (Brodjonegoro, 2019), hilangnya lingkungan global dan kemanusiaan (Kobayashi, et al, 2014), pemanasan global yang berdampak negatif terhadap populasi (Purnomo & Widianingsih, 2012), dan peningkatan guncangan cuaca ekstrem yang berdampak dramatis pada populasi (Wodon, et al, 2014) (O'Donnell & Wodon, 2015). Karena itu, ancaman pemanasan global sebagai inti dari SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) atau TPB (Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan) (Tsimpo & Wodon, 2016).…”