The Climatization of Global Politics

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“…Military instruments could be used to defend against climate and conflict risks, generating fears of threat and diverting more resources, thus preventing cooperative solutions (see Scheffran, 2022b). Climate policies could also be securitized when they lead to risks and conflicts, including mitigation, adaptation and climate engineering (Scheffran and Cannaday, 2013), but in turn the security policy could be "climatized" which means that new practices from the field of climate policy are introduced into the security field, for instance, disaster management, adaptation, mitigation or sustainable development are emerging in the defense sector (Oels, 2012;Aykut and Maertens, 2023). Other examples refer to environmental and resource policies becoming a security issue, e.g., building dams in Turkey, Ethiopia and Laos raising security concerns in downstream countries.…”

Section: Securitization Militarization and Geopolitical Conflictmentioning

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Limits to the Anthropocene: geopolitical conflict or cooperative governance?

Scheffran

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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In the Anthropocene the world is facing an acceleration of human growth and its impact on nature. The expansionist world order which emerged from Europe since colonial times is reaching multiple limits (environmental, economic, social, political and scientific-technical), increasing marginal costs and risks which trigger multiple crises, conflicts and catastrophes that challenge this world order. Alternative futures range from a collapse of human civilization to geopolitical power competition and conflict between rivals to disruptive technical innovations and systemic transformation of the economy and society within natural boundaries. In response to geopolitical conflicts and their consequences, such as climate change and the Russia-Ukraine war, efforts of cooperative governance can help to mitigate, adapt to and manage complex crisis landscapes. Instead of an epochal turn (Zeitenwende) for arms race and war, more promising are sustainable climate protection and a peaceful energy transition within planetary boundaries. To further prevent escalating and mutually enforcing crisis dynamics and geopolitical conflicts in the Anthropocene, cooperative governance needs to adjust to the world's complexity and move from a negative nexus of problems to a positive nexus of solutions. The interaction between geopolitics and governance and the transition from risk cascades to synergies is discussed for the energy-security nexus and the climate-conflict-migration nexus. Energy conflicts can be contained by diminishing land competition and biodiversity loss, as well as risky dependencies on strategic raw materials and conflict minerals. Measures for a sustainable energy transition include energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy and decarbonization, a circular economy and nature-based solutions. To prevent risk multiplication in the climate-conflict-migration nexus, synergies in climate, migration and security policy facilitate integrative solutions for a socio-ecological transformation based on mitigation and adaptation, conflict resolution and environmental peacebuilding, aiming for a mutual enforcement of sustainability and peace.

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Section: Securitization Militarization and Geopolitical Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Limits to the Anthropocene: geopolitical conflict or cooperative governance?

Scheffran

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Environmental Impacts of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Comparing Common and Sustainable Materials: A Case Study

Chamasemani,

Kelishadi,

Mostafaei

et al. 2023

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The world is currently grappling with the two critical issues of global warming and climate change, which are primarily caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. The construction industry and buildings significantly contribute to these emissions, accounting for roughly 40% of the total greenhouse gas emissions. In response to this pressing issue, environmental organizations and governments have pushed the construction industry to adopt environmentally friendly practices to reduce their carbon footprint. This has led to a greater emphasis on designing and planning sustainable buildings that are in line with the principles of sustainable development. Hence, it is imperative to evaluate buildings in terms of their greenhouse gas emissions and explore ways to reduce them. This research examines the impact of material selection on the carbon footprint of reinforced concrete buildings, aiming to reduce embodied carbon. For this purpose, two reinforced concrete buildings are designed for their embodied carbon to quantify their environmental impact. The first building employs commonly used materials such as ceramics, clay bricks, stone, and plaster. In contrast, the second building incorporates sustainable materials such as cork, plywood, and rockwool. According to the findings, using sustainable materials in the second building leads to a 41.0% reduction in the carbon footprint of the construction process. Additionally, using sustainable materials can mitigate pollution levels in the three categories of endangerment to human health, ecosystem pollution, and resource consumption by 31.4%, 23.7%, and 33.3%, respectively.

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The Climatization of Global Politics

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Limits to the Anthropocene: geopolitical conflict or cooperative governance?

Limits to the Anthropocene: geopolitical conflict or cooperative governance?

Environmental Impacts of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Comparing Common and Sustainable Materials: A Case Study

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