The Social Learning Group, Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks. A Comparative History of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain, The Mit Press, Cambridge (Mass.), 2001, pp. 376 vol. I e pp. 226 vol. II. Isbn 0 262 69239 2 (paperback) e 0 262 19445 7 (hardback).

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 590-594
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Lewanski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks, vols. 1 & 2. By The Social Learning Group. Edited by William C. Clark, Nancy Dickson, Jill Jäger, and Josee van Eijndhoven. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. Vol. 1: $75.00 cloth, $30.00 paper. Vol. 2: $60.00 cloth, $27.00 paper.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-682
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Change Direction ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Social

I have a colleague who collects maps of Africa that demonstrate a specific phenomenon: the developed world's unlearning of African geography. Across the centuries, the maps seem to show that mapmakers know less about the geography of the African continent—particularly the internal parts—than previously was the case. Rivers change direction; mountain ranges disappear. This unlearning, my colleague argues, comes from notions about the acceptability of sources of information previously used. These maps show the social nature of “learning,” the idea that while in many cases there may be actual answers (after all, African geography exists), what information you look for, and from whom, determines how you will view the information you get, and ultimately what you will do with it.

Social Learning for Anticipatory Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence From a Community of Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato J. Orsato ◽  
José Guilherme Ferraz de Campos ◽  
Simone R. Barakat
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Private Goods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Level Of Analysis

The literature discussing social learning for Anticipatory Adaptation to Climate Change (AACC) has largely been developed at the societal level of analysis. However, how private companies build resilience and reduce damage to their private goods remains underexplored. Since climate change involves high levels of uncertainty and complexity, companies seeking to proactively adapt to climate change are required to search for specific and nontraditional knowledge. In order to contribute to this discussion, we investigated how a community of practice promotes social learning for AACC. We access the social learning emerging from the community of practice by developing a framework that can also be applied to other complex problems faced by companies. We found evidence of the centrality of social learning for the development of strategies and practices addressing grand corporate challenges, such as AACC. The results contribute to both the literature of social learning and the practice of sustainability management.

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