scholarly journals Quality of Life from the South, Local Knowledge, Socio-Ecological Relationships, and Citizen Participation in Times of Global Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Rojas Hernández ◽  
Javier Lastra Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The South ◽  
Ecological Relationships

scholarly journals Microclimate Observation at Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) Habitat in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Case Study: Lower Eșelniţa Watershed (Banat, Romania)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Cristiana-Maria Ciocanea ◽  
Athanasios-Alexandru Gavrilidis ◽  
Vasile Bagrinovschi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Testudo Hermanni

Abstract “Iron Gates” Natural Park is located in the South-Western part of Romania and is recognized for its great diversity of ecosystems, wide variety of species and emblematic landscapes. Due to its Mediterranean climatic influences and vegetation structure, the area is a suitable habitat for the existence and development of Testudo hermanni boettgeri. Monitoring both, the evolution of the microclimatic features in the lower Eșelnița watershed and the species behaviour, represents a useful step in order to determine if the global climate change endangers the conservation management of the tortoise.

scholarly journals Global Climate Change and the South African Flora: Past, Present and Future

PAGES news ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
JCN Allsopp ◽  
WJ Bond ◽  
GF Midgley ◽  
MC Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora

Engineering Ethics, Global Climate Change, and the Precautionary Principle

2017 ◽  
pp. 254-264
Author(s):  
Robin Attfield
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Energy Extraction ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Principles Of Justice

Besides respecting relevant codes of professional ethics, engineers should heed the principles of common morality and international law, including the Precautionary Principle, which requires action to prevent serious or irreversible harm in advance of scientific consensus, when reasons exist to credit such harm. In this chapter, this principle is shown to be applicable to many kinds of technology. An objection that seeks to assimilate it to policies of Maximin is shown to miscarry. The principle is further interpreted as concerning avoidable reductions of future quality of life. The phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change is then shown to involve challenges for engineers. In addition to principles of justice and of benevolence, the Precautionary Principle is found to be relevant once again to such decision making. Finally, considerations of humanity's limited carbon budget are adduced to indicate, in the light of these principles, the inappropriateness of extreme forms of energy extraction.

scholarly journals Some recommendations towards reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Blignaut ◽  
T. De Wet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Production Structure ◽  
The South

This paper investigates the means of reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector. It concludes that neither the price of electricity, nor taxes, subsidies or legislation are likely to bring about the required change. A change in the production structure using relatively more labour and less capital is also unlikely in the immediate future, given the socioeconomic and legislative milieu currently prevailing in South Africa. The only feasible solution that seems likely is a change in technology, which includes the more efficient use of electricity. Given the possible international agreement regarding global climate change commitments and procedures, clean development mechanisms may therefore yet provide the answer.

Engineering Ethics, Global Climate Change, and the Precautionary Principle

2015 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Robin Attfield
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Precautionary Principle ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Engineering Ethics ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Energy Extraction ◽  
The Precautionary Principle ◽  
Principles Of Justice

Besides respecting relevant codes of professional ethics, engineers should heed the principles of common morality and international law, including the Precautionary Principle, which requires action to prevent serious or irreversible harm in advance of scientific consensus, when reasons exist to credit such harm. In this chapter, this principle is shown to be applicable to many kinds of technology. An objection that seeks to assimilate it to policies of Maximin is shown to miscarry. The principle is further interpreted as concerning avoidable reductions of future quality of life. The phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change is then shown to involve challenges for engineers. In addition to principles of justice and of benevolence, the Precautionary Principle is found to be relevant once again to such decision making. Finally, considerations of humanity's limited carbon budget are adduced to indicate, in the light of these principles, the inappropriateness of extreme forms of energy extraction.

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