Are we ignoring a black elephant in the Anthropocene? Climate change and global pandemic as the crisis in health and equality

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ID12950582
AutoresShinichiro Asayama (0000-0001-6817-3862, National Institute for Environmental Studies, autor correspondente), Seita Emori (0000-0002-9949-5167, National Institute for Environmental Studies), M Sugiyama (0000-0002-2038-1045, The University of Tokyo), Fumiko Kasuga (0000-0002-9882-2533, National Institute for Environmental Studies), Chiho Watanabe (0000-0002-2114-3903, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Ano2020
Volume16
Fascículo2
Páginas695-701
Data de publicação2020-11-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSustainability Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11625-020-00879-7
PMID33193903
OpenAlexW3097289759
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas59

Climate change and coronavirus pandemic are the twin crises in the Anthropocene, the era in which unsustainable growth of human activities has led to a significant change in the global environment. The two crises have also exposed a chronic social illness of our time-a deep, widespread inequality in society. Whilst the circumstances are unfortunate, the pandemic can provide an opportunity for sustainability scientists to focus more on human society and its inequalities, rather than a sole focus on the natural environment. It opens the way for a new normative commitment of science in a time of crises. We suggest three agendas for future climate and sustainability research after the pandemic: (1) focus on health and well-being, (2) moral engagement through empathy, and (3) science of loss for managing grief

Anthropocene · Biology · Climate change · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental ethics · Geography · Global health · Global warming · Health care · Natural disaster · Normative · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Medicine · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology