Second comment on ‘The climate mitigation gap
Education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Laycock Pedersen (0000-0002-5966-5141, Blekinge Institute of Technology, corresponding author), David P M Lam (0000-0002-3604-0800, Leuphana University of Lüneburg) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 068001-068001 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aac9d0 |
| OpenAlex | W2808089030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 16 |
12 1-9) recently published an article that reviewed academic and grey literature to identify the most impactful individual actions for reducing carbon emissions in developed countries, identifying having 'one fewer child' as by far the most impactful action. This action was recommended with little context considering its controversial nature. We argue that there are three issue-areas that Wynes and Nicholas should have engaged with to improve the clarity of their recommendations and reduced the potential for misunderstanding, which are (1) the extent to which individual actions in one's private life can address climate change in relation to collective actions and actions in the professional sphere (2) the role of overconsumption in driving climate change and (3) the extent to which family planning is a human right. We also suggest that engagement with these issue-areas are a step towards a better practice in academic writing on population as an environmental issue
Action (physics · CLARITY · Climate change · Context (archaeology · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Overconsumption · Political science · Population · Public relations · Sociology · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Energy and Environment Impacts · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Ecology
Moralizing reproduction in a warming world
The carbon footprint of procreation
Exploration of youth knowledge and perceptions of individual-level climate mitigation action
Choosing to live environmentally childfree
The perfectionistic model of pro-environmental behaviour
It's not too late to do the right thing
WE have to change! The carbon footprint of ECPR general conferences and ways to reduce it
Indigenizing Psychology
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Population Control in India
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| Citations per year | 1.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |