Entering the anthropocene
Geonauts' or sorcerer's apprentices
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3099428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ignacy Sachs (Centre de recherche sur le Brésil Contemporain, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 462-471 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0539018411411028 |
| OpenAlex | W2119512110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Second Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 will coincide with the ratification by the International Commission on Stratigraphy of the concept of a new geological era, the anthropocene. Humanity is thus at a crossroads and we need, more than ever, to abide by the principle of responsibility. We must mobilize ourselves to learn how to speedily mitigate deleterious climate change without losing sight of the urgent need to reduce the abyssal social disparities. The immediate imperative is to propose long-term development strategies to go hand in hand with an aggiornamento of long-term democratic planning. Such strategies must rely on two pillars: food security and energy security. Last but not least, the United Nations ought to take advantage of the forthcoming Earth Summit to set in motion a global transition towards a socially inclusionary and environmentally sustainable path
Anthropocene · Environmental ethics · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Summit · Global Energy and Sustainability Research
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |