Sustainable development and climate change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4030767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard A Matthews (0000-0003-1514-8713, University of California, Irvine), Richard A Matthew, Anne Hammill (0000-0002-5562-2099, International Institute for Sustainable Development) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1117-1128 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2009.00852.x |
| OpenAlex | W2006358897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In 1987, the authors of Our common future argued that unless the world embraced and operationalized sustainable development, it would risk being overwhelmed by a series of interlocking crises related to population growth, urbanization, poverty and environmental degradation. Since then, many authors have argued that the world is on a worst case scenario trajectory. Post-Rio assessments of progress towards sustainable development have been largely negative. Since 1987, climate change has added a new stressor to the mix while shortening the time frame for transformation. In the context of accelerating change and converging stresses is the concept of sustainable development as compelling today as it was twenty years ago? Is it reasonable to believe there are means by which to reduce poverty and simultaneously protect the environment? This article briefly reviews the global challenges that first stimulated the concept of sustainable development and asks how contemporary processes of global change are affecting both these challenges and this approach to addressing them. While there are some grounds for optimism, several variables are identified that make sustainable development increasingly difficult to design and implement. The article concludes with an evaluation of how these difficulties might be overcome, and why it is essential that we try
Climate change · Context (archaeology) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Global warming · Operationalization · Optimism · Political science · Population · Population growth · Poverty · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Urbanization · Psychology · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |