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Environmental scares, science and media
In: Environment and development economics, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 491-537
ISSN: 1469-4395
Key features of the global climate system to be considered in analysis of the climate change issue
In: Environment and development economics, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 347-409
ISSN: 1469-4395
Learning to manage global environmental risks, 2, A functional analysis of social responses to climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain
In: Learning to manage global environmental risks 2
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment
In: Environment and development economics, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 104-110
ISSN: 1469-4395
Resilience in natural and socioeconomic systems
In: Environment and development economics, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 221-262
ISSN: 1469-4395
We, as a society, find ourselves confronted with a spectrum of potentially catastrophic and irreversible environmental problems, for which conventional approaches will not suffice in providing solutions. These problems are characterized, above all, by their unpredictability. This means that surprise is to be expected, and that sudden qualitative shifts in dynamics present serious problems for management. In general, it is difficult to detect strong signals of change early enough to motivate effective solutions, or even to develop scientific consensus on a time scale rapid enough to allow effective solution. Furthermore, such signals, even when detected, are likely to be displaced in space or sector from the source, so that the motivation for action is small. Conventional market mechanisms thus will be inadequate to address these challenges.