Climate change and sustainable development: towards dialogue

The consequences of climate change and sustainable development remaining as separate discourses are explored, both in general and in the Canadian context. One of these consequences is the difference in emission and economic development scenarios generated by the two groups. A second is that strategi...

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Published in:Global environmental change 1998-12, Vol.8 (4), p.341-371
Main Authors: Cohen, Stewart, Demeritt, David, Robinson, John, Rothman, Dale
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate
Discourse
Environment
Interest groups
Sustainable development
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Summary:The consequences of climate change and sustainable development remaining as separate discourses are explored, both in general and in the Canadian context. One of these consequences is the difference in emission and economic development scenarios generated by the two groups. A second is that strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are designed and assessed in a narrow technical context, divorced from the economic and social forces that underlie them. We identify the need for climate change and sustainable development to be represented in a more explicit manner in each other’s research agendas, and for integrated assessment of climate change to incorporate alternative methodologies that complement global scale integrated assessment models. These methodologies should include greater involvement of stakeholders as partners with researchers in a shared learning experience.
ISSN:0959-3780
1872-9495
DOI:10.1016/S0959-3780(98)00017-X