[MCN] Where climate policy collides with social unacceptability

[Lance Olsen]

So far, no politician has said much if anything about the subject matter below, despite its important role among other drivers of a still-changing climate.

It’s easy to see why. Voters can take offensive at any mention of individual responsibility and associated personal guilt.

It’s also hard for politicians to talk about responsibility and guilt in the fossil fuel industries, and it’s entirely crucial to cover that ground too. That said, the fact of household, individual, personal guilt can be socially unacceptable when it’s easier to point fingers at, say, Big Oil.

This buck stops everywhere, and it’s too easy to blame corporations when the corporations would be nowhere without the people who buy the stuff they sell.

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Tired with Tokenism, Youth Launch ‘Stronger Campaign’ for UN Biodiversity Day <https://146128.clicks.tstes.net/track/click?u=2589192&p=3134363132383a33303a31353a303a32383a30&s=f698db844b3ab0c8ef841dfb8cb4ad7d&m=28489>
By Alison Kentish
The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) has put leaders and policymakers on notice that they are not willing to listen to the same conversations, suggestions and unmet promises, as the world faces a biodiversity crisis.
http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/05/tired-with-tokenism-youth-launch-stronger-campaign-for-un-biodiversity-day/? <http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/05/tired-with-tokenism-youth-launch-stronger-campaign-for-un-biodiversity-day/?>
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“It was clear to me that we’re trapped in a consumer dilemma. On the one hand, if we want to save the planet, we need to stop buying so much stuff. On the other hand, every time consumer spending slows down, it’s an economic disaster.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202105/consuming-less-can-increase-physical-and-emotional-wellness  
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Consumer Society - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/consumer-society>
https://www.sciencedirect.com › topics › social-sciences <https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/consumer-society>
But a real consumerist society, one in which people consciously organize their lives around the acquisition and merchandising of goods that are not needed  ...
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The Difference Between Wants vs. Needs in Economics ... <https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-difference-between-wants-vs-needs-in-economics.html>
https://study.com › Courses › History Courses <https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-difference-between-wants-vs-needs-in-economics.html>
Aug 18, 2020 — A need is something that is needed to survive. A want is something that an individual desires, but would be able to live without.
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Consumerism - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism>
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Consumerism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism>
Advertising plays a major role in fostering a consumerist society, marketing goods through various platforms in nearly all aspects of human life, and pushing the ...
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Wants vs. Needs: Secret to Successfully Prioritizing Expenses <https://www.igrad.com/articles/wants-versus-needs>
https://www.igrad.com › articles › wants-versus-needs <https://www.igrad.com/articles/wants-versus-needs>
Dec 3, 2020 — Anything you require for survival is a need. This should include the tools you need to perform your tasks and duties. So, for a college student, an …
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CONSUMER SOCIETY | definition in the Cambridge English ... <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/consumer-society>
https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › consum... <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/consumer-society>
May 19, 2021 — consumer society | Business English ... a society in which people often buy new goods, and that places a high value on owning things: In a ...
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Hedonic motivation - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_motivation>
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hedonic_motivation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_motivation>
Because of this, the consumer is generally willing to spend more on luxury hedonic items because they can rationalize that these items are more …
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Standard of Living: Definition, Measure, by Country, Examples ... <https://www.thebalance.com/standard-of-living-3305758>
https://www.thebalance.com › ... › Economic Terms <https://www.thebalance.com/standard-of-living-3305758>
Other Ways to Measure Quality of Life — Standard of living only measures the wealth of material things its citizens have, but not quality of life. 
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What is a Consumer Society? <https://people.unica.it/elisabettasoro/files/2018/06/3.-Reading-comprehension.pdf>
https://people.unica.it › files › 2018/06 › 3.-Readi... <https://people.unica.it/elisabettasoro/files/2018/06/3.-Reading-comprehension.pdf>
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Some people think that a consumer society provides people with better lives. People in consumer societies tend to live more comfortably. They eat a wider ...
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consumer society | Encyclopedia.com <https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/consumer-society>
https://www.encyclopedia.com › social-sciences › consu... <https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/consumer-society>
consumer society A term sometimes applied to modern Western societies, which suggests that they are increasingly organized around consumption of goods ...
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PNAS November 24, 2020 117 (47) 29720-29729; first published November 2, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002314117 <https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002314117>

Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality
Enric Batllori et al

Abstract

Forest vulnerability to drought is expected to increase under anthropogenic climate change, and drought-induced mortality and community dynamics following drought have major ecological and societal impacts. Here, we show that tree mortality concomitant with drought has led to short-term (mean 5 y, range 1 to 23 y after mortality) vegetation-type conversion in multiple biomes across the world (131 sites). Self-replacement of the dominant tree species was only prevalent in 21% of the examined cases and forests and woodlands shifted to nonwoody vegetation in 10% of them. The ultimate temporal persistence of such changes remains unknown but, given the key role of biological legacies in long-term ecological succession, this emerging picture of postdrought ecological trajectories highlights the potential for major ecosystem reorganization in the coming decades. Community changes were less pronounced under wetter postmortality conditions. Replacement was also influenced by management intensity, and postdrought shrub dominance was higher when pathogens acted as codrivers of tree mortality. Early change in community composition indicates that forests dominated by mesic species generally shifted toward more xeric communities, with replacing tree and shrub species exhibiting drier bioclimatic optima and distribution ranges. However, shifts toward more mesic communities also occurred and multiple pathways of forest replacement were observed for some species. Drought characteristics, species-specific environmental preferences, plant traits, and ecosystem legacies govern postdrought species turnover and subsequent ecological trajectories, with potential far-reaching implications for forest biodiversity and ecosystem services.





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