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"Taking action on climate change or biodiversity is harder than it looks. We
saw this last November when the conflict of interest of Sultan al-Jaber,
president of both the COP28 and of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company,
were there for all to see. Sultan al-Jaber was accused of taking advantage of
the world climate summit to strike backroom business deals for his company. He
also claimed that there was no scientific evidence to justify the elimination
of fossil fuels, before finally peddling back.
This episode illustrates the difficulty of adopting a climate rhetoric that
brings about real change without exacerbating climate change itself. This is
why the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the
Intergovernmental Sciences Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services (IPBES) – also known as the IPCC on Biodiversity – are calling for
transformative change.
But what is transformative change? Another political buzzword? The IPBES
defines it as a “fundamental, system-wide reorganisation across technological,
economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values”.
So it’s not just a small change here or there, but a complete rethink of our
way of life. Understandably, transformative change involves many different
scientific disciplines. The difficulty of bringing it about is a reflection of
the complex socio-ecological environment in which we live. But there is nothing
magic about it. To understand how this concept can help us, we must first go
back to its origins."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
