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Background: Physical activity is crucial for maintaining health and preventing chronic diseases. However, climate conditions can impact physical activity patterns, and conversely, physical activity can impact climate change. This umbrella review aims to summarize the existing evidence regarding the relationships between physical activity and climate change, as revealed in previous reviews. Methods: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses were analyzed. Searches were conducted across GreenFILE, PubMed, and Web of Science databases for peer-reviewed articles published in English. A 2-stage independent screening process was conducted, and methodological quality was assessed using the JBI framework. Standardized data extraction methods were then applied. Results: Out of 1292 articles retrieved, 7 met all eligibility criteria and were included in the review. Three articles examined physical activity as a primary exposure, 3 focused on the impacts of climate change, and one considered both physical activity and climate change as primary exposures. Conclusions: Findings reveal an interplay between climate change and physical activity. While rising temperatures may prompt outdoor activities up to a certain temperature threshold, air pollution and extreme heat can have harmful effects. Active transportation and improved logistics around large-scale sporting events can mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but transportation systems linked to sports venues may increase emissions. Research on the reciprocal relationship between climate change and physical activity domains, and integrating the community into climate discussions, is crucial for equity, especially for marginalized communities. Incorporating climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in physical activity infrastructure to minimize environmental impacts is critical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glaciologist Rob DeConto's research on polar climate change, specifically focusing on glaciers and ice sheets, is discussed in this article. DeConto explains the differences between Antarctica and Greenland and the challenges of understanding how the Antarctic ice sheet will behave in a warmer world. He also discusses the potential dangers of marine ice sheet instability and the impact of melting ice shelves on sea-level rise. The article emphasizes the uncertainties surrounding the rate of sea-level rise and the need for further research in this area. It highlights the term "deep uncertainty" used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to describe the situation and the conservative nature of current projections. The author emphasizes the need for action to address the melting of ice sheets, as it poses a threat to infrastructure worldwide. [Extracted from the article]

Urban agriculture has myriad benefits for those who participate in it, but it's not guaranteed to be more climate-friendly than conventional agriculture. That said, there are some very specific steps urban farmers can take to slash carbon emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In "Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety," Britt Wray explores the importance of language in understanding and sharing the emotions caused by the climate crisis. She emphasizes the need for validation and community in coping with these feelings and taking action. Wray also discusses the differences between existential dread from nuclear threats and climate threats, highlighting the importance of care and courage in facing these realities. The text emphasizes the need to reframe the concept of control, recognize interconnectedness, and listen to non-dominant cultures and indigenous communities. It suggests engaging in truth and reconciliation processes and creating spaces for compassionate conversations to shift towards climate solutions. The text provides resources for accessing support groups and therapy networks for those experiencing climate anxiety and encourages open-minded conversations for those less engaged. [Extracted from the article]

Bill McKibben, an environmental activist and writer, emphasizes the need for urgent action to address the climate crisis. He highlights the importance of political action in accelerating the transition to renewable energy and impeding the fossil fuel industry. McKibben calls for collective action and collaboration across generations to combat climate change. He also emphasizes the role of voting, holding elected officials accountable, media coverage, global partnerships, and financial investments in renewable energy. Despite the challenges, McKibben encourages individuals to join movements and work together to create change. [Extracted from the article]

The focus of the presentation is to support a phenomenological attitude that overcomes Cartesian dualisms and promotes the dialectic between the assumption of responsibility towards the drama of climate change and a sense of belonging to the “Anima Mundi”. A brief introduction to the idea of “Anima Mundi” [the soul of the world] as formulated in classical philosophy, the Neo-Platonic Renaissance, and more recently explored in Hillman’s Jungian perspective is presented. Comments on the contributions of psychoanalysis to the themes of the relationship with the non-human environment (Searles), the climate crisis (Orange) and the recent formulation—oriented to self-psychology—of the permeability of the self to the more-than-human (Kassouf). In the current historical-cultural context, the specific responsibility of mental health professionals is to highlight how people’s “well-being” cannot be based only on economic and materialistic aspects. The “beyond” we are looking for is to restore a sense of unity with environment and nature (Anima Mundi) and to delve deeper into the meaning of what we are experiencing in order to restore a sense of agency, motivation and creativity towards a profoundly transformative perspective that holds together complexity and vitality in the clinical encounter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Community-driven conservation is gaining substantial recognition as the effects of the climate crisis become more evident and widespread. Participatory action research (PAR) stands out as a method for engaging community leaders and members in collaborative planning of biological corridors. Biological corridors are important conservation strategies that provide connective forests to support natural habitats, and ecosystems especially migratory species including birds, mammals, reptiles, and marine life. This paper, based on participatory action research conducted in 2018–19 with the Bellbird Biological Corridor (BBC) in Costa Rica examines how ecological and social relations inform conservation work. Based on community participatory practices and PAR with BBC communities, this case study brings into relief four dimensions of doing community-driven conservation work: 1) downshifting and aligning expectations and capacity, 2) attunement and relationship building, 3) accountability and transparency, 4) mapping eco-social relations based on emergent themes from PAR practices. This paper brings into relief how BBC communities confront climate and environmental threats and seek to build innovative sustainable practices to support ecological health in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the role of constructive anger in motivating and sustaining climate action. It considers relevant research in climate psychology with special attention to the dynamic between climate-related anger, action, and hope. The psychological research is then applied to a reconstruction of the concept of anger and hope in philosophical and theological approaches. Developing the concept of constructive anger, this article suggests that such constructive anger can be a factor in moving through apathy, fear, and depression and mobilizing toward collective climate action. Climate-related anger can be relieved through collective forms of climate action and the sense of collective efficacy that can emerge in becoming active. These can become a means to generating resistant, active, constructive forms of hope that can be distinguished from deceptive forms of hope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the Filipino concept of Dalamhati as an expression of the praxis of love within environmental activism. Dalamhati emphasizes a mutual relationship with the natural world, rejects the idea of human dominance, recognizes negative emotions, and addresses feelings of despair and hopelessness that beset environmental activists dealing with unrelenting ecological loss due to climate change. Dalamhati, in Filipino, describes profound grief and sorrow, including sadness, anguish, and lamentation. It is from two Malay-based words: hati, meaning "liver," traditionally considered the seat of emotions for many Philippine ethnolinguistic groups, and dalam, meaning "deep or within." Poetically, Dalamhati refers to a liver-splitting or heart-rending emotion. Dalamhati, with its attributes of pighati (lamentation or sorrow), lunggati (yearning or earnest desire), and luwalhati (joyful exuberance), serves as a foundation for developing more effective and action-oriented care ethics in environmental activism. This article draws on reflections on the real-life experiences of three Catholic priests who are environmental advocates in the Southern Philippines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modernity's ideals of progress through industrialisation, coupled with rationalist views of value-free and neutral science guiding policymaking, have been driving forces behind the climate crisis and related injustices. Post-colonial scholarship calls for unlearning this modernist paradigm. This study examines the extent to which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the preeminent global authority on climate change knowledge, is both shaped by the procedural logic of Eurocentric modernity and the tendencies towards unlearning these modernist characteristics in favour of more pluralistic, co-productive approaches. Through an inductive-deductive qualitative methodology, including semi-structured interviews with IPCC authors and policymakers at international climate conferences, this paper finds the IPCC to be situated in a tension field between modernity and unlearning it. On the one hand, the IPCC is constrained by path-dependencies of Eurocentric modernity, manifested in the linear model of knowledge transfer, the differentiated systems logic of science and policy spheres, and the privileging of Western scientific expertise as universally valid and apolitical. On the other hand, the study also identifies emergent tendencies within the IPCC towards broadening disciplinary diversity, incorporating alternative epistemologies like Indigenous and Local Knowledge, and fostering co-productive collaborations between scientists and policymakers. These nascent "unlearning" efforts signal cracks in modernity's edifice, though limitations and potential risks caution against overstatement. By highlighting this critical juncture, the paper contributes empirical and conceptual insights into the IPCC's transition from modernist constraints towards more pluriversal climate responses. This analysis sheds light on the IPCC's evolving role in shaping global climate governance and the ongoing struggle to redefine climate knowledge production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Just and fair transitions to low-carbon and nature-positive ways of living need to occur fast enough to limit and reverse the climate and nature crises, but not so fast that the public is left behind. We propose the concept of "Regenerative Good Growth" (RGG) to replace the language and practice of extractive, bad GDP growth. RGG centres on the services provided by five renewable capitals: natural, social, human, cultural, and sustainable physical. The term "growth" tends to divide rather than unite, and so here we seek language and storylines that appeal to a newly emergent climate-concerned majority. Creative forms of public engagement that lead to response diversity will be essential to fostering action: when people feel coerced into adopting single options at pace, there is a danger of backlash or climate authoritarianism. Policy centred around storytelling can help create diverse public responses and institutional frameworks. The practises underpinning RGG have already created business opportunities, while delivering sharp falls in unit costs. Fast transitions and social tipping points are emerging in the agricultural, energy, and city sectors. Though further risks will emerge related to rebound effects and lack of decoupling of material consumption from GDP, RGG will help cut the externalities of economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social representation theory provides a theoretical framework for comprehending how information about climate change is transformed as it moves from the scientific realm and becomes intertwined with people’s everyday lives. It also explores the relationship between this knowledge and the shared values, beliefs, and ideas within a specific social group. This article critically reviews 67 papers on social representations of climate change, identifying main contributions, methodological approaches, and future research opportunities. This review offers a broad outlook on the knowledge provided by social representation theory to understand climate change from a social-educational perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a high interest in art's change potential towards sustainability. Yet, there is still a lot unknown about this change potential, including from the perspective of artists themselves. The research questions, thus, are: Do artists who create climate-related art have goals and target audiences regarding their climate-related work? If so, which goals and audiences do they aim for, and why? 30 interviews with artists having been born or living in the United Kingdom, United States of America or Germany were conducted and analyzed. A framework of eco-social change was applied to the interview transcripts, and artists' goals and audiences were analyzed through thematic analysis. The research finds that artists have a desire for societal impact and wider audiences, but some also have narrower audiences and smaller changes in mind. Moreover, some artists engage in an impact reflexivity about not only the potential but also the limits of their practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water-scarce areas are threatened by climate crisis and, thus, there is an urgent need for optimizing water resources management. Remote sensing has been widely used for calculating the evapotranspiration over large areas, which is an essential variable for calculating the actual irrigation needs of crops. The main objective of this work is to design an approach to optimize the irrigation needs for specific crops. The island of Cyprus is used as a case study providing first insights for water management in the country. The proposed approach is crucial to the agricultural industry of Cyprus since it is located in the Mediterranean region which is affected by warm climate and drought events. Specifically, the proposed approach calculates daily the crop evapotranspiration over the island for three of the most important crops (i.e., citrus, olives, and potatoes) cultivated in Cyprus. The results of this study are showing that the three crop types are withdrawing much more water than the total annual inflow of reservoirs in 2023. Therefore, better irrigation management needs to be adopted by farmers while optimized water resources management practices have to be embraced by local authorities and stakeholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines Amitav Ghosh’s retelling of an ancient forest legend in Jungle Nama (2021) by contextualising it within the current global climate crisis. By highlighting the oral tradition of indigenous narratives and marking the significance of dwipodi-poyar meter in Ghosh’s adaptation, I draw attention to the folktale as a literary form suitable for articulating the climate question. Following a close textual reading of Jungle Nama, the article presents some broader arguments about the relationship between literature and climate crisis, storytelling and community-building, capitalist realism and alternative sustainable futures – specifically from the postcolonial vantage point of the global South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Much of current French literature deals with social issues, with a particular focus on reality. In the context of the increasingly visible effects of man-made climate change, this interest in social issues is combined with an interest in ecology and environmental protection. French climate fiction is often set in rural areas, which have undergone massive structural change over the last 50 years. The article examines an example of ecocritical sociobiofiction, Serge Joncour’s family saga – with its two parts Nature humaine (2020) and Chaleur humaine (2023) – which, through the example of a farming family in the south of France, chronicles a France increasingly marked by socio-ecological and environmental themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Economic development is often defined as a cycle of sustained growth adding to ever‐increasing living standards of the general population. However, in human and economic geography such an orthodox definition of development is increasingly considered problematic. Not only have cycles of lower growth, rising debt, inequality and environmental degradation challenged the foundations of post‐war prosperity. Economic development in advanced nations must also be associated with the development of underdevelopment in peripheral countries. In this essay, I therefore contend that what is otherwise defined as ‘development’ has increasingly taken the form of ‘undevelopment’, i.e., a regressive cycle of falling productivity, financialisation, rising inequality, global imbalance and irreversible climate change. Although it is difficult to change the global course of undevelopment, I argue that de‐development can develop into its logical successor. Indeed, by progressively transcending the capitalist world‐system, I conclude that a more durable global economic system can emerge where global wealth redistribution and economic activity within the planet's finite boundaries are central. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The climate crisis seriously threatens Central European forests and their ecosystem functions. There are indications that old-growth forests are relatively resilient and efficient in micro-climatic regulation during extreme climatic conditions. This study evaluates five well-protected old beech forests in Germany, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We examined temperature dynamics and vitality in core, buffer, and border zones during hot days from 2017 to 2023, using Landsat 8 and 9 imageries to assess Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), alongside on-site Air Temperature (AT) measurements. Our findings reveal that all five forests were impacted by recent extreme heat events, with core zones remaining cooler and more vital, followed by buffer zones. Temperature-regulating patterns varied with landscape characteristics and the surrounding matrixes. We observed a site-dependent cooling effect of the forest interior that increased with higher LST. Our study highlights the value of old-growth forests and recommends increasing effective protection around mature forests, establishing corridors between isolated patches, and creating mosaics in managed landscapes that include unmanaged areas capable of developing into old-growth ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to determining the prospects for long-term development of rural areas of the Siberian Federal District in the context of global climate change. The study is based on the predicted calculation of changes in hydrothermal conditions within the boundaries of natural and climatic zones of Siberia. It was revealed that by 2050 the predicted shift of natural and climatic zones will be on average 50-100 km depending on the region in the direction from south to north. In some regions (Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts) by 2050 there will be a significant improvement in natural and climatic conditions that have a favorable effect on agriculture. Scenarios for the long-term development of rural areas of the Siberian Federal District in the context of global climate change have been developed: "Climate Adaptation", "Climate Mitigation" and "Climate Crisis". Sustainable development of rural areas in Siberia is possible within the framework of the “Climate Mitigation” scenario, which implies mitigating the risks of global climate change through the development of fallow lands, agroforestry, crop rotation, organic farming, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Climate movements led by students and the youth worldwide (and in particular, those in richer economies) have been recognized as having a formidable voice and making important contributions towards a more radical societal transformation to face the climate crisis. However, little is said about the contribution of popular sectors, who have been mobilizing for decades and demanding broader structural transformations—with proposals that tackle environmental issues more broadly and the climate crisis in particular—but who are not directly involved in climate politics arenas, such as the United Nations Climate Change conferences. Usually portrayed as vulnerable, as those most affected by climate events, as victims and receivers of adaptation strategies, or, as resilient, rarely do popular sectors appear as agents of transformation. Critical scholars have advocated for understanding the climate crisis as part of multiple crises, including the biodiversity crisis, a crisis of care, and a crisis of democracy. Situating our article within this scholarship, we argue that the scholarly and societal debate on climate change will further benefit from broadening the scope of which social subjects are considered as part of the climate movement. Based on our research with rural popular feminist movements in Brazil, and in particular, the coalition Marcha das Margaridas, we address the following questions: how are their diagnostics of, and proposals to, overcome the climate crisis embedded in their broader project of transformation? Additionally, how does their political identity within class, gender, and rural categories of inequality inform their positions? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay reflects on how the Marxist commodity-form theory of law can inform approaches to EU climate law. The commodity-form theory understands law as a central social relation in the capitalist mode of production. The essay combines this theory with a Marxist analysis of the relationship between capitalism and nature, arguing that the inherent features of capitalism are the root cause of the climate crisis. Applying this to the European Union, the essay argues that its response to the climate crisis tends to reinforce the structural features of capitalism that have led us to the brink of catastrophic climate change. The commodity-form theory offers a sceptical view of law and argues that it must be used strategically as part of a broader movement seeking to transcend capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Placing attention on counter narratives from fishing communities in Dakar and Saint Louis in Senegal, we present how the climate crisis and its complex nexus with (im)mobility is instrumentalized to mask the underlying structural causes. We evidence the intertwined impacts of the climate crisis as rooted in global unequal structures, state-level fishing agreements, and global and local waste (mis)management on lives and livelihoods through the lens of mobility justice. Mimi Sheller's concept of 'mobility justice' reflects the interconnecting strands that emerge from the interdisciplinary research project ClimateOfChange on which the paper is based: the right to mobility, the right to live in a healthy environment, and the unequal access to such rights across the globe. Our aim within this paper is to deconstruct depoliticised narratives of the climate crisis, particularly those related to so-called 'climate migrants' and instead to unravel the ongoing colonial continuities underpinning the climate crisis and the structures of racial capitalism that create socio-spatial inequalities in environment and mobility. Empirical data is drawn from qualitative research conducted with local people/activists, including a one-month climate diary capturing visual perceptions of mobility (in)justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, American tech actors express optimistic ideas about how to fix the Earth and halt climate change. Such "green" initiatives have in common that they capture the world in systems and propose large systemic, and mostly technological, solutions. Because of their reliance on techno-fixes, representatives of Silicon Valley express an ideology of ecomodernism, which believes that human progress can be "decoupled" from environmental decline. In this article, I show how "whole-systems thinking" has become a key discursive element in today's ecomodernist discourses. This discourse has developed from the 1960s onwards – inspired by cybernetic, ecological and computational theories – within the tech culture of California. This paper discusses three key periods in this development, highlighting key publications: the Whole Earth Catalog of the 1960s, the Limits to Growth report in 1972 and the cyberspace manifestoes of the mid 1990s. These periods are key to understand how techno-fixes became a popular answer to the climate crisis, eventually leading to a vision of the world as an ecosystem that can be easily controlled and manipulated, and of technological innovation as harmless and beneficial. I argue that "whole-systems" thinking offers a naive and misleading narrative about the development of the climate crisis, that offers a hopeful yet unrealistic perspective for a future threatened by climate change, built on a misconception of Earth as a datafied planet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Whilst research on extreme contexts has mainly studied responses to and perceptions of urgency in abrupt crisis settings, this paper examines the construction and contestation of urgency in ambiguous creeping crisis settings. It builds on the empirical case of the Alpine Region of Tyrol and the discourse that emerged around the climate crisis and ski tourism. By taking an abductive approach, we investigate how the temporal dynamics of urgency contestation unfold between different actors. Our findings show three discursive dynamics that drive the contestation of urgency over extended periods of time. We further reveal that actors draw on specific temporal dimensions when constructing high or low senses of urgency – a measurable, normative or synchronicity dimension. This contributes first to research on urgency by uncovering that urgency is not something that can be taken for granted in crises, but instead a multidimensional and relationally contested construct. Second, we point to the nestedness of crises by showing that the urgency of a crisis is shaped by the perception of urgency in related crises. Third, we contribute to crisis research outlining that creeping crises do not necessarily peak in a "hot phase" but instead remain contested and continue to creep on forever. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Even among recent debates about the start of the Anthropocene, and despite the still polarizing political positions on the urgency of climate change, the hunger stones of northern Europe emerge as powerful witnesses to our past and present crises. At once both explicit and enigmatic, hunger stones marry the factual declaration of receding water levels with the elusive voice of past suffering that speaks to present drought conditions, embodying perfectly Ursula K. Le Guin's assertion that "science explicates; poetry implicates." The discourse of climate crisis is typically solastalgic; these stones, however, imagine a range of affective and aesthetic registers, most notably in the poetic and artistic warnings to future readers. The elemental media through which the hunger stones speak to the present is the focus of this essay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 inspired some within the tourism industry to react rapidly to support Ukrainians in the crisis. This presents an opportunity to address solidarity through tourism as we confront change in the global order and cascading crises. While some tourism analysts hailed the response in support of Ukraine, others raised critical questions about the absence of care when similar injustices were perpetrated on Global South peoples. This article interrogates these developments as a concern for tourism politics and policy. It examines the expansiveness of solidarity bonds in a world characterised by structural injustices and ongoing imperialism. It suggests a transformation of the World Tourism Organization to focus on harnessing tourism as a tool for equitable solidarity in an era characterised by climate change and multiple crises. It also recommends political astuteness in future tourism analyses, including paying due attention to issues of ongoing structural injustices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bu “Sahadan Sesler” çalışması, Çukurova Bölgesi’ndeki Adana, Mersin ve Tarsus illerindeki tarım arazilerinde çalışan kadın işçilerin, iklim krizine bağlı afetler ve iklim adaleti bağlamında yaşadıkları zorlukları, emek mücadelelerini ve adaptasyon süreçlerini anlamayı hedefleyen saha sürecimden şekillenmiştir. Araştırmanın temel odağı, kadınların bireysel hikayeleri ve bu hikayelerin tarımsal emek süreçlerine yansıyan etkileridir. Çalışma, hem iklim krizinin tarım üzerindeki etkilerini hem kadın işçilerin yaşadıkları zorlukları hem de bu etkilerle başa çıkma stratejilerini anlamaya yönelik bir çaba olarak tasarlanmıştır. Saha çalışması, Tarsus ilçesindeki ilk görüşmelerle başlamış ve toplamda 45 günlük bir süreyi kapsamıştır. Görüşmelerden önce, sahada bir hafta süren ön gözlem gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu süreç, sahadaki dinamikleri anlamak ve katılımcılarla güven ilişkisi kurmak açısından kritik öneme sahiptir. Görüşme sürecinde çeşitli çevresel ve sosyal değişkenler nedeniyle zaman zaman ara verilmek zorunda kalınmış olsa da saha çalışması başarıyla tamamlanmıştır. Saha süreci boyunca kadınların emek mücadeleleri, iklim krizine uyum sağlama çabaları ve karşılaştıkları yapısal zorluklar araştırmacının gözlemleri ve katılımcıların anlatılarıyla derinlemesine ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, tarımsal iş gücünde yer alan kadınların maruz kaldığı güç ilişkilerini, toplumsal cinsiyet rollerini ve çevresel koşulların kadınlar üzerindeki dönüştürücü etkisini kapsamlı bir şekilde ortaya koymaktadır. İşçi kadınların, sahadaki hikayelerini daha sistematik bir biçimde anlamlandırmak amacıyla bu çalışma 4 alt başlık ile yapılandırılmıştır. Bu başlıklar, kadınların iş gücündeki görünmez emeğini, aracılar ve işverenlerle olan ilişkilerini, kriz dönemlerinde ortaya çıkan dayanışma mekanizmalarını ve bu mücadelelerin gölgede kalan boyutlarını kapsamaktadır. Bu saha hikayesi, hem tarımsal iş gücünde kadın emeğinin görünmezliğini hem yapısal zorluklara karşı geliştirilen direnç stratejilerini hem de toplumsal gerçekleri anlamak için önemli bir kaynak sunmaktadır.

Dünya üzerindeki hiçbir köşe, iklim krizinin sonuçlarından muaf değilken dünyadaki hiçbir canlı iklim krizinin getirdiği olumsuzluklardan ayrı düşünülemez. İklim krizi her canlıyı ve her insanı etkileyen bir olgu olsa da her birey tarafından eşit deneyimlenmemektedir. Özellikle afetlerden etkilenen bölgelerde bulunanlar ve sosyal, ekonomik, kültürel ve politik eşitsizlikler nedeni ile yaşadıkları sorunlarla baş edebilmek için gerekli kaynaklardan ya da yapabilirliklerden yoksun olanlar iklim krizinden daha fazla etkilenebilmektedir. Diğer bir ifadeyle bireylerin yaş, sosyoekonomik durum, engellilik gibi farklı konularda sahip olduğu dezavantajlar, iklim krizini daha derinden deneyimlemelerine zemin hazırlayabilmektedir. İklim krizinin daha derinden deneyimlenmesinde etkili olan, iklim değişikliğinin getirdiği riskler ile eşitsizliklerin kesişiminde duran etkenlerden biri ise cinsiyettir. Toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği iklim krizinin bireylere etkisinde rol oynayabilmekte, kişilerin deneyimleri cinsiyet ekseninde farklılaşabilmektedir. Bu çalışma, iklim krizi ve cinsiyet eşitsizliği konularını ele almakta olup kadınların ve kız çocuklarının iklim krizi nedeni ile yaşadıkları eşitsizlikleri görünür kılarak iklim krizi ile mücadelede toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğinin önemini vurgulamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Through the analysis of ECB Executive Board member speeches, we have identified three main narratives about the consequences of the environmental crisis in the monetary authority's spheres of influence: The first emphasises environmental phenomena as financial risks; the second highlights the green investment or financing gap; and the third focuses on the impacts of climate change on price stability. These narratives lead to different forms of legitimisation in terms of why and how the central bank should intervene to tackle climate change. We show that the third narrative is displacing the first as the dominant discourse around ECB climate policy. The shift in focus from the central bank's duties to maintain financial stability to its responsibilities regarding price stability under the primary mandate could lead to far-reaching green monetary policies. However, based on the concept of layered structures, we argue that this change does not signal a departure from market liberal central banking but rather a shift within the prevailing system. What we are witnessing is a new form of market liberalism adapted to climate change, or market liberalism in climate crisis mode. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In art education, material limitations often lead to unexpected innovation by obliging makers and their teachers to grapple with the conditions of their environment through new and creative forms. This visual essay documents one such turn after an unseasonably warm winter necessitated the reconstitution of a snow sculpting curriculum for children from the Dovercourt Boys & Girls Club into a day of outdoor artmaking about the unstable conditions of the natural world. Included in their revised curriculum was an aesthetic scavenger hunt developed to attune young artists to natural materials. In response to this invitation, the children unexpectedly self-organized to create their own environmental, visual scavenger hunt. This visual essay records their teacher and collaborator's uptake of their prompts to tell the story of the co-emergent learning possibilities that environmental artmaking can offer in times of instability and crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In reaction to the climate crisis, we have seen the emergence of environmental fashion trends that seek to limit energy use and cut emissions, with the aim of building sustainability. The provocation to design in concert with our biosphere is driving fashion designers to renegotiate our relationship with living systems in the quest for innovative ecological design models. This article explores the transformative coupling of fungi fabric and fashion. It considers how fashion brands and designers might develop new languages by bringing fungi's root intelligence into wearable forms. A body of remarkable experiments has shown that fungi engage in decision-making, are capable of learning and possess short-term memory. The intelligence of the fungal ecosystem and its ability to repair damage in its own structure brings new possibilities to the idea of a 'smart' textile. Preserving these active qualities in a textile raises challenges for fashion brands and consumers about how to store the garments and whether we would need to feed our wardrobe of the future to keep it alive. If use of mycelium in fashion is to progress beyond the Petri dish or catwalk novelty, challenges of consistency and scale need to be addressed. Far from the 'perfect cure', fungi materials raise questions about their eco-credentials, finishing treatments and disposability, and the ethics of working with living organisms. With a rising experimentation in bio-fabrics, I suggest the need for a critical discourse of materials that aims to promote new questions and scholarship on the intersections between body and botany, decomposition and drapery, and engineering and ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study looks at environmental anxiety and hope from the perspective of existential philosophy, as two different forms of existential attunement. In the first part of the text, the current state of research in the field of environmental emotions and moods is sketched out. The concept of environmental anxiety is then briefly delineated, drawing on current taxonomies of environmental emotions as well as on philosophical definitions of anxiety promulgated by Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Tillich and contemporary existential phenomenologists. The existential relevance of environmental anxiety is subsequently defined with the help of an analysis of the experience of the loss of meaningfulness that accompanies environmental anxiety, and then also an analysis of the change in how the natural world reveals itself to the anxious individual. The second part of the study focuses on the mood of hope. The hope for a solution to the ecological crisis is often presented in both public discussion and in the professional literature in the form of new technologies, political will or Providence. This hope is made immediately available and without making any great demands on the hopeful individual. However, by means of Kierkegaard the study shows that this kind of hope is a kind of illusion that leaves a person in a state of inaction, and even becomes an obstacle to a more radical form of hope, one that is capable of inspiring the individual to act, for example, toward “an active solution to the ecological crisis.”

AbstractIn the Anthropocene epoch, marked by significant human impact on the planet, the fashion industry stands at a critical juncture. This paper delves into the transformative potential of Jane Bennett’s New Materialism to reimagine fashion design practices in response to the climate crisis. Bennett’s concepts of “thing-power” and “vital materiality” challenge the conventional perception of materials in fashion, advocating for a sustainable and ecologically responsive approach. This study explores the intersection of fashion design and environmental ethics, emphasizing the need for a radical rethinking of material use and design processes in the fashion industry. It highlights the industry’s substantial environmental footprint, from resource depletion to waste generation, and presents case studies where New Materialist principles have been effectively applied in fashion design. These examples demonstrate a shift toward embracing material vitality and agency, fostering innovative, sustainable practices. The paper contributes to sustainable fashion discourse, offering theoretical insights and practical implications for future research and practice. It argues that integrating New Materialism in fashion design is not just an esthetic or ethical choice but a necessity for environmental stewardship, ultimately leading to a more sustainable, creatively rich, and ethically responsible fashion industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low production potential of arid regions heightens vulnerability of farms to market shocks and extreme weather events. Here we examine African smallholder farmer perceptions of climate change, including perceived (intended) and actual adaptation strategies. We invoke survey questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews and meteorological data to compare smallholder perceptions with actual weather events realised. We showed that most communities perceived climate change through the lens of perturbations to rainfall and temperature. Perceived increases in precipitation, indicated by 62% of respondents, and increased temperature, indicated by 77% of participants, aligned well with evidence shown by meteorological data. Around 88% of respondents identified prolonged drought as the most frequent extreme weather, followed by unseasonal rainfall (86% of respondents). Diversification of pasture fodder species and access to technology enabling timely weather forecasts were preferred actual and intended adaptation strategies, respectively. Recurrent and prolonged drought, spurious seasonal weather patterns, and lack of access to timely weather prognostics were the primary constraints to adoption of practices aimed at climate change adaptation. While farm size and practitioner experience were not associated with adaptive capacity, awareness of climate change impact potential and household income significantly influenced the rate and extent of adoption. We revealed a marked influence of gender in adaptation to the changing climate, with households where males made decisions exhibiting 76% adoption, compared with 34% of households adopting climate adaptations where decisions were made by females. Taken together, our study narrates critical roles of knowledge, finances, and gender in enabling or inhibiting adaptation to the climate crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]