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The present study replicated prior research evaluating participants' preferences for climate-related policies that constrain individual access to high carbon-emitting commodities in order to delay the climate point of no return (Belisle et al. Behavior & Social Issues, 29, 61-77, 2020). We adjusted the monetary discounting questionnaire to model catastrophic financial losses in the form of bankruptcy that could be delayed or avoided by making regular payments per month that may be more analogous to the climate discounting task. We also adjusted the climate discounting task to within the potential lifespan of participants. Results showed close correspondence between discounting curve functions across the two discounting tasks, suggesting that economic analogies including catastrophic outcomes that operate at a longer time scale may be more appropriate. A correlation between the two forms of discounting was not supported. Keywords Behavioral economics * Climate change, delay discounting * Financial mismanagement, Earth's climate has seen drastic changes in temperature and weather patterns over the past century (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2019). Record atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and rising temperatures have [...]

This article updates and further develops the reflections of 'Urbanization and Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic' (Motta 2020). It is now even more urgent to focus on the urban-rural relationships that are being modified by the pandemic, climate change, and the impacts of conflicts, causing serious human insecurities and increasing precarious circumstances worldwide. The fast-changing situation and recurrent emergencies confirm the need for a new urban development approach, related to the specificities of the surrounding environment and based on the revival of towns and settlements spread over territories. This should function as a complementary tool to mitigate urbanization flows and urban-rural gaps, identifying new relationships. This requires the review of current urban paradigms, which are no longer able to respond to modified conditions and demands with an innovative vision. This is actualized on the basis of the principles of the social quality theory (SQT) and approach (SQA) and their emphasis on processes in and between the four relevant dimensions of societal life. In the past decade, these principles have been developed tentatively in working papers about sustainability and urban issues from a social quality perspective. Keywords: comprehensiveness, social quality, mitigation of metropolitan flows, obsolete and palliative urban models, urban-rural inequalities, Introduction and premises The objective of the article, in the complex context of the urban 'problematique' is to explore the interrelated issues of urban conditions and human relationships, calling attention [...]

Environmental pragmatism grew out of dissatisfaction with the inefficaciousness of environmental philosophy in influencing environmental decision-making and policy. Its most central proponent, Bryan G. Norton has provided an extended account of ecological management as a process of revision of the beliefs and values of a community through experience and deliberation. In this article, two lines of criticism of Norton's view are examined. The first maintains that environmental pragmatism offers limited tools for dealing with major, global environmental crises such as climate change. According to the second, environmental pragmatism cannot provide a viable account of how social learning improves our values rather than that it merely changes them. It is argued that, while the first criticism largely misses its mark, the second points to an important issue that has broad relevance to pragmatist accounts of inquiry and democracy. Norton's position--like that of many other pragmatists--oscillates between a constructivist and a realist approach to inquiry; it is only the latter approach, however, that can offer an account of the revision of values that can meet this criticism. Keywords: Climate Change, Constructivism, Environmental Pragmatism, Realism, Social Learning, Values, Introduction Environmental pragmatism is among the most prominent examples of the influence of pragmatist ideas in societal practice and policy-making. Norton (1991; 2005) envisions adaptive management as a practice that [...]

Purpose of These Reflections In these reflections, instead of just summarizing the contributions on the societal impact of COVID-19 in the countries discussed in this thematic issue, we develop considerations [...]

Rural Indigenous communities across northern Canada are experiencing high rates of food insecurity as a result of complex constraints to accessing quality market foods and engaging in local food procurement. Climate change is impacting the ability of northern Indigenous communities to acquire, access, and utilize food that is culturally relevant and sustainable. This research examines the interconnected sociocultural, political, economic, and environmental challenges related to food security in the community of Fort Providence situated in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories. The objective of this research was to consult with community members to understand the impacts of climate change on local food procurement and to explore the myriad challenges related to food security. We utilized Indigenous methodologies to guide all aspects of the research. Evidence was collected using semi-structured interviews with Dene and Metis Elders, knowledgeable land-users, and other community members. Our research demonstrates that changing hydrological systems and ecosystems, unpredictable weather patterns, the presence of non-local harvesters, the loss of traditional knowledge, and the high costs of living in a rural northern community impact local food security. The results of this research can inform policies that reflect the needs of residents, address the distinct barriers to procuring local food, and provide a basis for understanding the complexities of food security in the Dehcho and other subarctic regions. Key words: food security; climate change; Indigenous peoples; rural communities; subarctic; food procurement Les collectivites autochtones rurales du Nord canadien connaissent des taux d'insecurite alimentaire eleves en raison de contraintes complexes en matiere d'acces a des aliments du marche de qualite et d'engagement a s'approvisionner en nourriture locale. Le changement climatique a des incidences sur la capacite des collectivites autochtones du Nord a acquerir et utiliser des aliments culturellement pertinents et durables ou a y avoir acces. Cette recherche se penche sur les defis interrelies sur les plans socioculturel, politique, economique et environnemental lies a la securite alimentaire de la collectivite de Fort Providence situee dans la region du Dehcho, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. L'objectif de cette recherche consistait a consulter des membres de la collectivite dans le but de comprendre les effets du changement climatique sur l'approvisionnement alimentaire local et a explorer les nombreux defis qui se posent en matiere de securite alimentaire. Nous avons employe des methodologies autochtones pour guider tous les aspects de notre recherche. Des renseignements ont ete recueillis dans le cadre d'entrevues semi-structurees avec des aines denes et metis, des utilisateurs des terres bien informes et d'autres membres de la collectivite. Notre recherche a permis de demontrer que les ecosystemes et les systemes hydrologiques en pleine evolution, les regimes climatiques imprevisibles, la presence de recolteurs ne venant pas de la region, la perte des connaissances traditionnelles et le cout de la vie eleve dans une collectivite rurale nordique ont des consequences sur la securite alimentaire a l'echelle locale. Les resultats de cette recherche peuvent eclairer des politiques tenant compte des besoins des residents, aborder les obstacles distincts a l'approvisionnement alimentaire local et aider a comprendre les complexites de la securite alimentaire dans la region du Dehcho et dans d'autres regions subarctiques. Mots cles: securite alimentaire; changement climatique; peuples autochtones; collectivites rurales; subarctique; approvisionnement alimentaire, INTRODUCTION Mitigating the impacts of climate change on food security will be one of the major hurdles of the 21st century (Campbell et al., 2016). Food security exists when all [...]

Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) plays a vital role in dealing with climate change and global water, energy, and food security. The GEOINT community needs a cadre of diverse and welltrained workforce skilled in technical aspects and societal impacts to harness the plethora of information being generated globally. Academia has to adapt and respond creatively to train and educate the next generation of GEOINT analysts and also address the negative stereotypes and academic isolation that result in African Americans avoiding STEM majors. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in particular are helping develop and nurture a pool of diverse GEOINT analysts by increasing student visibility and the quality of STEM degree programs and offering GEOINT education that acts as a bridge discipline between social and physical sciences. Direct contact with government agencies, participation in accreditation and certification activities and interactions between HBCUs are creating robust platforms on which GEOINT focused certificates, minors, and future degree programs are being developed. These offerings help students acquire knowledge and credentials that enhance their employability beyond their primary degree choice. This paper summarizes the status of the current education development efforts being implemented at HBCUs with the goal of integrating these efforts to promote GEOINT education. La inteligencia geo-espacial (GEOINT) juega un papel importante en los cambios climaticos, en el acceso al agua y energia y en la seguridad alimentaria global. La comunidad GEOINT necesita un cuerpo tecnico diversoy bien entrenado en aspectos tecnicos e impactos sociales para poder aprovechar la pletora de information que esta siendo generado a nivelglobal. La academia tiene que adaptarsey responder de manera creativa para entrenary educar la proximo generation de analistas GEOINTy tambien enfrentar los estereotipos negativos y aislamiento academico que resulta en que los afroamericanos eviten las careras universitarias que se tratan de la ciencia, tecnologia, ingenieria y matematica (STEM). Las universidades y facultades historicamente negras (HBCUs) estan en proceso de desarrollary nutrir un grupo diverso de analistas GEOINT por incrementar la visibilidad a los estudiantesy la calidad de los programas STEMy por ofrecer education GEOINT que funciona como una disciplina que forma unpuente entire las ciencias sociales y fisicas. Contacto directo con las agendas gubernamentales, la participation en actividades de acreditaciony certificaciony las interacciones entire las varias HBCU esta creando plataformas robustas sobre las cuales certificados de GEOINT, minors y futuras carreras se estan desarrollando. estos ayudan a los estudiantes adquirir conocimiento y credenciales que mejoran su empleabuidad mas alla de sus carreras universitarias. Este ensayo resume el presente estado de los esfuerzos de desarrollar la educacion que se estan implementando en las HBCU con la meta de integrar estos esfuerzos para promover la educacion GEOINT. KEYWORDS: Certificate, Curriculum Development, Education, HBCUs, GEOINT, Workforce Development PALABRAS CLAVE: certificado, desarrollo curricular, educacion, HBCU, GEOINT desarrollo de personal, INTRODUCTION The world of higher education is experiencing fundamental shifts in how knowledge is shared and disseminated in colleges and universities and how students acquire and process information and prepare [...]