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(p.333) Index
(p.333) Index
ABC see atmospheric brown cloud
abrupt basic change 178
Action Aid 78
adaptation xiv, 4, 7–8, 15, 241, 244, 283
Amazon rainforest 137
community-based 282
creative 305
current thinking on 122
ecosystem-based 79
institutions 302
local initiatives 314
private sector 239
response to early warning 39
restorative redirection 5
Adger, W.N. 261
agency 289
algal blooms 30
Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) 330
AMAZALERT project 265–6
Amazon rainforest 15, 32, 79–80, 110, 127–48, 259, 271–2
bifurcation approach 12
biodiversity loss 105
challenges for governance 135–40
challenges for science 140–2
dry season 11
food products 118
future scenarios 306
impact on human well-being 115–16
transitions 131–5
Anglian Water 216–17
Anhang, J. 92
Annan, Kofi 194
anticipation 16
Aquinas, Thomas 154
Arabian Peninsula 118
Arima, E.Y. 135
art 290–1
atmospheric brown cloud (ABC) 29–30
autonomy 184
Bahti, T. 57
Bangladesh 250
Barnosky, A.D. 304–5
Bean, Richard 253
Beckett, Samuel 285
Beetham, D. 309
belief–attitude–behaviour relationship 205
beneficence 182
‘benign catastrophes’ xii
‘benign’ tipping points 5, 167
leadership 207
markets 174
media coverage 253
political context 185
virtue 184
Berardi, G. 138
Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project 287
Bernoulli, D. 66
bio-cultural diversity 120–2
biodiversity 30, 78–9, 104–26
Amazon rainforest 138
bio-cultural diversity and resilience 117–22
boundaries 303
human resilience 114–16
threats to 301
types, magnitudes and drivers of 106–8
BiTC see Business in The Community
Black, M. 62
‘black’ markets 174
‘Black Swan’ thesis 74
bogs 111
Borlaug, Norman 85
boundaries 301–4
Boykoff, M. 250
Brazil
civil society 325
drought 264–5
exchange rates 134
Forest Code 137
‘governing region’ concept 14
media 250
middle-class consumption 9–10
‘payment for ecosystem service’ scheme 138
Brito, L. 301
Broughton, Andrea 308
Brown, J.S. 185
Business in The Community (BiTC) 217
businesses see corporations
capitalism 170, 195, 207, 310, 329, 330
Prospectus for Breakthrough Capitalism 228
socially responsive 314
sustainable 314
types of 196
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions 210, 211, 303
agriculture-related 77–8
biodiversity change 114
Church of England campaign 167
coral reef acidification 114
Emissions Trading System 192–3
food wastage 96
worst case scenario 35
Yedoma permafrost 27
see also greenhouse gases
Carbon Mitigation Institute 210
carbon sequestration 138
CBA see community-based adaptation
CCC see Concerned Citizens’ Commission
Centrica 218
change xii, 6, 10, 76, 190, 212, 229, 243, 286
abrupt basic 178
adaptive cycle 261–2
adaptive governance 260
biodiversity 104–26
complexity of global environment 281
cultural theory 73
disruptive innovation 237
exponential 235
fear of 153
managing 260
openness to 156
private sector 218
roadmap for sustainable 223–8
see also social change
Chapin, F.S. 137
China
carbon dioxide emissions 193
economic power 191
endangered cultures 121
food demand 92
‘governing region’ concept 14
media 250
middle-class consumption 9–10
religious belonging 330
state-planning 192
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemical agenda 227
Church of England 167
civic engagement 185
Clark, Nigel 247
climate change 191, 259, 287
abrupt 24
amplification of 25
cultural politics of 244–9
deforestation 79
development and 282–4
ecosystem-based adaptation 79
faith communities 167
as leadership failure 201
pests 11
regional effects 12
responses to 75
Sahel drought 266–7
threats to ecosystems 109
tundra 113
‘wicked problems’ xv
worst case scenario 34–5
see also greenhouse gases
coalitions 331–2
cognitive dissonance 204
‘cognitive surplus’ 255
Colander, D. 178–9
Cold War 190
collective rationality 287
Colombia 132
commodity trading 176
community-based adaptation (CBA) 282
community food security 84
compassion 204
complex adaptive thinking 290
complexity economics 178–9
Concerned Citizens’ Commission (CCC) 269–70
conflict 116
consumption 181, 239
collaborative 225
future scenarios 306
middle-class 9–10
over-consumption 13
social investment 313
contraceptives 210–11
corporate responsibility 217
corporations 13, 14, 169, 170, 220–2, 226, 329–30
leadership by business 213–19
political influence 328
Cox, Peter 264
cultural biodiversity 78–9
cultural politics of climate change 244–9
cultural theory 73–6
customer demand 234
dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) 24
Daoism 330
Davis, M. 272
De Man, Paul 53
De Soto, Hernando 199
death 152–3
democracy 169, 232, 321
collaborative 315
decline in 308
food 84
participative 186
undermining of 311
Denmark 325
dialogue 291
discounting 177
discourse analysis 55
disequilibrium 10–11
disruptive innovation 237
diversification 136
Dolan, Paul 323–4
Douglas, Mary 73
Drèze, J. 83
drylands 110
EbA see ecosystem-based adaptation
ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) 79
ecosystems xi, 108
evaluating the well-being of 171
human-dominated 107
‘payment for ecosystem service’ scheme 138
regime shifts 24
resilience 13
‘wicked problems’ xv
Edwards, J. 96
Einstein, Albert 211
emerging economies 308
Emissions Trading System (ETS) 192–3
endangered cultures 121
energy xi–xii, 205, 313–14
food-system activities 97
fossil fuels 328
future scenarios 306
growth in demand for 77
low-carbon infrastructure 283
policy solutions 230
renewable 330
ENSO see El Niño–Southern Oscillation
epidemiology 81
equilibrium 108
Ericksen, P.J. 91
Ethiopia 118
ETS see Emissions Trading System
European Convention on Human Rights 230
European Union (EU) 171, 231
AMAZALERT project 265–6
biofuels 94
Emissions Trading System 192–3
incomes 239
lobbying 78
public opinion on climate change 250
unemployment 308
exchange processes 174
externalities 177–8
‘facilitating conditions’ 205–6
fish products 77
Flannery, Tim 248
food 13, 78, 81–103, 304
concept of food security 83–5
food chain 91
food wastage 96
fossil fuels 328
future scenarios 306
governance 96–100
local versus long-distance 206
threats to 301
Fowles, John 305
fracking 14
France 85
Funtowicz, S.O. 246
future scenarios 305–7
futures contracts 175
Gandhi, Mahatma 201
GCMs see global circulation models
General Electric 218
Generation Investment Management 226
Genette, G. 70
GEO 5 (Global Environmental Outlook) 301
geo-engineering 39
geopolitics 9–10
GHGs see greenhouse gases
GIS see Greenland ice sheet
GlaxoSmithKline 218
global circulation models (GCMs) 129
global pervasiveness 246
global warming see climate change
Globescan 250
God 166
Goleman, Daniel 227
Goodland, R. 92
governance 4, 17, 192–3
boundaries 303–4
cooperative 315
localism 185
social change 12–13
social organization 202
governments 236, 280, 317, 321, 331
business assumptions 238
sustainability citizenship 325–6
see also politicians; politics
Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force 140
‘graphic facilitation’ 291
Great Barrier Reef 261
greed 166
greenhouse gases (GHGs) 177, 197, 288
Amazon rainforest 116
Copenhagen Summit 281
Indian Summer Monsoon 29–30
projections for 327
transport 320
see also carbon dioxide emissions
Gregory, P.J. 94
Grint, Keith 209–10
habits 205
Haiti 242
Havel, Vaclav 201
Heilbronner, Robert 196
herbicides 119
Holling, C.S. 135
household flourishing 312
Human Development Report 302
humanities 54
hurricanes 36
hysteresis 11
Iannucci, Armando 249
ICLEI 331
incoherence 4–5
Indonesia 252
‘inner eye’ 19
institutional fit 263
insurance 174
inter-generational equity 135
International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology Development Knowledge (IAASTD) 85, 87
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 309–10
Inuit 248
Iraq War 189–90
Islam 330
ISM see Indian Summer Monsoon
Italy 250
Japan 190–1
Jayne, E. 59
jeopardy 244
Johnson, M. 63
journalism 277–9
Kalahari 121
Keynes, John Maynard 196
Kierkegaard, S.A. 64
Kingfisher 218
Klum, M. 301
Kramer, M.R. 218
Krugman, Paul 308
Krujit, Bart 266
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth 205
Kurzweil, R. 10
lakes, eutrophication of 11
Lakoff, G. 63
landscapes, tipping 17
leadership 18, 169, 194–212
adaptive governance 260
by business 213–19
international 310
media 253–4
new logic for capitalism 198–201
NGOs 222
for sustainability 201–12
Leadley, P. 109–12
Leclair, Tom 54
legal regimes 230–1
Limits to Growth (Meadows et al. 1972) 195
‘linear rational thinking’ 290
Local Enterprise Partnerships 208
Longa, V.M. 61
Machiavelli, Niccolò 204
Mansfield, M. 250
markets 17, 19, 166, 169–70, 171, 173–87, 215, 317
climate change as market failure 201
comparison with politics 181–2
market-based governance 192
neoliberal view 328
power transferred to 321
role of 221
see also corporations
Marks and Spencer 329
Max-Neef, Manfred 200
McEwan, Ian 244
metalanguage 51
metaphors 16, 49, 52–3, 272
complexity 61–2
functions of 50
narrative and 69–70
revelatory nature of 285
as risk 62–3
science and 50–1
sensuality 64–5
separation and 64
social transformation 12–14
theories of metaphor 56–61
tipping landscapes 17
methane hydrates 27–8
Miliband, David xv
Mill, John Stuart 196
mimesis 54
mindfulness 19
‘Mindspace’ 323
Mulgan, G. 313
multi-departmental initiatives 179–80
multi-scalar problems 295
Munang, R. 79
Nair, R.B. 62–3
Neate, R. 77
Neiman, Susan 201–2
neoliberal markets 174
Nepal 95
New Economics Foundation 312
new social movements 226
News Corporation 255
NGOs see nongovernmental organizations
NIC see National Intelligence Council
Niger 267–8
Norris, F.H. 55–6
Nowell-Smith, D. 65
Obama, Barack 327
Olsson, P. 261
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 93
Origen 162
Ostrom, Elinor 329
Ott, Konrad 177
over-consumption 13
ozone depletion 303
PAC see Public Administration Committee
Pacific Islanders 248
Painter, James 250
parables 162
Paragominas 138–9
Parfitt, J. 96
Patagonia 329
‘payment for ecosystem service’ scheme 138
Pereira, H.M. 107
pharmaceutical industry 78
philanthropy 214
Philippines 121
physical science 23
Pickett, K. 189
planetary boundaries 301–4
Plato 161
pluralities xii
Poincaré, H. 50
‘points’ 11
policy 230, 236, 256
contemplative consciousness 161
enactment of 231
lack of coherence 180
lock-in 309–10
see also regulation
policy elites 331
politicians xv, 185, 309, 328, 332
denial by 169
lack of confidence in 308
‘nudge’ theory 323
short-termism 179
politics 6, 169, 170–1, 185–6, 230
business influence on 328
climate change 248
comparison with markets 181–2
enactment of policy 231
failure of national 331
influence of markets on 173
journalism 278
of ‘lock-in’ 307–11
new kind of geopolitics 9–10
‘nudge’ theory 323
short-sighted 280
tipping points 277
polities 179–82
post-colonialism 248
prayer 162
Prince’s Trust 308–9
Princeton University 210
privatization 309
Proambiente 138
productionist paradigm 87–9
Prospectus for Breakthrough Capitalism 228
protests 246
Proust, Marcel 213
prudence 182
Public Administration Committee (PAC) 180
public ownership 310
Puma 329
Quebec 111
rainforests see Amazon rainforest
Raworth, Kate 302
Reagan, Ronald 321
Recyclebank 227
recycling 324
regime shifts 24
regulation 234, 236, 310, 320–1
climate change 216
enlightened 170
legal regimes 230–1
markets 174
see also policy
‘relational visualization’ 291
resilience 5, 13, 177, 244, 259, 282
biodiversity change 117–22
capacity building 100
developed countries 283
future scenarios 306–7
‘good news stories’ 18
human 114–16
livestock 199
loss of 12
as metaphor 55–6
Mumbai 270
restorative redirection 5
‘reverse’ innovation 228
Revi, A. 268
Richards, I.A. 62
Richards, P.D. 134
risk
cultural politics of climate change 246–7
cultural theory 75
food 84
markets 174
media coverage 244–5
metaphor as 62–3
Mumbai flood 270
private sector 220–1
risk assessment 31–8
risk avoidance 137
risk-reduction strategies 39
Rockström, J. 301
Rosenstock-Heussy, Eugen 202
Royal Institute for International Affairs 92
Royal Society 304
Sachs, Jeffrey 311
Sandel, Michael 183
Santa Fe Institute 11
Santos, Filipe Duarte 305
Sarkozy, Nicolas 88
Saussure, F. 59
Scheffer, M. 108
Scheffler, Samuel 207
Schelling, Tom 259
Schellnhuber, John 191
Schumacher, Ernst 316
Schumpeter, Joseph 196
science 4, 6, 47, 54, 55, 286
Amazon rainforest 140–2
attacks on 278
food security 87
link with society 222
metaphor and 50–1
mortality 152
new engagement with 50
religion conflict with 157
sustainability 150
tipping point concept 190
Scott, Lee 234
SDGs see Sustainable Development Goals
sea-level rises
Atlantic thermohaline circulation 29
biodiversity change 113
impact on coral reefs 114
Mumbai 268
Pacific Islanders 248
Sears, Richard 73
Seldon, Anthony 19
self-command 183
self-esteem 182
self-knowledge 151–2
Sen, A.K. 83
Seram 118
Seregeldin, I. 199
shale-based oil 14
Shanahan, Mike 251
shared value 218
shares 176
‘sharing economy’ 239
Shell 70
Shirky, Clay 227
Shove, Elizabeth 205
silence 155
Simms, Andrew 245
skittles 66–7
social construction 17–18
‘social foundation’ 302
social investment 312–13
social marketing 215
social markets 181
social media 234
‘social-unlocking’ 14
socio-economic markets 174
soil conservation 138
soil erosion 30
Sontag, Susan 285
Spain 250
species ranges 107–8
Steer, A. 199
Steffen, A. 252
Stockholm Resilience Centre 302–3
‘Stockholm syndrome’ 245
strategies 262
Sulston, J. 317
Sunstein, Cass 322
sustainability
barriers to 178
Brundtland concept of 184
business case for 218
concept of 194–5
data collection 211
environmental dimension 195
future scenarios 306
global standards 226
leadership for 201–12
localism 315
long-term 186
‘nudge’ theory 324
sustainability science 150
transition to 320–6
virtue ethics and citizenship 184–5
well-being 314
sustainability citizenship 324–6
‘system failures’ 16
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas 74
technology 152, 165, 227, 239, 310
faith in 178
food security 86–7
future scenarios 305–6
ICT revolution 282
individualistic perspective 75
‘lock-in’ 14
social networking 18
sustainable 329
‘teleconnections’ 134
terriblisma 252
Terror Management Theory 152
Tesco 90
Thaler, Richard 322
Thatcher, Margaret 321
Thomas, D. 185
Thompson, E.P. 190
Tickell, Crispin xi–xii
tipping points
adaptive governance 258–76
communicating 241–2
economic 189
etymology of 65–9
food security 90–1
four propositions regarding 4–5
front and back loops 15
future scenarios 305–7
global perspective 23–46
literal meaning of 50–1
media coverage 243–57
meditation 159
polities 179–81
private sector failure 220–2
risk assessment 31–8
social construction 17–18
spiritual dimension 149–50
unpredictability 304
visual thinking and visualization 289–96
see also ‘benign’ tipping points
transformation see change
transpiration 110
Transport for London 227
Triandis, Harry 205
trifurcations 305
tropes 57
tundra 113
Turchin, P. 312
Tyszczuk, R. 245
UN see United Nations
uncertainty 4, 6, 32
adaptive cycle 272
Amazon rainforest 129
biodiversity change 105
cultural politics of climate change 246–7
fear of 163
‘irreducible’ 38
media coverage 244–5
science and humanities 54
‘wicked problems’ 210
UNEP see United Nations Environment Programme
unintended worsening 4
United Kingdom (UK)
belief–attitude–behaviour relationship 205
Commons Environment Committee 309
fiscal deficit 189
flooding 34
food-related GHG emissions 92
food wastage 96
free markets 181
health-related expenditures 313
journalism 279
legal constraints 230–1
legislation 320–1
Local Enterprise Partnerships 208
Natural Capital Committee 176
‘nudge’ theory 322–3
organic products 207
political leaders 196
Public Administration Committee 180
Stern Review 256
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (2012) xv, 193, 235, 236, 283, 301, 331
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 249
United States (US)
agriculture 138
carbon dioxide emissions 193
climate change 327
economic crisis 307–8
food-related GHG emissions 96
free markets 181
incomes 238–9
inner cities 325
journalism 279
lobbying 78
public opinion 221–2
racial segregation 259
renewable energy 330
trade deficit 189
Vergara, W. 115
virtue 182–5
Vonnegut, Kurt 223
vulnerability 8, 16
Amazon rainforest 130
biodiversity loss 118
ethics of 248
food security 95
indicators 38
risk avoidance 137
WAIS see West Antarctic ice sheet
WAM see West African Monsoon
Ward, Barbara 281–2
water xi, 260, 313–14
Anglian Water 216–17
ecosystem-based adaptation 79
freshwater availability 303
growth in usage 77
human rights 302
low-carbon infrastructure 283
scarcity 197
threats to 301
well-being 171, 181, 212, 301, 312–14, 317
concept of 182
measurement of 311
sidelined by capitalist logic 199
Wells, Robin 308
WHO see World Health Organization
Wilkinson, R. 189
Williams, Rowan 167
Willis, K. 114
Woodruff, D. 106
World Economic Forum 236
World Health Organization (WHO) 100
worst case scenario 34–5
WTO see World Trade Organization
Young Foundation 325
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemical agenda 227