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Smith JB, Klumbytė G, Sidebottom K, Dillard-Wright J, Willis E, Brown BB, Hopkins-Walsh J. We all care, ALL the time. Nurs Inq 2024; 31:e12572. [PMID: 37335684 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jamie B Smith
- Institute for Clinical Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Education, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Sociology of Health and Health Systems, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Boston Children's Hospital Primary Care Center and Boston College Connell School of Nursing, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Falk J, Colwell RR, Behera SK, El-Beltagy AS, Gleick PH, Kennel CF, Lee YT, Murray CA, Serageldin I, Takeuchi K, Yasunari T, Watanabe C, Kauffman J, Soderland K, Elouafi I, Paroda R, Chapagain AK, Rundle J, Hanasaki N, Hayashi H, Akinsete E, Hayashida S. An urgent need for COP27: confronting converging crises. SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE 2022; 18:1059-1063. [PMID: 36405348 PMCID: PMC9647240 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01253-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The last 12 months have provided further evidence of the potential for cascading ecological and socio-political crises that were warned of 12 months ago. Then a consensus statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium warned: "the Earth's climatic, ecological, and human systems are converging towards a crisis that threatens to engulf global civilization within the lifetimes of children now living." Since then, the consequences of a broad set of extreme climate events (notably droughts, floods, and fires) have been compounded by interaction with impacts from multiple pandemics (including COVID-19 and cholera) and the Russia-Ukraine war. As a result, new connections are becoming visible between climate change and human health, large vulnerable populations are experiencing food crises, climate refugees are on the move, and the risks of water, food, and climate disruption have been visibly converging and compounding. Many vulnerable populations now face serious challenges to adapt. In light of these trends, this year, RACC identifies a range of measures to be taken at global and regional levels to bolster the resilience of these populations in the face of such emerging crises. In particular, at all scales, there is a need for globally available local data, reliable analytic techniques, community capacity to plan adaptation strategies, and the resources (scientific, technical, cultural, and economic) to implement them. To date, the rate of growth of the support for climate change resilience lags behind the rapid growth of cascading and converging risks. As an urgent message to COP27, it is proposed that the time is now right to devote much greater emphasis, global funding, and support to the increasing adaptation needs of vulnerable populations.
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- Jim Falk
- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Application Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
- Department of Ocean Technology, Policy and Environment, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- International Dryland Development Commission, Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, USA
- Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan
- Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIHN Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan
- Kyoto Climate Change Adaptation Center (KCCAC), Kyoto, Japan
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- School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Science for Sustainable Societies, Springer-Verlag, Paris, France
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- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
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- Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis, Davis, USA
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- Center for Climate Change Adaptation (Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section), National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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- National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Ibaraki, Japan
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- International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy/UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Greece, Athens, Greece
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- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Faculty of Science (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan
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Hogan M, Harney O. Postdigital Applied Systems Science Education: Toward an Integral Framework, Curriculum, and Pedagogy. POSTDIGITAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION 2022. [PMCID: PMC8961265 DOI: 10.1007/s42438-022-00305-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The design of systems to support sustainable wellbeing is contingent upon lifespan education of Homo sapiens and ongoing efforts to cultivate individual and collective intelligence. The Postdigital Applied Systems Science Education (PASSE) framework presented in this paper highlights the need for greater investment in educational infrastructures that support the development of collective intelligence, teamwork, and system design skills. We propose that the implementation of PASSE involves group- and project-based work focused on developing (1) an understanding of systems, (2) an understanding of group dynamics relevant to the management and design of systems, and (3) skill in the application of applied systems science methods that can be used by groups in the management and redesign of systems. To showcase curricular and pedagogical challenges and opportunities, we describe key features of our current delivery of PASSE along with future plans and prospects. Aligned with postdigital perspectives and innovations at the nexus of biology, information, and society, we highlight the potential for ongoing redesign of educational infrastructures and technologies that enhance societal teamwork and system design capabilities that allow us to address increasingly complex societal challenges.
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