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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Conventional governance toolkits offer few if any tools designed for problems involving non-linear relationships and huge time-lags between cause and effect.

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Washed Away: “Freedom Hill” Explores Flooding Caused by Environmental Racism 

Academy of Natural Sciences

I didn’t have the political language,” Resita said. See “Freedom Hill” on Saturday, April 20, at the Academy of Natural Sciences as part of the inaugural film festival, Confluence: Earthly Films for Philadelphia. It will be shown during the 5 p.m. slate of films programmed by BlackStar Projects.

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Energy transition and social sciences – How can environmental sociology help us expand the understanding of energy transitions?

HumanNature

Therefore, the study and possible solutions of global energy transition should consider biological and natural processes as well as the socio economic and political trade-offs. The political economy of the ‘just transition’. Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors.

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The Story of A Lifetime

Academy of Natural Sciences

Robert Peck, senior fellow and artifacts curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences, has his fingerprints all over the world of natural history. When asked whether he was scared for his life, he politely laughs. “No, No, not until much later,” he says. ” Peck in the mountainous rainforests of Ecuador.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

As a scholar of governance, I see that these new ESIs tend to share some social, political, and ethical challenges: The goal of environmental governance : Are they to restore pre-industrial conditions as much as possible, to help humanity sustainably thrive, to compensate for past wrongs, or something else?

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Let’s Talk about Climate Anxiety 

Academy of Natural Sciences

Lena Champlin : I am an environmental scientist and artist, currently a fourth-year doctoral student in the BEES department at Drexel University and a research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences. I am interested in using artwork in outreach to teach environmental science topics to students and families.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.14.23

PA Environment Daily

Chester County -- The Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University: Highlighting Biodiversity - Searching For Snails In The Delaware River Ohio/PA Train Derailment -- Post-Gazette: To Stay Or To Go? Stroud Preserve, West Chester.