The Global South Facing the Challenges of an Engendered, Sustainable and Peaceful Transition in a Hothouse Earth (Chapter in "Earth at Risk in the 21st Century: ...")
Publisher: Springer
Author(s): Úrsula Oswald Spring
Date: 2020
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters
The threats and potential tipping points of "Hothouse Earth" require an interdisciplinary scientific approach to address the climate, environmental, development, disaster, social, health, political, security and peace linkages and achieve a sustainable future. During the 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF 2019) in Davos, representatives of governments and top managers of corporate enterprises noted that the greatest risks to humankind include extreme meteorological events (floods and storms), the failure of climate change mitigation and adaption measures and severe geophysical natural catastrophes (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, geomagnetic storms).