The final presentation of Group 5 in Kameoka 2070 Workshop on alternative future scenarios for Kameoka City to live with water in relation with expected climate change.
The final presentation of Group 5 in Kameoka 2070 Workshop on alternative future scenarios for Kameoka City to live with water in relation with expected climate change.
3. leapfrogging development by Patrick Schröderand Manisha Anantharaman FutureEarthAsiaCentre
This document summarizes a presentation on leapfrogging development and sustainable consumption patterns. It discusses:
1) The concept of leapfrogging at the national, sector, and technology levels to advance development. Examples include Korean firms outpacing competitors and mobile phone adoption leapfrogging landlines.
2) Challenges to leapfrogging include incremental rather than radical technological changes and lack of policies to catalyze alternatives.
3) The distinction between "weak" sustainable consumption focused on eco-efficiency versus "strong" sustainability involving lifestyle changes.
4) The concept of "lifestyle leapfrogging" to avoid unsustainable consumption patterns in developing countries by adopting sustainable practices from the outset. Examples of weak
The document discusses the history and evolution of sustainable consumption from the 1970s to present day. It outlines key international agreements and goals related to sustainable consumption, including reducing resource use and pollution while improving quality of life. The document argues that while progress has been made conceptually, substantive achievements have been modest. It proposes that Asian countries can play a lead role in sustainable consumption 2.0 through various policy approaches and social changes.
Future Earth SSCP KAN Development Team Meeting on 7 November 2017 FutureEarthAsiaCentre
The meeting covered handouts and documents on ongoing activities, social change beyond consumerism, communication prospects, and terms and conceptualizations. Administrative updates included a new logo, website, calendar, communication system, affiliated projects, and Future Earth Open Network. Other business and scheduling the next call were also discussed.
Future Earth SSCP KAN Development Team Meeting on 7 September 2017FutureEarthAsiaCentre
The meeting provided updates from several working groups on topics related to sustainable consumption and production. These included groups on ecological macroeconomics, urban systems and equity, and social change beyond consumerism. The meeting also discussed the research and engagement plan, reports from recent conferences, upcoming conferences, and administrative matters like the KAN logo, website, communication systems, and affiliated projects. The goal was to coordinate efforts across these areas to advance work on sustainable systems.
Current Property-Tax System is Massively Out of Sync with Sustainability
Established Institutional Structure for Collecting
Easy to Calculate and Understand
Non-portability of Real Estate Makes Tax Evasion Difficult
Local Governments Have Broad Powers to Compel Payment or Forfeiture
Local Property Taxation Based on a Flat-Rate
Current Major Problems with Local Property Taxation is its Regressiveness…
How Might We Turn the Property Tax into a Tool that Facilitates Sustainable Consumption?
Shift From a Flat-Rate to a Graduated-Rate Property Tax
Historical Basis of the Graduated Property Tax
Early Twentieth Century New Zealand
Public Referendum on a Graduated Property Tax in 1950 in North Dakota
Graduated Property Tax in Singapore
Attempt to Implement a Graduated Property Tax Refund in Minnesota, USA and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA and other examples
Graduated Property Tax Variants
Summary
- Air pollution causes over 13,000 premature deaths per year in South Korea. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the main culprit, responsible for over 12,000 deaths from lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
- The South Korean government has invested billions to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles and install filters, but air quality has worsened since 2013. Meteorological conditions are also playing a role, with weaker winds leading to increased air stagnation.
- South Korea has launched a National Strategic Research Project with four goals: evaluating pollution sources, improving forecasting, strengthening emissions controls, and reducing population exposure. The project aims to inform policymaking through interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists, industry, and
This document summarizes air quality and health issues related to air pollution in India. It finds that air quality has degraded significantly due to rapid population growth, urbanization, and increased energy consumption and vehicles. Air pollution levels exceed safety limits in many cities like Delhi and are linked to thousands of premature deaths annually from respiratory and cardiac diseases. Studies show the lung health of Indians is the worst globally and conditions like asthma and COPD are on the rise, especially in children living in highly polluted cities. Indoor air pollution from cooking fuels is also a major health concern for women in India.
This document discusses the Future Earth and Health Knowledge-Action Network (KAN). It summarizes that:
1) The KAN was motivated by the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission report recognizing the need to study planetary health and the links between environmental and human health.
2) The KAN aims to support transdisciplinary research with stakeholders to improve understanding of health-environment links and find holistic solutions to global challenges.
3) Initial priority research themes identified include land use change and disease risk, food systems and nutrition, urbanization and health, energy and air quality, and disasters and extreme events.
Air Pollution and Human Health in Asia: Experience in adopting and promoting the systems approach for transdisciplinary research on air pollution and health in Asia
This document outlines the agenda for the June 20th meeting of the Working Group on Social Change Beyond Consumerism. The agenda includes welcoming new members, reviewing past accomplishments like a proposal submission and workshop, drafting a scoping document, planning future contributions and activities, and scheduling the next meeting in September. The working group is part of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production.
This document discusses the unprecedented growth in industrial output, economic expansion, energy use, carbon emissions, water use, and human population over the 20th century. It notes that environmental governance around production and consumption is challenged by navigating the dual realities of affluence and poverty. Socio-technical systems that drive production and consumption are difficult to change due to lock-in effects. The document raises questions about differences in vocabularies between the global North and South, challenges of rural distress and urbanization, advocacy and partnering with civil society in less industrialized areas, and other issues that need to be addressed in systems of sustainable production and consumption.
This document outlines several aspirational proposals to regulate marketing and promote public welfare, including:
1) An "Action at the Center" nonprofit to normalize beneficial practices and be self-financing through research.
2) A "Framework Convention on Controlling Marketing" that would ban harmful advertising, require product placement disclosures, tax outdoor ads with funds going to social causes, and remove tax deductions for marketing.
3) Additional ideas like campaigns to reduce self-storage use and support public water infrastructure.
This document provides information about the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. It introduces three faculty members - Dimitris Stevis, Sonali Diddi, and Craig Starger. It then lists the school's research focal areas and various centers, initiatives, and programs. The remainder consists of slides from a presentation, covering topics like environmental justice, sustainable consumption and production, clothing sustainability, and building a network around sustainable and just consumption and production. It discusses bringing together different disciplines and stakeholders to address these issues in the local region.
This document discusses the role of consumers and businesses in transitioning to a more sustainable future. It notes that sustainability is a major business challenge and that leading companies in 2020 will be those that address issues like poverty, climate change and resource depletion through their goods, services, and customer reach. The future of business is seen as having a positive social and environmental impact.
This document summarizes Leida Rijnhout's work with Friends of the Earth Europe on science-based policy recommendations and societal change. It discusses projects on ecological debt, sustainable lifestyles, and environmental justice that use science and evidence to advocate for policy changes. Rijnhout encourages collaboration between civil society organizations and researchers to make science relevant to societal issues and promote win-win partnerships for policy impact.
3. leapfrogging development by Patrick Schröderand Manisha Anantharaman FutureEarthAsiaCentre
This document summarizes a presentation on leapfrogging development and sustainable consumption patterns. It discusses:
1) The concept of leapfrogging at the national, sector, and technology levels to advance development. Examples include Korean firms outpacing competitors and mobile phone adoption leapfrogging landlines.
2) Challenges to leapfrogging include incremental rather than radical technological changes and lack of policies to catalyze alternatives.
3) The distinction between "weak" sustainable consumption focused on eco-efficiency versus "strong" sustainability involving lifestyle changes.
4) The concept of "lifestyle leapfrogging" to avoid unsustainable consumption patterns in developing countries by adopting sustainable practices from the outset. Examples of weak
The document discusses the history and evolution of sustainable consumption from the 1970s to present day. It outlines key international agreements and goals related to sustainable consumption, including reducing resource use and pollution while improving quality of life. The document argues that while progress has been made conceptually, substantive achievements have been modest. It proposes that Asian countries can play a lead role in sustainable consumption 2.0 through various policy approaches and social changes.
Future Earth SSCP KAN Development Team Meeting on 7 November 2017 FutureEarthAsiaCentre
The meeting covered handouts and documents on ongoing activities, social change beyond consumerism, communication prospects, and terms and conceptualizations. Administrative updates included a new logo, website, calendar, communication system, affiliated projects, and Future Earth Open Network. Other business and scheduling the next call were also discussed.
Future Earth SSCP KAN Development Team Meeting on 7 September 2017FutureEarthAsiaCentre
The meeting provided updates from several working groups on topics related to sustainable consumption and production. These included groups on ecological macroeconomics, urban systems and equity, and social change beyond consumerism. The meeting also discussed the research and engagement plan, reports from recent conferences, upcoming conferences, and administrative matters like the KAN logo, website, communication systems, and affiliated projects. The goal was to coordinate efforts across these areas to advance work on sustainable systems.
Current Property-Tax System is Massively Out of Sync with Sustainability
Established Institutional Structure for Collecting
Easy to Calculate and Understand
Non-portability of Real Estate Makes Tax Evasion Difficult
Local Governments Have Broad Powers to Compel Payment or Forfeiture
Local Property Taxation Based on a Flat-Rate
Current Major Problems with Local Property Taxation is its Regressiveness…
How Might We Turn the Property Tax into a Tool that Facilitates Sustainable Consumption?
Shift From a Flat-Rate to a Graduated-Rate Property Tax
Historical Basis of the Graduated Property Tax
Early Twentieth Century New Zealand
Public Referendum on a Graduated Property Tax in 1950 in North Dakota
Graduated Property Tax in Singapore
Attempt to Implement a Graduated Property Tax Refund in Minnesota, USA and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA and other examples
Graduated Property Tax Variants
Summary
- Air pollution causes over 13,000 premature deaths per year in South Korea. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the main culprit, responsible for over 12,000 deaths from lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
- The South Korean government has invested billions to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles and install filters, but air quality has worsened since 2013. Meteorological conditions are also playing a role, with weaker winds leading to increased air stagnation.
- South Korea has launched a National Strategic Research Project with four goals: evaluating pollution sources, improving forecasting, strengthening emissions controls, and reducing population exposure. The project aims to inform policymaking through interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists, industry, and
This document summarizes air quality and health issues related to air pollution in India. It finds that air quality has degraded significantly due to rapid population growth, urbanization, and increased energy consumption and vehicles. Air pollution levels exceed safety limits in many cities like Delhi and are linked to thousands of premature deaths annually from respiratory and cardiac diseases. Studies show the lung health of Indians is the worst globally and conditions like asthma and COPD are on the rise, especially in children living in highly polluted cities. Indoor air pollution from cooking fuels is also a major health concern for women in India.
This document discusses the Future Earth and Health Knowledge-Action Network (KAN). It summarizes that:
1) The KAN was motivated by the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission report recognizing the need to study planetary health and the links between environmental and human health.
2) The KAN aims to support transdisciplinary research with stakeholders to improve understanding of health-environment links and find holistic solutions to global challenges.
3) Initial priority research themes identified include land use change and disease risk, food systems and nutrition, urbanization and health, energy and air quality, and disasters and extreme events.
Air Pollution and Human Health in Asia: Experience in adopting and promoting the systems approach for transdisciplinary research on air pollution and health in Asia
This document outlines the agenda for the June 20th meeting of the Working Group on Social Change Beyond Consumerism. The agenda includes welcoming new members, reviewing past accomplishments like a proposal submission and workshop, drafting a scoping document, planning future contributions and activities, and scheduling the next meeting in September. The working group is part of the Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production.
This document discusses the unprecedented growth in industrial output, economic expansion, energy use, carbon emissions, water use, and human population over the 20th century. It notes that environmental governance around production and consumption is challenged by navigating the dual realities of affluence and poverty. Socio-technical systems that drive production and consumption are difficult to change due to lock-in effects. The document raises questions about differences in vocabularies between the global North and South, challenges of rural distress and urbanization, advocacy and partnering with civil society in less industrialized areas, and other issues that need to be addressed in systems of sustainable production and consumption.
This document outlines several aspirational proposals to regulate marketing and promote public welfare, including:
1) An "Action at the Center" nonprofit to normalize beneficial practices and be self-financing through research.
2) A "Framework Convention on Controlling Marketing" that would ban harmful advertising, require product placement disclosures, tax outdoor ads with funds going to social causes, and remove tax deductions for marketing.
3) Additional ideas like campaigns to reduce self-storage use and support public water infrastructure.
This document provides information about the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. It introduces three faculty members - Dimitris Stevis, Sonali Diddi, and Craig Starger. It then lists the school's research focal areas and various centers, initiatives, and programs. The remainder consists of slides from a presentation, covering topics like environmental justice, sustainable consumption and production, clothing sustainability, and building a network around sustainable and just consumption and production. It discusses bringing together different disciplines and stakeholders to address these issues in the local region.
This document discusses the role of consumers and businesses in transitioning to a more sustainable future. It notes that sustainability is a major business challenge and that leading companies in 2020 will be those that address issues like poverty, climate change and resource depletion through their goods, services, and customer reach. The future of business is seen as having a positive social and environmental impact.
This document summarizes Leida Rijnhout's work with Friends of the Earth Europe on science-based policy recommendations and societal change. It discusses projects on ecological debt, sustainable lifestyles, and environmental justice that use science and evidence to advocate for policy changes. Rijnhout encourages collaboration between civil society organizations and researchers to make science relevant to societal issues and promote win-win partnerships for policy impact.