A couple of newfangled studies highlight glitches in the shared solution models hatched by scientists to address climate change, stressing the worse adverse impact these may bear on planet Earth’s inhabitants.
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In its published research conducted by an international panel of experts, United Kingdom-based University of Exeter claims that the cultural dimensions of climate change have not been considerably factored in by myriad scientists in the formulation of prototypes to address this global environmental threat. The study avers that community traditions, mores and values are key elements through which the climate change concept can effectively seep into peoples’ psyche and motivate them into action and pro-active responses. Common practices for survival enjoin members of the society to adhere with one another, as well as with their habitats and sources of living. Thus, likewise, they most likely act in unison to surmount any threat or imminent peril to anything that matters most to them. Their control over their emotional well-being is vital and determines where they prefer to settle, thus motivates them to make their futures more sustainable. These psychological variables, the researchers claim, have been overlooked by scientists in the formulated plans to adapt physical spaces to the changing environment.
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A related analytical inquiry by an international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, demonstrates that crucial features are lacking in the current models used as bases for environmental, climate, and economic policies. The paper, which appeared in the National Science Review, contends that contemporary calculations of the impact of climate change overlook socio-economic and demographic variables such as increase in resource use, alterations in land use patterns, population control, inequality, economic growth and migration. The article points out the importance of planet-human system interaction, as this spells out the dominance of human beings in effecting changes in most of the Earth's natural constitution, which, in turn bounce back to influence and alter peoples’ development.
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