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Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems

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  • Tiffany H. Morrison

    (James Cook University
    University of Melbourne)

  • W. Neil Adger

    (University of Exeter)

  • Arun Agrawal

    (University of Michigan)

  • Katrina Brown

    (University of Exeter)

  • Matthew J. Hornsey

    (University of Queensland)

  • Terry P. Hughes

    (James Cook University)

  • Meha Jain

    (University of Michigan)

  • Maria Carmen Lemos

    (University of Michigan)

  • Lucy Holmes McHugh

    (James Cook University)

  • Saffron O’Neill

    (University of Exeter)

  • Derek Berkel

    (University of Michigan)

Abstract

Standard solutions to the threat of >1.5 °C global average warming are not ambitious enough to prevent large-scale irreversible loss. Meaningful climate action requires interventions that are preventative, effective and systemic—interventions that are radical rather than conventional. New forms of radical intervention are already emerging, but they risk being waylaid by rhetorical or misleading claims. Here, to encourage a more informed debate, we present a typology of radical intervention based on recent studies of resilience, transition and transformation. The typology, which is intended to be provocative, questions the extent that different interventions can disrupt the status quo to address the root drivers of climate change.

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  • Tiffany H. Morrison & W. Neil Adger & Arun Agrawal & Katrina Brown & Matthew J. Hornsey & Terry P. Hughes & Meha Jain & Maria Carmen Lemos & Lucy Holmes McHugh & Saffron O’Neill & Derek Berkel, 2022. "Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 12(12), pages 1100-1106, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:12:y:2022:i:12:d:10.1038_s41558-022-01542-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01542-y
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