[gep-ed] Vacancy PhD researcher

[Sebastian OBERTHUR]

Dear all,
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
(VUB) is calling for applications for one full-time doctoral researcher in the 
field of environment and sustainable development. Prospective PhD candidates 
are hereby invited to submit project proposals on the international and 
European governance of the climate and energy transition and more specifically 
on the following sub-themes:

  *   The techno-economic climate transition.
  *   Democratic governance of the climate and energy transition.
  *   Innovative policies and policy frameworks.
  *   European external relations.

Deadline for the submission of applications is 15 May.

More details can be found here: 
https://www.ies.be/content/vacancy-phd-researcher-environment-and-sustainable-development-institute-european-studies-–

Kind regards,

Sebastian

New: Jean Monnet Network on Governing the EU’s Climate and Energy Transition in 
Turbulent Times (GOVTRAN) – visit www.govtran.eu!

Latest publications:

Sebastian Oberthür (2019), Hard or Soft Governance? The EU’s Climate and Energy 
Policy Framework for 
2030,
 Politics and Governance, 7: 1, 17-27.

Sebastian Oberthür and Eliza Northrop (2018), Towards an Effective Mechanism to 
Facilitate Implementation and Promote Compliance under the Paris 
Agreement, 
Climate Law, 8, 39-69.

Sebastian Oberthür & Lisanne Groen (2018): Explaining goal achievement in 
international negotiations: the EU and the Paris Agreement on climate 
change, 
Journal of European Public Policy, 25: 5, 708-727 DOI: 
10.1080/13501763.2017.1291708


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Prof. Dr. SEBASTIAN OBERTHÜR
Environment and Sustainable Development

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Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

[jpsapin]

Thanks for sharing this piece from the Globe, it could indeed be very 
useful in class. It's interesting how the privileged few who can afford 
to live in Vancouver can just shamelessly present their point of view as 
that of humanity as a whole.


Vancouver is a "liveable place" only for the rich, not for the 
indigenous folks whose lands and livelihoods got paved over, and the 
abundance of grocery stores is only such for those who can afford it.


Truth is, this is about ecological privilege, the luxury a small 
minority has to not see the impending doom. Everyone else sees it in 
their own lives but them, and yet it's their worldview that prevails...


Best,

JP


Jean Philippe Sapinski
Professeur adjoint (assistant professor)
Maîtrise en études de l'environnement
Université de Moncton
Territoire Mi'kmaq
Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

jean.philippe.sapin...@umoncton.ca
umoncton.academia.edu/JPSapinski
www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean_Philippe_Sapinski
www.corporatemapping.ca

On 19-04-07 09 h 59, Maniates, Michael Fields wrote:


Hello Beth and others,

The following isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, though maybe it 
is. I’ve used it in class to good effect.  I find that it nicely 
highlights the nested paradoxes within which we live, and that seem to 
shape Paul’s response below.


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-things-have-never-been-so-good-for-humanity-nor-so-dire-for-the

All the best,

Michael

*Michael F MANIATES *

Yale-NUS College| Professor of Social Sciences, Environmental Studies|

Inaugural Head of Environmental Studies (2013-) |

Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Studies and Science|

http://michaelmaniates.com |Twitter: 
@michaelmaniates |


Senior Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, 
Oberlin, OH, 2011 – 2013|


Professor of Environmental Science and Political Science, Allegheny 
College, Meadville, PA, 1993 – 2013|


BS (University of California), MA, PhD (Energy and Resources, 
University of California) |


/Most people are eagerly groping for some medium, some way in /

/which they can bridge the gap between their morals and their practices.
--Saul Alinsky/

*From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf 
Of *Paul Wapner

*Sent:* Sunday, 7 April 2019 8:28 PM
*To:* william.hipw...@gmail.com; edeso...@wellesley.edu; 'GEP-Ed List' 


*Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi Beth,

Perhaps the challenge of finding such a list rests on interpretation.  
Many thinkers see good news everywhere, especially with environmental 
trends.  Folks like Bjorn Lomborg, Johan Norberg, Ronald Bailey, 
Deirdre McCloskey, and Anders Bolling are always presenting ‘facts’ 
that demonstrate environmental improvement.  Their work is 
controversial but persuasive to many.  It is part of a broader 
orientation that tends to be optimistic about humanity’s fate, seeing 
‘progress’ everywhere.  I would put people like Steven Pinker, Hans 
Rosling, and the infamous Juliann Simon in this category.  The New 
York Times Book Review recently had a piece on Pinker and Rosling


https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/07/pinker-rosling-progress-accentuate-positive/. 



Aside from thinkers, there are a number of outfits that present ‘good’ 
environmental news, such as 
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/environment/, although I 
am unsure if they track broad trends.


All the best,

Paul

Paul Wapner

Professor, Global Environmental Politics

School of International Service

American University

pwap...@american.edu 

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"william.hipw...@gmail.com " 
mailto:william.hipw...@gmail.com>>
*Reply-To: *"william.hipw...@gmail.com 
" >

*Date: *Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM
*To: *Beth DeSombre >, Gepers >

*Subject: *RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi Beth,

I have seen, at some point in the past ten years, some sort of good 
news list. I cannot remember the source though I suspect it came over 
the Canadian Association of Geographers discussion list (you could 
post a query here: cagl...@lists.uvic.ca 
 . However, like one of your suggestions 
(better access to clean water), I remember finding at the time that 
the list only hailed purely anthropocentric improvements. As far as 
the state of the non-human world is concerned, I have the overwhelming 
sense that things are, across the board, going from bad to worse.


I’d be happy to be proven wrong and look forward to your sharing your 
findings.


Cheers,

Bill

*From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> *On Behalf 
Of *Beth DeSombre

*Sent:* April 6, 2019 11:31 AM
*To:* GEP-Ed List >

[gep-ed] Geoengineering Governance: Great Barrier Reef

[Wil Burns]

FYI. Wil

Governing geoengineering research for the Great Barrier Reef
Jan McDonald, Jeffrey McGee, Kerryn Brent & Wil Burns
Climate Policy (2019)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2019.1592742


Coral reefs are highly vulnerable to the impacts of rising marine temperatures 
and marine heatwaves. Mitigating dangerous climate change is essential and 
urgent, but many reef systems are already suffering on current levels of 
warming. Geoengineering options are worth exploring to protect the Great 
Barrier Reef (GBR) from extreme warming conditions, but we contend that they 
require strong governance and public consultation from the outset. Australian 
governments are currently funding feasibility testing of three geoengineering 
proposals for the GBR. Each proposal involves manipulating ocean or atmospheric 
conditions to lower water temperatures and thereby reduce the threat of mass 
coral bleaching events. Innovative strategies to protect the GBR and field 
testing of these is essential, but current laws do not guarantee robust 
governance for field testing of these technologies. Nor do they provide the 
foundation for a more coherent national policy on climate intervention 
technologies more generally. Responsible governance frameworks, including 
detailed risk assessment and early public consultation, are necessary for 
geoengineering research to build legitimacy and promote scientific progress.



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Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

[Reed M. Kurtz]

Hi all, I saw this at the end of last year, and while I found the framing a
little too sugary sweet for my taste, I found it a pretty compelling list!
Starts w/ conservation victories, and has lots of development-related
figures
https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-good-news-stories-you-probably-didnt-hear-about-in-2018-cc3c65f8ebd0

Cheers,
-Reed

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM Maniates, Michael Fields <
michael.mania...@yale-nus.edu.sg> wrote:

> Hello Beth and others,
>
>
>
> The following isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, though maybe it is.
> I’ve used it in class to good effect.  I find that it nicely highlights the
> nested paradoxes within which we live, and that seem to shape Paul’s
> response below.
>
>
>
>
> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-things-have-never-been-so-good-for-humanity-nor-so-dire-for-the
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> *Michael F MANIATES *
>
> Yale-NUS College | Professor of Social Sciences, Environmental Studies |
>
> Inaugural Head of Environmental Studies (2013-) |
>
> Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Studies and Science |
>
> http://michaelmaniates.com |Twitter: @michaelmaniates |
>
> Senior Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, Oberlin College,
> Oberlin, OH, 2011 – 2013 |
>
> Professor of Environmental Science and Political Science, Allegheny
> College, Meadville, PA, 1993 – 2013 |
>
> BS (University of California), MA, PhD (Energy and Resources, University
> of California) |
>
>
>
> *Most people are eagerly groping for some medium, some way in *
>
>
> *which they can bridge the gap between their morals and their practices.
> --Saul Alinsky*
>
>
>
> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of *Paul
> Wapner
> *Sent:* Sunday, 7 April 2019 8:28 PM
> *To:* william.hipw...@gmail.com; edeso...@wellesley.edu; 'GEP-Ed List' <
> gep-ed@googlegroups.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends
>
>
>
> Hi Beth,
>
>
>
> Perhaps the challenge of finding such a list rests on interpretation.
> Many thinkers see good news everywhere, especially with environmental
> trends.  Folks like Bjorn Lomborg, Johan Norberg, Ronald Bailey, Deirdre
> McCloskey, and Anders Bolling are always presenting ‘facts’ that
> demonstrate environmental improvement.  Their work is controversial but
> persuasive to many.  It is part of a broader orientation that tends to be
> optimistic about humanity’s fate, seeing ‘progress’ everywhere.  I would
> put people like Steven Pinker, Hans Rosling, and the infamous Juliann Simon
> in this category.  The New York Times Book Review recently had a piece on
> Pinker and Rosling
>
>
> https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/07/pinker-rosling-progress-accentuate-positive/.
>
>
>
>
> Aside from thinkers, there are a number of outfits that present ‘good’
> environmental news, such as
> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/environment/, although I am
> unsure if they track broad trends.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
> Paul Wapner
>
> Professor, Global Environmental Politics
>
> School of International Service
>
> American University
>
> pwap...@american.edu
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Gepers  on behalf of "
> william.hipw...@gmail.com" 
> *Reply-To: *"william.hipw...@gmail.com" 
> *Date: *Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM
> *To: *Beth DeSombre , Gepers <
> gep-ed@googlegroups.com>
> *Subject: *RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends
>
>
>
> Hi Beth,
>
>
>
> I have seen, at some point in the past ten years, some sort of good news
> list. I cannot remember the source though I suspect it came over the
> Canadian Association of Geographers discussion list (you could post a query
> here: cagl...@lists.uvic.ca . However, like one of your suggestions
> (better access to clean water), I remember finding at the time that the
> list only hailed purely anthropocentric improvements. As far as the state
> of the non-human world is concerned, I have the overwhelming sense that
> things are, across the board, going from bad to worse.
>
>
>
> I’d be happy to be proven wrong and look forward to your sharing your
> findings.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of *Beth
> DeSombre
> *Sent:* April 6, 2019 11:31 AM
> *To:* GEP-Ed List 
> *Subject:* [gep-ed] Good environmental trends
>
>
>
> Hi folks:
>
>
>
> This seems like a no brainer, but I'm having a surprisingly difficult time
> gathering a list of positive environmental trends (worldwide and over
> history). Things that have -- because of human intervention --
> unquestionably improved, with some specific details to hang on them. Things
> like improved access to clean water, better air quality (of various types)
> in many parts of the world, etc.
>
>
>
> I'd like to not reinvent the wheel -- I could easily come up with a list
> of things I think are better now environmentally than 50 (or 25) years ago
> and go fetch the details of each, but I'm certain that one or more sources
> has already outlined them, with 

Re: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

[Paul Wapner]

Hi Beth,

Perhaps the challenge of finding such a list rests on interpretation.  Many 
thinkers see good news everywhere, especially with environmental trends.  Folks 
like Bjorn Lomborg, Johan Norberg, Ronald Bailey, Deirdre McCloskey, and Anders 
Bolling are always presenting ‘facts’ that demonstrate environmental 
improvement.  Their work is controversial but persuasive to many.  It is part 
of a broader orientation that tends to be optimistic about humanity’s fate, 
seeing ‘progress’ everywhere.  I would put people like Steven Pinker, Hans 
Rosling, and the infamous Juliann Simon in this category.  The New York Times 
Book Review recently had a piece on Pinker and Rosling
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/02/07/pinker-rosling-progress-accentuate-positive/.

Aside from thinkers, there are a number of outfits that present ‘good’ 
environmental news, such as 
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/environment/, although I am 
unsure if they track broad trends.

All the best,
Paul


Paul Wapner
Professor, Global Environmental Politics
School of International Service
American University
pwap...@american.edu
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From: Gepers  on behalf of "william.hipw...@gmail.com" 

Reply-To: "william.hipw...@gmail.com" 
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 3:14 PM
To: Beth DeSombre , Gepers 
Subject: RE: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi Beth,

I have seen, at some point in the past ten years, some sort of good news list. 
I cannot remember the source though I suspect it came over the Canadian 
Association of Geographers discussion list (you could post a query here: 
cagl...@lists.uvic.ca . However, like one of your 
suggestions (better access to clean water), I remember finding at the time that 
the list only hailed purely anthropocentric improvements. As far as the state 
of the non-human world is concerned, I have the overwhelming sense that things 
are, across the board, going from bad to worse.

I’d be happy to be proven wrong and look forward to your sharing your findings.

Cheers,
Bill


From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Beth 
DeSombre
Sent: April 6, 2019 11:31 AM
To: GEP-Ed List 
Subject: [gep-ed] Good environmental trends

Hi folks:

This seems like a no brainer, but I'm having a surprisingly difficult time 
gathering a list of positive environmental trends (worldwide and over history). 
Things that have -- because of human intervention -- unquestionably improved, 
with some specific details to hang on them. Things like improved access to 
clean water, better air quality (of various types) in many parts of the world, 
etc.

I'd like to not reinvent the wheel -- I could easily come up with a list of 
things I think are better now environmentally than 50 (or 25) years ago and go 
fetch the details of each, but I'm certain that one or more sources has already 
outlined them, with specifics attached.

Can someone point me towards such lists/overviews/compilations? (Happy to share 
suggestions with the group afterwards).

Thanks,

Beth
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