WP1 - Environmental Humanities & Climate Change

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  1. 1. This is the abbreviation for the board that leads the international body for assessment of climate change. It is a key source of scientific information and technical guidance to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  2. 4. This three word term is referred to by Libby Robbins as the oversimplification of another term, the nuanced “Anthropocene”. Robbins posits the understanding of the Anthropocene is usually understood and appreciated at a deeper level by humanities and creatives.
  3. 6. Accelerating this can be oppressive and allow for unpredictable responses. Its very essence , as Robin declares, can be a threat. Robin goes on to offer advice for scholars - ignore the political and ideological polarity and instead focus on extending the frame of one’s perspective to understand this term.
  4. 9. This is the abbreviation for an environmental group. This group has been a top contributor in synthesized research for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
  5. 12. This forms of information-spreading are utilized heavily by the Environmental Humanities. Robbins claims this term is great at offering new imaginative questions and scales of action.
  6. 14. In regards to the climate and biodiversity, this term is one that must be fought for to ensure inequalities aren’t further increased due to climate change induced displacements of people, animals,and resources. Climate and biodiversity ___ is also one of the main three emerging fields in environmental transdisciplinary scholarship.
  7. 15. This mode of learning, which pulls from multiple fields of knowledge, has been employed by environmentalists to better combat climate change.
  8. 17. This cognitive scientist describes the three cultures of knowledge, distinguishing between the emphasis on prediction and explication in natural and social sciences.
  9. 18. This two word term refers to the period of time in which changes in social and natural systems grew at exponential pace since first recorded in the mid-20th century. We are still in this period.
  10. 19. This is the abbreviation of the group that works on planetary issues, specifically in reference to climate. Climate change research begins with atmospheric physics because this was where global warming was discovered. This group now moves to include all natural sciences. Libby Robbins advocates for more appearances from other “human” fields.
  11. 20. Abbreviation of field(s) that collaborate with the natural sciences to focus on environmental issues. The environment was historically categorized as a primarily scientific issue.
  12. 21. This conceptualized yet imaginary concept of understanding in regards to the environmental humanities must be shifted to become more inclusive and diverse.
  13. 22. This Swedish historian has argued that Environmental humanities are a 'symptom' ’ of a ‘transformation to a new research policy regime giving more space to responsibility, risk and complexity.
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  1. 2. This form of science fiction media focuses on the climate, with specific interest in how humanity’s self-inflicted climate rise will lead to typically catastrophic and apocalyptic events. This fits into Robbins umbrella of “human” approaches to combating the climate crisis, yet some literary figures don’t accept this from of media as serious fiction.
  2. 3. Abbreviation of field(s) that collaborate with the natural sciences to focus on environmental issues. The environment was historically categorized as a primarily scientific issue.
  3. 4. This term is relatively new, being coined after the turn of the century. It serves as a metaphor for “living with planetary changes”. This term has also been used to describe the epoch of human intervention of the planet’s systems.
  4. 5. The fight against climate change is less about ‘fixing’ the environment as it is re-imagining it. This term and the term ‘resilience’ were offered as better ways of responding.
  5. 7. This two word field was guided by the natural sciences in the 1960s, with it being broadened in the 1970s to include policy and the social sciences.
  6. 8. This term is the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and can encompass the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain life. Some argue that humans have forged their own sphere within this term, dubbed the “Anthropocene”.
  7. 10. This two word field gained traction in the 21st century due to climate change and global environmental changes being well-documented. It extends the idea of the human within the transdisciplinary mode of environmental studies. It can include a wide range of disciplines. Robin looks to delve into the humanities approach and contribution to environmental issues, specifically climate change.
  8. 11. This ‘[blank] understanding’ is needed to understand how carbon emissions are embedded in lives and how it is something that can change behavior. This type of understanding is aided by transdisciplinary approaches. This term is an adjective.
  9. 13. This Biologist and cultural theorist suggests that the ‘problem’ can limit responses. A focus on ‘solutions’ can lead to a failure to ‘stay with the trouble’, leaving the individual to find the crucial balance necessary to fighting climate change.
  10. 16. Unlike Environmental science, environmental studies explicitly focuses a lot on this species and extension of the planet.