A dynamic collapse concept for climate change

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dc.contributor.authorSteel, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBelotti, Giulia
dc.contributor.authorMittiga, Ross
dc.contributor.authorMintz-Woo, Kian
dc.contributor.funderSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-04T11:04:16Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T08:39:50Zen
dc.date.available2024-07-04T11:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-25
dc.date.updated2024-06-14T07:39:57Zen
dc.description.abstractDespite growing interest in risks of societal collapse due to anthropogenic climate change, there exists no consensus about how collapse should be understood. In this article, we critically examine existing definitions and argue that none adequately address the challenges for conceptualizing collapse that climate change presents. We therefore propose an alternative conception, which regards collapse as a reduction of collective capacity resulting in a pervasive and difficult-to-reverse loss of basic functionality. Our conception is dynamic in that it focuses on the interrelations of constituent subsystems. It also distinguishes collapse from transformations needed to address climate change and provides insight into the relationship between collapse and sustainability.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grant number 435-2022-0189)
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Version
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dc.identifier.citationSteel, D., Belotti, G., Mittiga, R. and Mintz-Woo, K. (2024) 'A dynamic collapse concept for climate change', Environmental Values, 33(6), pp. 606-625. https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719241255857
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09632719241255857
dc.identifier.endpage625
dc.identifier.issn0963-2719
dc.identifier.issn1752-7015
dc.identifier.issued6
dc.identifier.journaltitleEnvironmental Values
dc.identifier.startpage606
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16094
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGE Publishing
dc.rights© 2024, the Authors. This article is made available under the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate justice
dc.subjectCivilization collapse
dc.subjectClimate catastrophe
dc.subjectClimate collapse
dc.subjectClimate ethics
dc.subjectCollective capacity
dc.subjectFlorida
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectState capacity
dc.subjectSmall Island Developing States
dc.titleA dynamic collapse concept for climate change
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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