Community discussions

Environment, Climate & Sustainability

Climate change, conservation, pollution, renewable energy and sustainable development.

47 discussions found

Climate adaptation and mitigation: Preparing for unavoidable impacts or reducing future emissions?

An open, professional discussion about climate adaptation and mitigation, comparing preparing for unavoidable impacts with reducing future emissions and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
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Can pursuing green growth and accepting reduced consumption in high-impact sectors coexist in Economic growth and environmental limits?

A welcoming, professional discussion about economic growth and environmental limits, comparing pursuing green growth with accepting reduced consumption in high-impact sectors and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
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What evidence should guide decisions about Nature restoration?

A welcoming, professional discussion about nature restoration, comparing recreating historical ecosystems with designing resilient ecosystems for future climates and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants34 viewsActive

What are we overlooking about Waste separation at household level?

A welcoming, professional discussion about waste separation at household level, comparing making sorting mandatory with building central systems before requiring households and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants31 viewsActive

Bans and behaviour change: Prohibiting harmful products or practices or using education and incentives?

An open, professional discussion about bans and behaviour change, comparing prohibiting harmful products or practices with using education and incentives and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants26 viewsActive

Can we balance improving collection and recycling with buying and using less in practice?

An open, professional discussion about recycling and reducing consumption, comparing improving collection and recycling with buying and using less and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants38 viewsActive

Water conservation: A debate with no easy answer

A welcoming, professional discussion about water conservation, comparing using price signals to reduce demand with guaranteeing basic access before higher charges and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants29 viewsActive

Community debate: Plastic bans

A welcoming, professional discussion about plastic bans, comparing prohibiting selected single-use products with improving collection and recycling systems and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants36 viewsActive

Renewable energy and affordability: Accelerating clean-energy adoption or protecting reliable low-cost energy access?

An open, professional discussion about renewable energy and affordability, comparing accelerating clean-energy adoption with protecting reliable low-cost energy access and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants37 viewsActive

Can we balance changing personal behaviour with requiring institutional and regulatory change in practice?

An open, professional discussion about individual action and public policy, comparing changing personal behaviour with requiring institutional and regulatory change and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants36 viewsActive

Where should we draw the line on tourism and ecosystem protection?

An open, professional discussion about tourism and ecosystem protection, comparing expanding visitor income with limiting access to sensitive areas and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants32 viewsActive

Carbon markets and direct reductions: what do real experiences teach us?

An open, professional discussion about carbon markets and direct reductions, comparing using offsets and trading with requiring direct emissions cuts and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants32 viewsActive