LIVING WITH THE WICKED PROBLEM OF CLIMATE CHANGE: with Karl E. Peters, “Living with the Wicked Problem of Climate Change”; Paul H. Carr, “What Is Climate Change Doing to Us and for Us?”; James Clement van Pelt, “Climate Change in Context: Stress, Shock, and the Crucible of Livingkind”; Robert S. Pickart, “Climate Change at High Latitudes: An Illuminating Example”; Emily E. Austin, “Soil Carbon Transformations”; David A. Larrabee, “Climate Change and Conflicting Future Visions”; Panu Pihkala, “Eco‐Anxiety, Tragedy, and Hope: Psychological and Sp

Outlining the characteristics of “wicked” and “super‐wicked” problems, climate change is considered as a global super‐wicked problem that is primarily about the future. Being global‐ and future‐oriented makes climate change something we have to learn to live with but cannot expect to solve. Because...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zygon 2018-06, Vol.53 (2), p.427-442
1. Verfasser: Peters, Karl E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Outlining the characteristics of “wicked” and “super‐wicked” problems, climate change is considered as a global super‐wicked problem that is primarily about the future. Being global‐ and future‐oriented makes climate change something we have to learn to live with but cannot expect to solve. Because the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) is a multidisciplinary society that yokes the natural and social sciences with values, it is in a position to explore strategies for living with climate change—exemplified by the articles in this section. Finally, asking “who/what is in charge,” it is suggested that in a dynamically interrelated and evolving world no one is. It is important to distinguish between good that is already created and the creative interactions that give rise to new good. In order to live with climate change, our primary orientation should be to live with the creativity that has created and continues to create our life on Planet Earth—since we are not able to know what the future holds.
ISSN:0591-2385
1467-9744
DOI:10.1111/zygo.12400