The Emergence of Collective Awareness on Climate Change and Sustainable Development

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[...] From then on, the dissemination of ideas pro-climats has been made on a single prism in particular: that of chaos and disenchantment, our Judeo-Christian roots and the passage of the Flood are to blame. However, there is an alternative and a process of changing our way of life is underway: to continue, to maximize it is possible. The development of production techniques is such that it is possible today to act intelligently and collectively. In fact, a fair balance between necessary and vital production and consideration of the environment can allow communities below the poverty threshold in the world to modernize and enrich themselves while respecting the environment. [...]

[...] - Sylvie Brunel (geography professor at Sorbonne University), 'Living with the End of the World' Le Monde, July 25, 2019. If the effects of climate change seem inevitable, they are above all the result of human productive activity. The economist Jevons (T.1) notes that it is primarily a production choice that leads to climate disruption, with scenarios that are possible including apocalyptic hypotheses. However, the concept of sustainable development must take into account the benefits it can bring if collective awareness is raised. If this awareness is today topical, it has not always been the case. [...]

[...] Progress, The climate situation could not be taken seriously: the Industrial Revolution led to a profound modification of the modes of life within Western society. In fact, in the face of calls of the forest dating back to the second half of the 20th century, a collective awareness emerged, taking into account climate change as a catastrophic consequence of intensive use of production modes. From then on, this awareness, whose constitutional translation in France is notable in the light of the Environment Charter adopted in 2005, has been asserted through warnings from economists and scientists. [...]