Joint Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2-6 May 2014 – Are Humanity’s dealings with Nature sustainable? What is the status of the Human Person in a world where science predominates? How should we perceive Nature and what is a good relationship between Humanity and Nature? Should one expect the global economic growth that has been experienced over the past six decades to continue for the foreseeable future? Should we be confident that knowledge and skills will increase in such ways as to lessen Humanity’s reliance on Nature despite our increasing economic activity and growing numbers? Is the growing gap between the world’s rich and world’s poor in their reliance on natural resources a consequence of those growths?
Proceedings of the Joint Workshop
2-6 May 2014
Extra Series 41
Vatican City, 2015
ISBN 978-88-7761-108-6
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Opening Address (PDF)
Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB
Word of Welcome (PDF)
Werner Arber, PAS President
Word of Welcome (PDF)
Margaret Archer, PASS President
I. THE BROADER CONTEXT
Human-Nature Co-Evolution (PDF)
Werner Arber
The Emergence of Humans: Brains (Bodies and Hands), Mind and Soul (PDF)
Yves Coppens
THE NEW ERA OF HUMAN-NATURE INTERACTIONS
II. FUNDAMENTAL DRIVERS OF FOOD, HEALTH, AND ENERGY NEEDS
Impediments to Sustainable Development: Externalities in Human-Nature Exchanges (PDF)
Partha S. Dasgupta
Population et Nature: Antagonisme ou Concordance? People and Nature: Antagonism or Concordance? (PDF)
Gérard-François Dumont
Food Demand, Natural Resources, and Nature (PDF)
Joachim von Braun
Sustainable Development Goals for a New Era (PDF)
Jeffrey D. Sachs
III. ANTHROPOCENE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Food Production in the Anthropocene
Paul J. Crutzen
Climate-System Tipping Points and Extreme Weather Events (PDF)
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Maria Martin
An Oceanographic Perspective (PDF)
Walter H. Munk
IV. COMPETING DEMANDS ON NATURE AS A SOURCE
Can We “Save” the Ocean? (PDF)
Nancy Knowlton
Tropical Forests, For Richer and For Poorer (PDF)
Jeffrey R. Vincent
The Promise of Mega-Cities: Moving from Despair to Hope (PDF)
Janice E. Perlman
V. COMPETING DEMANDS ON THE CRYOSPHERE
Glaciers as Source of Water: The Himalaya (PDF)
Anil V. Kulkarni
The Polar Regions (PDF)
Peter Wadhams
VI. COMPETING DEMANDS ON THE BIOSPHERE
Green Fields: Feeding the Hungry, Raising the Poor and Protecting Nature in Africa (PDF)
Robert E. Scholes
Stability of Coastal Zones (PDF)
Marcia K. McNutt
VII. SOCIETY’S RESPONSE TO CURRENT UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Why Have Climate Negotiations Proved So Disappointing?
(PDF)
Scott Barrett
Towards an Inclusive “Green Economy”: Rethinking Ethics and Economy in the Age of the Anthropocene (PDF)
Achim Steiner
The Two Worlds Approach for Mitigating Air Pollution and Climate Change (PDF)
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Mainstreaming the Values of Nature for People into Decision-Making (PDF)
Gretchen Daily
Energy for Sustainable and Equitable Development (PDF)
Daniel M. Kammen
Global Knowledge Action Network (PDF)
Charles F. Kennel
Valuing Nature: Getting the Trade-offs Right
Karl-Goran Maler and Charles Perrings
Sustainable Transformation of Human Society in Asia (PDF)
Yuan Tseh Lee
VIII. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers our Future (PDF)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Humanity’s Responsibility Toward Creation – An Ethical and Anthropological Challenge (PDF)
H.E. Msgr. Roland Minnerath
Nature and the Law: The Global Commons and the Common Concern of Humankind (PDF)
Edith Brown Weiss
IX. SOCIAL INCLUSION
Towards a Social Balance of the Current Globalization (PDF)
Juan José Llach
Sustainable Education: Uruguay’s Plan Ceibal (PDF)
Antonio M. Battro
Being Trafficked to Work: How Can Human Trafficking Be Made Unsustainable? (PDF)
Margaret S. Archer
Labour Precarity, Social Exclusion and People’s Economy (PDF)
Juan Grabois
The Influence of Virtuous Human Life in Sustaining Nature (PDF)
Stefano Zamagni
Social Inclusion in Governance and Peace-Building in Asia (PDF)
Wilfrido V. Villacorta
Intergenerational Solidarity: Old and New Scenarios, Challenges and Prospects (PDF)
Pierpaolo Donati
X. CLOSING SESSION: MOTIVATING SOCIETIES
What Role for Scientists? (PDF)
Naomi Oreskes
Existential Risks (PDF)
Martin J. Rees
Humanity’s Responsibility Toward Nature (PDF)
Enrico Berti
SPECIAL SESSION FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The History of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PDF)
Herbert Schambeck