It's no longer just about stopping, but how we can live with climate change. A study by the Complexity Science Hub points out how our history could help guide the way.
The study"Navigating Polycrisis: long-run socio-cultural factors shape response to changing climate" was published inWhen earthquakes shook the earth, droughts parched the land, or floods ravaged regions, some societies succumbed to social unrest, civil violence, or total collapse, while others exhibited resilience, maintaining essential social functions or even achieving improvement through systemic reforms that promoted well-being and increased democratic participation.
The Zapotec hilltop settlement of Monte Albán in southern Mexico emerged as the most significant settlement in the region. Extreme, persistent drought hit the region in the 9th century, and the once-great site of Monte Albán was entirely abandoned along with many other cities in Mesoamerica. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the immensely wealthy Qing Dynasty in China proved resilient to adverse ecological conditions—recurrent floods, droughts, swarms of locusts—during the early part of their reign, but by the 19th century, social pressures had built up leaving them more vulnerable to these same challenges.
"Given that we reside in an era marked by increasing ecological shocks, economic disruptions, inequality, and major conflicts, our focus should be on reducing these structural pressures to build this kind of cohesion and resilience," Hoyer says.The Special Issue also features a study by Stephen Lansing and I Wayan Alit Artha Wiguna that could not only transform rice farming methods but also significantly mitigate.
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