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4 CROSS-CUTTING THEMES
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In a recent case in central Minnesota, an administrative law judge approved the siting of a line to avoid the university's campus and instead go through the farms of a less powerful group of constituents. Thus, in considering decisions and political debates that affect social justice, the influence of political power needs to be recognized, although reason and rational public policy process should be the guiding principles in efforts to resolve questions of social justice.
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He also cited the importance of preserving wilderness and animals for future generations. Discussion In the brief question and answer session, DesJardins noted that presenting justice in terms of a way to reconcile conflicting interests seems to work better with his business school students than more philosophically abstract approaches.
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The Brundtland Commission report precipitated a decade or more of debate about what sustainability could be, winding up with what Thompson called "three circle" or "three P" sustainability: people (social justice) , planet (functional integrity of the environment)
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Rather than debating sustained yield versus development, Thompson suggested that functional integrity versus resource sufficiency is a productive way to think about sustainability and that a rich, deep discussion of the subject requires both perspectives, in addition to consideration of social sustainability.
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She therefore believes that, as far as mitigation and adaptation are concerned, America is going backward right now. In her opinion adaptation plans are being developed in the absence of sufficient scientific information, and it would be very difficult to produce such knowledge fast enough to prevent some major maladaptations -- efforts that will be insufficient, or have negative side effects or high costs, or even foreclose future options.
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Now the paradigm is to develop public engagement through two-way dialogue, which has the following benefits: it can build mutual trust, stakeholders understand risk assessment and response options, and decision makers learn and take into account stakeholder concerns. Climate change engagement may differ from engagement in other areas because of the skepticism and uncertainty so often put forward, and because in-depth knowledge on mitigation is lacking and adaptation is still unfamiliar.
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Discussion In response to an observation about the difficulty of developing public confidence, given stakeholder fatigue, Moser explained that for people to remain engaged on an issue they have to view their participation as making a difference. She pointed out that social media might be very good for social mobilization around issues that can rally people quickly, but the level of engagement needed for an adaptation decision about where to site a windmill, for instance, would be different.
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People in local government or in local communities live and go to church with each other, their kids are in the same class, and those relationships prevail. Climate Change and America's Infrastructure: Engineering, Social, and Policy Challenges The capstone workshop revisited the project themes of governance, sustainability, trust and engagement, and social justice.20 Two panels addressed policy and governance issues and justice and human rights issues in the context of climate change and engineered systems.
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He noted a number of pitfalls ranging from unanticipated failure modes and problems of physical or organizational interfaces and transitions, to poor communication, competing interests, and historical contingencies. Barbara Rose Johnston, senior research fellow, Center for Political Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, focused her talk on "Climate Change, Human Rights, Justice." She used water to demonstrate the multiple values, physical and social, of a resource and how threats to that resource can interfere with social and physical well-being.
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