Cautious utopias: Environmental Goal-setting with Long Time Frames

Baard, Patrik; Björnberg, Karin Edvardsson

doi:10.1080/21550085.2015.1070487

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“…Thus, anticipatory adaptation is closely linked to the setting of goals, understood as future states of affairs that are believed to be possible to achieve (cf. Baard and Edvardsson Björnberg 2015).…”

Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…There are a few reasons why permitting greater degrees of uncertainty regarding achievability is appropriate in anticipatory adaptation planning: (1) due to the long time frames before the most significant impact will occur, means (such as technology) can develop in order to perform better than currently available alternatives, and such goals might have a performanceenhancing function; (2) permitting greater uncertainty ideally enables iterative assessments of whether a goal is becoming more achievable, or whether it should be reconsidered (cf. Baard and Edvardsson Björnberg 2015;Baard 2014).…”

Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Realistic goals are sometimes contrasted to utopian goals, portraying future states of affairs that are either known to be impossible, or highly unlikely or uncertain to be achieved (cf. Edvardsson and Hansson 2005;Baard and Edvardsson Björnberg 2015).…”

Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Realistic goals are very difficult to set in long-term planning, due to great uncertainties regarding changing preconditions, and available means (Baard and Edvardsson Björnberg 2015). Moreover, anticipatory climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector often requires planning in long time frames.…”

Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To combine both (empirical) achievability, and (normative) desirability are integral to proposing long-term goals (cf. Baard and Edvardsson Björnberg 2015), but has not been combined in this manner when discussing climate change adaptation. By combining both dimensions proposed goals can be adjusted by explicating empirical uncertainty and/or normative disagreements.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

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There is a growing need to implement anticipatory climate change adaptation measures, particularly in vulnerable sectors, such as in agriculture. However, setting goals to adapt is wrought with several challenges. This paper discusses two sets of challenges to goals of anticipatory adaptation, of (1) empirical and (2) normative character. The first set of challenges concern issues such as the extent to which the climate will change, the local impacts of such changes, and available adaptive responses. In the second set of uncertainties are issues such as the distribution of burdens to enhance adaptive capacities in vulnerable agents with a legitimate claim to such resources, and what anticipatory adaptation ideally should result in. While previous discussions have been limited to either discuss the first or second set of uncertainties, this paper suggests that both dimensions should be considered when setting goals in social planning with long time frames. A taxonomy will be suggested that combines both dimensions. Furthermore, strategies for managing situations in which there are either empirical, or normative, uncertainties will be proposed which could be used in social decision-making with long planning time-frames in which goals must be set.

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Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

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Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

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Section: Realistic Goalsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Vision Zero and Other Road Safety Targets

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Every year, around 1.3 million people are killed on the road and another 20–50 million are severely injured. This makes road safety one of the most critical global public health issues. To address the negative trend, the international community has responded with the adoption of road safety targets. Sustainable Development Goals 3.6 and 11.2 are two examples. Also at the national level, goals and targets are increasingly used to steer work towards improved road safety. The frequent use of goals and targets in road safety policy makes it interesting to investigate under what conditions the adopted goals can be expected to be achieved. This chapter summarizes the main themes and conclusions of research that have been conducted on goal-setting in road safety policy and management to date. Drawing on previous research, it outlines and discusses a set of criteria that road safety goals should meet in order to be achievement-inducing, that is, have the capacity to guide and induce efforts towards the vision of zero fatalities and serious injuries on the road.

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Vision Zero and Other Road Safety Targets

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Cautious utopias: Environmental Goal-setting with Long Time Frames

Cited by 4 publications

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Vision Zero and Other Road Safety Targets

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