Karen O´Brien has contributed with a chapter on "Taking climate change and transformations to sustainability seriously" in the book What Next for Sustainable Development - Our Common Future at Thirty. The book is edited by James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud and Geoffrey Gilpin.
In this chapter O´Brien argues that successful adaptation co climate change can only be realized through social transformations.
About the book
This book examines the international experience with sustainable development since the concept was brought to world-wide attention in Our Common Future, the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds engage with three critical themes: negotiating environmental limits; equity, environment and development; and transitions and transformations. In light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, they ask what lies ahead for sustainable development.
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Citation
O’Brien, Karen (2019) Taking climate change and transformations to sustainability seriously Pages 200-218 in J. Meadowcroft, D. Banister, E. Holden, O. Langhelle, K. Linnerud, and G. Gilpin (eds.) What Next for Sustainable Development? Our Common Future at Thirty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.