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20 September, 2024

Still heating: Unfolding a typology of climate obstruction

In N. Marschner, C. Richter, J. Patz, & A. Salheiser (Eds.), Contested climate justice – Challenged democracy: International perspectives (pp. 59-71). Campus Verlag GmbH Abstract Earth is on a catastryet, there is little sign of halting the rise of global greenhouse gas emissions orstopping the extraction of fossil fuels. Against this background, in this articlewe re-engage with a recently proposed typology supposed to cover three modesthrough which effective climate action has been obstructed. These are, first,primary obstruction, that is, the spread of disinformation and/or denying the veryexistence of anthropogenic climate change. Second, secondary obstruction concernsmore or less deliberate obstruction via opposition to climate action and policiesvia, for example, reference to “the threat of deindustrialisation”. Finally, tertiaryobstruction denotes modes of living which, while not necessarily obstructingeffective climate change intentionally, concerns “living in denial”. Drawing onrecent research and examples, we revisit this typology.

Type of publication: Chapters | Jylhä, Kirsti , Forchtner, B. & M. Hultman
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16 May, 2019

The Affirmative Answer to the Existential Question and the Person Affecting Restriction

in: Weighing and Reasoning. Themes from the Philosophy of John Broome, Eds.Iwao Hirose and Andrew Reisner, Oxford University Press. The person affecting restriction states that one outcome can only be

Type of publication: Chapters | Arrhenius, Gustaf
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19 January, 2023

Climate Obstruction - How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet

Routledge, 156 p. InClimate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner, Martin Hultman and Kirsti Jylhä bring together crucial insights fr

Type of publication: Books | Jylhä, Kirsti , ; Kristoffer Ekberg; Bernhard Forchtner; Martin Hultman
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27 October, 2022

Ecocentrism and Biosphere Life Extension

Science and Engineering Ethics, 28. Abstract The biosphere represents the global sum of all ecosystems. According to a prominent view in environmental ethics, ecocentrism, these ecosystems matter for the

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Sandberg, Anders
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21 August, 2018

Breakfast seminar: Cultural heritage in war

The destruction of cultural property in war zones is of pressing concern. The recent and on-going conflicts in the Middle East have featured both the deliberate, symbolic destruction of cultural artef

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21 August, 2018

Cultural heritage, law and war

The destruction of cultural property in war zones is of pressing concern. The recent and on-going conflicts in the Middle East have featured both the deliberate, symbolic destruction of cultural artefThis seminar brings together speakers from philosophy, archaeology, political science and international law. Topics to be discussed include the protection of heritage as a just cause for war, identity wars, military policy and heritage, the relationship between heritage and violence, and compensatory duties for damaged cultural sites.

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19 February, 2020

Successful and failed episodes of democratization: conceptualization, identication, and description

Varieties of Democracy Institute: Working Paper No. 97. Abstract What explains successful democratization? This paper makes four contributions towards providing more sophisticated answers to this questishowing that while several established covariates are useful for predicting outcomes, none of them seem to explain the onset of a period of liberalization. Fourth, it illustrates how the identification of episodes makes it possible to study processes quantitatively using sequencing methods to detail the importance of the order of change for liberalization outcomes.

Type of publication: Working papers | Lindenfors, Patrik , , Wilson MC, Morgan R, Medzihorsky J, Maxwell L, Maerz SF, Lührmann A, Edgell AB, Boese V & Lindberg SI
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02 April, 2024

Saved by the Dark Forest: How a Multitude of Extraterrestrial Civilizations Can Prevent a Hobbesian Trap

The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 176–189 Abstract The possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) exists despite no observed evidence, and the risks and benefits of actively sea

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Asker, Andrea S.
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26 February, 2014

Simulating the Need for Health- and Elderly Care in Sweden – A Model Description of SESIM-LEV

in: New Pathways in Microsimulation, Eds.: Gijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan & Cathal O’Donoghue. Pp: 41-60. Ashgate

Type of publication: Chapters | Ekholm, Anders , Lisa Brouwers,, Lina Maria Ellegård, Nils Janlöv, Pontus Johansson, Karin Mossler
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23 May, 2002

Alva's Futures Ideas in the Construction of Swedish Future Studies

This paper discusses the ideas in the works of the Alva Myrdal future studies group and Swedish future studies discourse. Historical knowledge of future discourses in the past may be an important way

Type of publication: Working papers | Jenny Andersson
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