Maatschappelijke impact van geneesmiddelen: sustainability
1.1
Ghents defenition: "a good life for everyone (both now and in the future) in a society in which all
people are treated fairly and that remains within ecological limits with the participation of
everyone involved."
- ecological and a social dimension
We immediately think of global warming, biodiversity loss, the environment, etc, it is also about
reducing social inequality and improving health, access to education, quality of life in cities,
etc.
Kate Raworth → 'the doughnut' → ‘the bad doughnut’
by 2024, four planetary boundaries will have been crossed, and no social baseline will have
been achieved.
Those who bear the most significant global responsibility for causing climate change are not
those who are most vulnerable to its consequences.
, intergenerational dimension: not only people in the Global South but also the younger and
unborn generations are disproportionately affected by climate change
The figure above shows that extreme weather events occur worldwide.
What it does not show, however, is that their impact is not evenly distributed.
Some communities are more vulnerable and, therefore, suffer more from these extreme
weather events—for example, communities that are more dependent on natural resources or
that have poor housing.
So, sustainability is more than simply a narrow focus on ecology or climate.
1.2
Human brains are used to linear thinking, where everything flows equally from A to B. (This
helps us estimate things.)
However, we can see exponential growth in many domains, including climate change.
Example: Covid-19
Exponential functions can go really fast. (lilies example)
A positive feedbackloop: accelerates global warming →
negative feedback loops: they slow down warming
For example: more CO² is released into the atmosphere,
fertilising plants, causing them to grow faster and
absorb more CO².
At the moment, there are more positive than negative mechanisms at work.
1.1
Ghents defenition: "a good life for everyone (both now and in the future) in a society in which all
people are treated fairly and that remains within ecological limits with the participation of
everyone involved."
- ecological and a social dimension
We immediately think of global warming, biodiversity loss, the environment, etc, it is also about
reducing social inequality and improving health, access to education, quality of life in cities,
etc.
Kate Raworth → 'the doughnut' → ‘the bad doughnut’
by 2024, four planetary boundaries will have been crossed, and no social baseline will have
been achieved.
Those who bear the most significant global responsibility for causing climate change are not
those who are most vulnerable to its consequences.
, intergenerational dimension: not only people in the Global South but also the younger and
unborn generations are disproportionately affected by climate change
The figure above shows that extreme weather events occur worldwide.
What it does not show, however, is that their impact is not evenly distributed.
Some communities are more vulnerable and, therefore, suffer more from these extreme
weather events—for example, communities that are more dependent on natural resources or
that have poor housing.
So, sustainability is more than simply a narrow focus on ecology or climate.
1.2
Human brains are used to linear thinking, where everything flows equally from A to B. (This
helps us estimate things.)
However, we can see exponential growth in many domains, including climate change.
Example: Covid-19
Exponential functions can go really fast. (lilies example)
A positive feedbackloop: accelerates global warming →
negative feedback loops: they slow down warming
For example: more CO² is released into the atmosphere,
fertilising plants, causing them to grow faster and
absorb more CO².
At the moment, there are more positive than negative mechanisms at work.
