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Thirty years after “Our Common Future” by the Brundtland Commission in 1987, sustainable development remains the only internationally and consensually recognized global development concept. The last major United Nations event—the Rio+20 Conference in 2012—endorsed it by proposing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their more specific targets and indicators (adopted in 2015). We claim that educators, politicians, and civil society organizations have failed to a large extent in making the sustainable development concept broadly appealing. Among the missing enabling factors are a good narrative (making an extremely complex sustainable development concept comprehensible to all, thereby raising public support), social norms (reflecting commonly held sustainability principles and goals), and sustainability indicators (providing clear information for steering policies as well as for daily decisions). In this paper we focus on the role of mass media (English-written printed newspapers) as an important information channel and agenda-setter, and analyze their modes of sustainability communication. We look into how these media communicate selected key sustainability themes, and how they make connections to the overarching concept of sustainable development. We hypothesize that the media predominantly informs people and sets the agenda by communicating themes of current interest (e.g., gender inequalities), but misses the opportunity of framing them in the broader, overarching concept of sustainable development. This may be a significant sustainability faux (error)—great political intentions need efficient implementation tools, not just political resolutions. To this end, we need well-narrated and framed sustainability themes communicated through mass media to activate the social norms that potentially support societally beneficial conduct. By undertaking an extensive mass media analysis, this paper offers rare empirical evidence on sustainability communication by the global mass media during the last ten years, and identifies the main caveats and challenges for sustainability proponents. As sustainability communication does not yet have its own theoretical framework, SDGs seem to offer a suitable mechanism for this.
Svatava Janoušková; Tomáš Hák; Vlastimil Nečas; Bedřich Moldan. Sustainable Development—A Poorly Communicated Concept by Mass Media. Another Challenge for SDGs? Sustainability 2019, 11, 3181 .
AMA StyleSvatava Janoušková, Tomáš Hák, Vlastimil Nečas, Bedřich Moldan. Sustainable Development—A Poorly Communicated Concept by Mass Media. Another Challenge for SDGs? Sustainability. 2019; 11 (11):3181.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSvatava Janoušková; Tomáš Hák; Vlastimil Nečas; Bedřich Moldan. 2019. "Sustainable Development—A Poorly Communicated Concept by Mass Media. Another Challenge for SDGs?" Sustainability 11, no. 11: 3181.
On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—adopted by world leaders in 2015—came into force. They build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and call for action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. Since the SDGs are not legally binding, governments are expected to take ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 Goals. Countries thus have the primary responsibility for follow-up and review of the progress made in implementing the Goals, which will require quality, accessible and timely data collection. This will be instrumental for both regional and global follow-up analyses and assessments—several such major global assessments have already appeared. It might be supposed that the SDGs framework, including indicators, is conceptually and methodologically well-designed and tested in order to function reliably and provide guidance for such assessments. However, while it seems that the current structure of the SDGs has provided a firm policy framework, the Goals and targets have been mostly operationalized by indicators. We demonstrate and argue that without a procedurally well-designed, conceptual indicator framework for selecting and/or designing indicators, the results of SDGs assessments may be ambiguous and confusing.
Svatava Janoušková; Tomáš Hák; Bedřich Moldan. Global SDGs Assessments: Helping or Confusing Indicators? Sustainability 2018, 10, 1540 .
AMA StyleSvatava Janoušková, Tomáš Hák, Bedřich Moldan. Global SDGs Assessments: Helping or Confusing Indicators? Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1540.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSvatava Janoušková; Tomáš Hák; Bedřich Moldan. 2018. "Global SDGs Assessments: Helping or Confusing Indicators?" Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1540.
30 years after “Our Common Future“ by the Brundlandt Commission (1987), sustainable development summits, educators, politicians, and civil society organizations have failed to a large extent to make the sustainable development concept broadly appealing. Among missing enabling conditions are a good narrative (making an extremely complex sustainable development strategy comprehensible to all and raising public support), social norms (reflecting commonly held sustainability principles and goals) and sustainability indicators (providing clear information). Information theory as well as empirical findings show that relevant, often multidimensional, indicators or indices may be instrumental in assessing the global sustainability strategy for People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership adopted at a UN Summit in 2015. We identify the key obstacles and emphasize the instrumental role of sustainability indicators. We propose one indicator for each “P”, i.e. five indicators in total, to assess and communicate the key sustainability trends. Since many potentially useful indicators and indices already exist, we call for immediate concerted action to select such a set of five indicators without waiting for perfect ones, to complement them with universally appealing narratives, and to spread them systematically and widely.
T. Hák; S. Janoušková; B. Moldan; A.L. Dahl. Closing the sustainability gap. Ecological Indicators 2018, 87, 193 -195.
AMA StyleT. Hák, S. Janoušková, B. Moldan, A.L. Dahl. Closing the sustainability gap. Ecological Indicators. 2018; 87 ():193-195.
Chicago/Turabian StyleT. Hák; S. Janoušková; B. Moldan; A.L. Dahl. 2018. "Closing the sustainability gap." Ecological Indicators 87, no. : 193-195.
Sustainable Development strategy is going to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year (1987). Despite its long existence it is a concept very little understood globally and causing public sentiment just at a small part of population. The article thinks about the causes and ways to improve it. It is indicators that have an underused potential for presentation sustainability principles and ideas. The sustainability indicators may serve as informative, educational and public enlightenment tools and assist in understanding of the whole concept – an instrumental condition for its embracing. The article defines general qualities of the indicators, as inter alia thematic relevance and indicator relevance, and proposes a set of five key indicators representing all dimensions of sustainable development: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership.
Svatava Janoušková; Bedřich Moldan; Tomáš Hák. Pět klíčových indikátorů udržitelného rozvoje: nástroj pro vzdělávání a osvětu veřejnosti. Envigogika 2017, 12, 1 .
AMA StyleSvatava Janoušková, Bedřich Moldan, Tomáš Hák. Pět klíčových indikátorů udržitelného rozvoje: nástroj pro vzdělávání a osvětu veřejnosti. Envigogika. 2017; 12 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSvatava Janoušková; Bedřich Moldan; Tomáš Hák. 2017. "Pět klíčových indikátorů udržitelného rozvoje: nástroj pro vzdělávání a osvětu veřejnosti." Envigogika 12, no. 1: 1.
The main purpose of this article is to evaluate the extent to which the Cohesion Policy of the EU contributes to its climate change mitigation effort. While climate change mitigation and the EU Cohesion Policy have been both thoroughly studied theoretically, the novelty of the present article lies in an analysis of their mutual relationship. Also, a unique feature of this research is an analysis of the contribution of the Cohesion Policy to climate change mitigation over a period of 20 years, including a comparison of the three last programming periods (2000–2006, 2007–2013 and 2014–2020). The results of this research suggest that, while the beginning of the new millennium saw the Cohesion Policy neglecting the issue of climate change mitigation, the current programming period (2014–2020) placed it among its key priorities. This conclusion is supported by a comprehensive set of data on five selected indicators. This article also displays the results against the perspective of the overall climate change mitigation objectives of the EU. POLICY RELEVANCE The present article shows how a policy, which used to be considered rather distant from climate change, progressively adopted climate change mitigation as one of its principal objectives. As such, it provides a practical guidance on the integration of climate change mitigation in other policy areas, which may be applied not only in a supranational organisation but also on a national, regional or local level.
Michal Nekvasil; Bedřich Moldan. Could Cohesion Policy push EU climate efforts? Climate Policy 2016, 18, 129 -139.
AMA StyleMichal Nekvasil, Bedřich Moldan. Could Cohesion Policy push EU climate efforts? Climate Policy. 2016; 18 (1):129-139.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichal Nekvasil; Bedřich Moldan. 2016. "Could Cohesion Policy push EU climate efforts?" Climate Policy 18, no. 1: 129-139.
The author of the lecture is Director of the Postdam Institute for climate impacts research. He presented the latest information on the process of global climate change and its effects. He also offered solutions to the climate problem based on new technologies namely what he calls cardinal innovations.
Bedrich Moldan. Professor Schellnhuber's lecture on the problem of climate change and its transformative solutions. Environmental Development 2016, 17, 4 -5.
AMA StyleBedrich Moldan. Professor Schellnhuber's lecture on the problem of climate change and its transformative solutions. Environmental Development. 2016; 17 ():4-5.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedrich Moldan. 2016. "Professor Schellnhuber's lecture on the problem of climate change and its transformative solutions." Environmental Development 17, no. : 4-5.
Tomas Hak; Svatava Janoušková; Bedřich Moldan. Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators. Ecological Indicators 2016, 60, 565 -573.
AMA StyleTomas Hak, Svatava Janoušková, Bedřich Moldan. Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators. Ecological Indicators. 2016; 60 ():565-573.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomas Hak; Svatava Janoušková; Bedřich Moldan. 2016. "Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators." Ecological Indicators 60, no. : 565-573.
Jan Kovanda; Bedřich Moldan; Ralph Luken; Paul Hesp. The Czech Republic. Towards Sustainable Development in Industry? 2013, 1 .
AMA StyleJan Kovanda, Bedřich Moldan, Ralph Luken, Paul Hesp. The Czech Republic. Towards Sustainable Development in Industry?. 2013; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJan Kovanda; Bedřich Moldan; Ralph Luken; Paul Hesp. 2013. "The Czech Republic." Towards Sustainable Development in Industry? , no. : 1.
In nearly all domains of Global Change Research (GCR), the role of humans is a key factor as a driving force, a subject of impacts, or an agent in mitigating impacts and adapting to change. While advances have been made in the conceptualisation and practice of interdisciplinary Global Change Research in fields such as climate change and sustainability, approaches have tended to frame interdisciplinarity as actor-led, rather than understanding that complex problems which cut across disciplines may require new epistemological frameworks and methodological practices that exceed any one discipline. GCR studies must involve from their outset the social, human, natural and technical sciences in creating the spaces of interdisciplinarity, its terms of reference and forms of articulation. We propose a framework for funding excellence in interdisciplinary studies, named the Radically Inter- and Trans-disciplinary Environments (RITE) framework. RITE includes the need for a realignment of funding strategies to ensure that national and international research bodies and programmes road-map their respective strengths and identified areas for radical interdisciplinary research; then ensure that these areas can and are appropriately funded and staffed by talented individuals who want to apply their creative scientific talents to broader issues than their own field in the long term, rather than on limited scope (5 year and less) research projects. While our references are mostly to Europe, recommendations may be applicable elsewhere. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Poul Holm; Michael Goodsite; Sierd Cloetingh; Mauro Agnoletti; Bedrich Moldan; Daniel J. Lang; Rik Leemans; Joergen Oerstroem Moeller; Mercedes Pardo Buendia; Walter Pohl; Roland W. Scholz; Andrew Sors; Bernard Vanheusden; Kathryn Yusoff; Ruben Zondervan. Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research. Environmental Science & Policy 2013, 28, 25 -35.
AMA StylePoul Holm, Michael Goodsite, Sierd Cloetingh, Mauro Agnoletti, Bedrich Moldan, Daniel J. Lang, Rik Leemans, Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Mercedes Pardo Buendia, Walter Pohl, Roland W. Scholz, Andrew Sors, Bernard Vanheusden, Kathryn Yusoff, Ruben Zondervan. Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research. Environmental Science & Policy. 2013; 28 ():25-35.
Chicago/Turabian StylePoul Holm; Michael Goodsite; Sierd Cloetingh; Mauro Agnoletti; Bedrich Moldan; Daniel J. Lang; Rik Leemans; Joergen Oerstroem Moeller; Mercedes Pardo Buendia; Walter Pohl; Roland W. Scholz; Andrew Sors; Bernard Vanheusden; Kathryn Yusoff; Ruben Zondervan. 2013. "Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research." Environmental Science & Policy 28, no. : 25-35.
Bedřich Moldan. Rio, twenty years later: progress or stagnation? Environmental Development 2012, 3, 180 -181.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan. Rio, twenty years later: progress or stagnation? Environmental Development. 2012; 3 ():180-181.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan. 2012. "Rio, twenty years later: progress or stagnation?" Environmental Development 3, no. : 180-181.
Bedřich Moldan; Svatava Janoušková; Tomas Hak. How to understand and measure environmental sustainability: Indicators and targets. Ecological Indicators 2012, 17, 4 -13.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan, Svatava Janoušková, Tomas Hak. How to understand and measure environmental sustainability: Indicators and targets. Ecological Indicators. 2012; 17 ():4-13.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan; Svatava Janoušková; Tomas Hak. 2012. "How to understand and measure environmental sustainability: Indicators and targets." Ecological Indicators 17, no. : 4-13.
Tomas Hak; Bedřich Moldan; Arthur Lyon Dahl. Editorial. Ecological Indicators 2011, 17, 1 -3.
AMA StyleTomas Hak, Bedřich Moldan, Arthur Lyon Dahl. Editorial. Ecological Indicators. 2011; 17 ():1-3.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomas Hak; Bedřich Moldan; Arthur Lyon Dahl. 2011. "Editorial." Ecological Indicators 17, no. : 1-3.
Bedrich Moldan; Tomas Hak. Central European Environmental History and the EU Accession. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45, 3823 -3828.
AMA StyleBedrich Moldan, Tomas Hak. Central European Environmental History and the EU Accession. Environmental Science & Technology. 2011; 45 (9):3823-3828.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedrich Moldan; Tomas Hak. 2011. "Central European Environmental History and the EU Accession." Environmental Science & Technology 45, no. 9: 3823-3828.
Četné snahy o interdisciplinární, multidisciplinární, respektive transdisciplinární přístup vedou k nutnosti přesnějšího objasnění těchto termínů. Mezioborová spolupráce je totiž jedním zčasto diskutovaných témat (aperspektiv) současné vědy.
Jana Dlouhá; Bedřich Moldan. Inter-, multi-, trans-disciplinarita – vymezení pojmů. Envigogika 2007, 2, 1 .
AMA StyleJana Dlouhá, Bedřich Moldan. Inter-, multi-, trans-disciplinarita – vymezení pojmů. Envigogika. 2007; 2 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJana Dlouhá; Bedřich Moldan. 2007. "Inter-, multi-, trans-disciplinarita – vymezení pojmů." Envigogika 2, no. 2: 1.
Bedrich Moldan; Tomas Hak. Environment in the Czech Republic: A Positive and Rapid Change. Environmental Science & Technology 2007, 41, 359 -362.
AMA StyleBedrich Moldan, Tomas Hak. Environment in the Czech Republic: A Positive and Rapid Change. Environmental Science & Technology. 2007; 41 (2):359-362.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedrich Moldan; Tomas Hak. 2007. "Environment in the Czech Republic: A Positive and Rapid Change." Environmental Science & Technology 41, no. 2: 359-362.
Geochemistry is one of the most important environmental disciplines. Indeed, a more proper term for this scientific field is biogeochemistry. The connection between the crucial aspects of the environment appears clearly from this term. It was coined by V.I. VERNADSKY in 1923 (MOCHALOV 1982). Later he incorporated this idea into the famous concept of the biosphere (VERNADSKY 1926) adopted by UNESCO in 1968 (UNESCO 1970) and is today one of the frequently used terms not only in scientific but also in general vocabulary.
Bedřich Moldan. Geochemistry and the environment. Engineering Geology for Infrastructure Planning in Europe 2006, 235 -257.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan. Geochemistry and the environment. Engineering Geology for Infrastructure Planning in Europe. 2006; ():235-257.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan. 2006. "Geochemistry and the environment." Engineering Geology for Infrastructure Planning in Europe , no. : 235-257.
Major changes in the governments and economies of this highly polluted region are improving air and water quality.
Jerald L. Schnoor; James N. Galloway; Bedřich Moldan. Peer Reviewed: East Central Europe: An Environment in Transition. Environmental Science & Technology 1997, 31, 412A -416A.
AMA StyleJerald L. Schnoor, James N. Galloway, Bedřich Moldan. Peer Reviewed: East Central Europe: An Environment in Transition. Environmental Science & Technology. 1997; 31 (9):412A-416A.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJerald L. Schnoor; James N. Galloway; Bedřich Moldan. 1997. "Peer Reviewed: East Central Europe: An Environment in Transition." Environmental Science & Technology 31, no. 9: 412A-416A.
This chapter summarizes the results of the Czech Republic’s assessments of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. This assessment has two principal parts: detailed analysis of possible scenarios of future climate, and analysis of vulnerability and adaptation for agriculture, forestry, water resources, and health. The findings are summarized here for all sectors except the health sector, where the assessment found that the potential impact of climate change was insignificant (Kveton and Kazmarová, 1995). For the agriculture sector, a decrease in precipitation could lead to a change in winter wheat yields of −3% to +16% depending on the climate scenario. A number of adaptation measures are proposed, including improved soil management, integrated pest control, and careful water use. The potential impact on forests could be large, especially because there are already several problems (e.g., prevalence of Norway spruce monoculture) in this sector that would be exacerbated. The main adaptation mechanisms proposed are increased species diversity and sustainable forest management. The impact on water resources was estimated by modeling four catchments. The result under most of the scenarios was, at a minimum, a one-third decrease in runoff.
Bedřich Moldan; Jarošlava Kalvová; Ivana Nemešová; Josef Hladný; Rudolf Brázdil; Jaroslav Rožnovský; Bohuslav Vinš. Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments for the Czech Republic. Environmental Science and Technology Library 1996, 225 -247.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan, Jarošlava Kalvová, Ivana Nemešová, Josef Hladný, Rudolf Brázdil, Jaroslav Rožnovský, Bohuslav Vinš. Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments for the Czech Republic. Environmental Science and Technology Library. 1996; ():225-247.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan; Jarošlava Kalvová; Ivana Nemešová; Josef Hladný; Rudolf Brázdil; Jaroslav Rožnovský; Bohuslav Vinš. 1996. "Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments for the Czech Republic." Environmental Science and Technology Library , no. : 225-247.
The concept of sustainable development was accepted unanimously by the global community of nations (cf. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, UNCED 1992).
Bedřich Moldan. A Proposal for a Set of Aggregated Indicators of the Environmental Dimension of Sustainability. Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region 1996, 71 -80.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan. A Proposal for a Set of Aggregated Indicators of the Environmental Dimension of Sustainability. Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region. 1996; ():71-80.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan. 1996. "A Proposal for a Set of Aggregated Indicators of the Environmental Dimension of Sustainability." Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region , no. : 71-80.
Immediately after the 1989 «velvet revolution» the newly created Czech Ministry of Environment published its «Blue Book» with the first ever official and full report on environmental situation in the Czech Republic. The tone of this book is rather pessimistic because the data published here show that the scope of environmental pollution in the Czech Republic has been truly enormous.
Bedřich Moldan. Environmental Measures Reflecting Political Changes in the Czech Republic. Soil and Groundwater Pollution 1995, 76 -79.
AMA StyleBedřich Moldan. Environmental Measures Reflecting Political Changes in the Czech Republic. Soil and Groundwater Pollution. 1995; ():76-79.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedřich Moldan. 1995. "Environmental Measures Reflecting Political Changes in the Czech Republic." Soil and Groundwater Pollution , no. : 76-79.