PIRSA:08020001

An End to Reticence? Natural Scientists and the Politics of Global Change

Homer-Dixon, T. (2008). An End to Reticence? Natural Scientists and the Politics of Global Change. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08020001

Homer-Dixon, Thomas. An End to Reticence? Natural Scientists and the Politics of Global Change. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 13, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08020001 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08020001,
            doi = {10.48660/08020001},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/08020001},
            author = {Homer-Dixon, Thomas},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {An End to Reticence?  Natural Scientists and the Politics of Global Change},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2008},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:08020001 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Thomas Homer-Dixon

University of Waterloo

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Abstract
A convergence of climate, resource, technological, and economic stresses gravely threaten the future of humankind. Scientists have a special role in humankind\\\'s response, because only rigorous science can help us understand the complexities and potential consequences of these stresses. Diminishing the threat they pose will require profound social, institutional, and technological changes -- changes that will be opposed by powerful status-quo special interests. Do scientists have a responsibility to articulate the dangers of inaction to a broader event beyond simply publishing their findings in scholarly journals? Should they become more actively involved in the politics of global change?