
Salvatore Paolo de Rosa
Postdoctoral Fellow

Commentary: Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
Author
Summary, in English
Bradshaw et al. (2021) make a call to action in light of three major crises—biodiversity loss, the sixth mass extinction, and climate disruption. We have no contention with Bradshaw et al.’s diagnosis of the severity of the crises. Yet, their call for scientists to “tell it like it is,” their appeal to political “leaders,” and the great attention they afford to human population growth as a main driver underpinning the three crises, rest on contested assumptions about the role of science in societal transformations, and are scientifically flawed and politically problematic. In this commentary, we challenge Bradshaw et al.’s assumptions concerning the nature of science, polity, and humanity as well as the implicit politics underlying their analysis and messaging. We end with an alternative call to action.
Department/s
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Publishing year
2021-05-13
Language
English
Publication/Series
Frontiers in Conservation Science
Volume
2
Document type
Journal article (comment)
Publisher
Frontiers Media S. A.
Topic
- Human Geography
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2673-611X