1,028 research outputs found
Climate Breakdown
No full textTogether with host Mathieu Blondeel, assistant professor at VU Amsterdam, you will learn about some of the most important, complex and urgent climate-related issues at a planetary level.On this journey, we are joined by world-leading experts from VU Amsterdam and beyond who study these challenges from many angles. From COP28 in Dubai to the court in The Hague, we hear more about the many dimensions of how scientists, activists and practitioners try to understand and find solutions to the climate crisis.‘Climate Breakdown’ is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, and produced by PodKasteel
Staat de wereld in brand? Over geopolitiek, energie en een klimaat in crisis
No full textOnze honger naar fossiele brandstoffen ligt aan de basis van de klimaatcrisis, (koloniale) oorlogen, economische recessies en zoveel meer. Vandaag staan we echter aan het begin van een wereldwijde energietransformatie. Terwijl we onze afhankelijkheid van olie, steenkool en gas afbouwen, wordt hernieuwbare energie de ruggengraat van een nieuw systeem.
Zal deze transformatie van de wereld een veiligere plek maken? Dat is de vraag die Mathieu Blondeel en Moniek de Jong willen beantwoorden in dit klimaatessay. We moeten vermijden dat we de afhankelijkheid van fossiele brandstoffen inruilen voor één van lithium, kobalt en nikkel. Daarmee hebben we namelijk het probleem verre van opgelost.
De uitdagingen en obstakels zijn enorm, want de wereld buiten de energiesector verandert ook snel. China heeft bijvoorbeeld in sneltempo de VS ingehaald als tweede supermacht, terwijl ook andere landen zich roeren. Voor de EU is dit dan weer een uitgelezen kans om haar economie en samenleving ingrijpend te herdenken. Maar slaagt het daar ook in?
Het oude credo van Antonio Gramsci lijkt vandaag springlevend: ‘Een oude wereld is aan het sterven, een nieuwe worstelt met haar geboorte. Een tijd van monsters is aangebroken.
A world on fire?:On geopolitics, energy and a climate in crisis
No full textOnze honger naar fossiele brandstoffen ligt aan de basis van de klimaatcrisis, (koloniale) oorlogen, economische recessies en zoveel meer. Vandaag staan we echter aan het begin van een wereldwijde energietransformatie. Terwijl we onze afhankelijkheid van olie, steenkool en gas afbouwen, wordt hernieuwbare energie de ruggengraat van een nieuw systeem.Zal deze transformatie van de wereld een veiligere plek maken? Dat is de vraag die Mathieu Blondeel en Moniek de Jong willen beantwoorden in dit klimaatessay. We moeten vermijden dat we de afhankelijkheid van fossiele brandstoffen inruilen voor één van lithium, kobalt en nikkel. Daarmee hebben we namelijk het probleem verre van opgelost.De uitdagingen en obstakels zijn enorm, want de wereld buiten de energiesector verandert ook snel. China heeft bijvoorbeeld in sneltempo de VS ingehaald als tweede supermacht, terwijl ook andere landen zich roeren. Voor de EU is dit dan weer een uitgelezen kans om haar economie en samenleving ingrijpend te herdenken. Maar slaagt het daar ook in?Het oude credo van Antonio Gramsci lijkt vandaag springlevend: ‘Een oude wereld is aan het sterven, een nieuwe worstelt met haar geboorte. Een tijd van monsters is aangebroken.
Analysis of Mathieu Equation Stable Solutions in the First Zone of Stability
No full textAbstractThe paper presents the results of a homogeneous Mathieu equation studies. Mathieu equation solutions are oscillations, modulated in amplitude and frequency. In the computational experiments we found dependences of the given oscillations on the ratio of the coefficients. These dependences are shown in graphs that can be used for an approximate estimation of the Mathieu equation solutions without integration
Pensar las escalas para pensar las luchas: Autor: Mathieu UHEL
No full textA través de un título sugerente, “pensar las escalas para pensar las luchas”, Mathieu Uhel entreteje la construcción teórico-crítica del concepto escala, generada por la geografía radical anglosajona de finales del siglo XX, con la necesidad/utilidad práctica de la escala para concienciar las luchas sociales. El artículo cumple un doble propósito: por un lado, delinear los elementos de lectura sobre el concepto escala; y, con ello, promover la atención de esta problemática en las luchas contemporáneas. En un primer apartado, Uhel ubica las discusiones académicas en torno a la escala, como herramienta metodológica útil para comprender la complejidad de las sociedades capitalistas; en el segundo apartado, el autor avanza la exposición en torno al contexto de la dimensión escalar del imperialismo capitalista; finalmente, el autor se centra en el rol de la actividad política a escala nacional en la tensa relación entre las imposiciones del capital y la lucha social.Por meio de um título sugestivo, “pensando escalas para pensar lutas”, Mathieu Uhel entrelaça a construção teórico-crítica do conceito de escala, gerado pela geografia radical anglo-saxônica do final do século XX, com a necessidade / utilidade prática escala para aumentar a consciência das lutas sociais. O artigo tem um duplo propósito: por um lado, delinear os elementos de leitura sobre o conceito de escala; e, com isso, promover atenção a esse problema nas lutas contemporâneas. Na primeira seção, Uhel localiza as discussões acadêmicas em torno da escala, como uma ferramenta metodológica útil para compreender a complexidade das sociedades capitalistas; na segunda seção, o autor avança a exposição em torno do contexto da dimensão escalar do imperialismo capitalista; por fim, o autor enfoca o papel da atividade política em escala nacional na tensa relação entre as imposições do capital e a luta social.Mathieu Uhel\u27s suggestive title, “Thinking about scales to think about struggles”, he interweaves the theoretical-critical construction of concept scale, generated by radical Anglo-Saxon geography in the late 20th century, with it´s practical utility to social struggles. The article serves two purposes: on the one hand, Uhel locates academic discussion around scale; and, with this, he promotes attention to this problem in contemporary struggles. In the first section, Uhel locates academic discussions around scale, as a useful methodological tool to understand the complexity of capitalist societies; in the second section, the author advances the argument around the context of the scalar dimension of capitalist imperialism; finally, the author focuses on the role of political activity on a national scale in the tense relationship between the impositions of capital and the social movement
COVID-19 and the climate-energy nexus
Full text linkAnalysing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the climate-energy nexus, raises three important questions. First, what does this global health and economic crisis mean for the future of fossil fuels, particularly oil? Because of the drop in economic activity, greenhouse gas emissions have plummeted, but how can we ensure a structural decline that is aligned with the Paris Agreement? Third, how can we embed the ideas of a “just transition” within the broader post-pandemic “green recovery”? This policy brief offers a glimpse of the direction away from fossil fuels that our global energy system must take to govern the post-pandemic worl
Mathieu Ichou, Les Enfants d’immigrés à l’école
No full textIt is common to hear in the fields of educational and immigration sociology that on average, the children of immigrants do not perform as well in school as children of native-born parents. Mathieu Ichou offers an innovative sociological analysis on a topic that is heavily exploited by political and media discourse, and subject to much scientific controversy. The author takes distance from the homogenized vision of a “second generation” of students who have totally failed academically, and rep..
Toward a neo-Gramscian interpretation of “social licence” : the case of fossil fuel divestment
No full textThe international fossil fuel divestment campaign is increasingly successfully promoting a new “anti-fossil fuel norm” (AFFN), according to which investors ought to withdraw investments from fossil fuel (or carbon-intensive) assets and reinvest in more sustainable, climate-friendly alternatives. At the outset of this campaign, in the early 2010s, its self-proclaimed objective was to take away the fossil fuel industry’s “social licence to operate” (SLO). This chapter offers a neo-Gramscian view as to how a radical divestment campaign has sought to delegitimize the role of fossil fuels and the industry. The neo-Gramscian interpretation of SLO provides a rich understanding of the discursive, relational, and material aspects of power in energy transitions. It shows how societal consent to elite practices – and not just the latter’s coercive power – is crucial in successfully maintaining or transitioning away from a fossil fuel-based society. The chapter traces the origins and analyzes the current state of the divestment campaign and the norm it promotes. It concludes that the campaign’s original “counter-hegemonic” challenge has been accommodated to fit conventional narratives and has lost its most radical demands and elements and thus its most transformational potential
L'impatto dell'attività tintoria sull'ambiente. Firenze alla fine del Medioevo
No full textThe author aims to examine and categorize the range of dyeings materials used in the Florentine wool and silk textile industries in the late Middle Ages, focusing mainly on those produced within the regional space in order to evaluate the impact of the Florentine dyeing activity on the natural environment and the productive landscape of the Tuscan countryside. In particular, the author establishes a line of demarcation between cultivated and uncultivated resources in order to verify which constitutes an indication of the level of industrial development of medieval textile production. This further focuses on how the transition from the exploitation of wild resources to the exploitation of cultivated resources could reflect a greater degree of economic integration between the countryside and the city and contribute to the formation of a regional economic space
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