ABSTRACT

What is the future of ‘environmental’ policy in times of earth system transformations and the recognition of the ‘Anthropocene’ as a new epoch in planetary history? I argue that fifty years after the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, we need to revisit the ‘environmental policy’ paradigm because it falls short on five grounds. The paradigm (a) emphasizes a dichotomy of ‘humans’ and ‘nature’ that is no longer defensible; (b) is incompatible with more integrated research concepts that have overcome this human-environment dichotomy; (c) deemphasizes questions of planetary justice and democracy; (d) fails to deal with novel normative challenges of the Anthropocene; and (e) may risk political marginalization of central concerns of human and non-human survival. In the second part I discuss institutional implications, arguing for novel approaches in science collaboration, new institutional arrangements and a more central place for questions of planetary justice and earth-system risks in governance.

摘要

在地球系统转换以及将“人类世”视为行星历史上一个新纪元的时代，“环境”政策的前景如何？我认为，在1972年斯德哥尔摩人类环境会议之后的50年，我们需要重新审视“环境政策”范式，因为它有五点不足。（a）范式强调了“人”与“自然”的二分法，这种二分法不再是可辩驳的。（b）与克服了这种人类环境二分法的更综合的研究概念不相容；（c）不再强调行星正义和民主的问题；（d）未能应对人类世新的规范性挑战；和（e）可能冒着将人类和非人类生存的核心关切政治边缘化的风险。在第二部分中，我讨论了制度的含义，主张科学合作中的新方法，新的制度安排以及在治理中行星正义和地球系统风险问题的更中心地位。