The Rise of Transformative Change

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What does the article in the journal Science emphasize the need for?

  • Implementing technological advancements
  • Promoting inequalities
  • Embracing diverse visions of a good life (correct)
  • Reducing technology consumption

How does the framing of transformative change affect the perception of solving environmental problems?

  • Simplifies it into linear strategies
  • Breaks it into manageable pieces
  • Complicates it like a Herculean task (correct)
  • Reduces it to individual efforts

What does comprehensive change require?

  • Narrow, focused adjustments
  • Broad sweeping alterations in societies and economies (correct)
  • Rectifying complex social issues first
  • Addressing issues in isolation

What does the recent values assessment of the Intergovernmental Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services call for?

<p>Decentering market values (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the text portray transformative change?

<p>As requiring broad societal alterations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the article suggest is essential for making sustainability the norm?

<p>Embracing diverse visions of a good life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the term 'transformative change' start being more often applied to environmental issues?

<p>2010 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who warned in Rolling Stone in 2012 that making fossil fuel companies 'Public Enemy Number One' was necessary for safeguarding the climate?

<p>Bill McKibben (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How has the number of papers mentioning transformative change changed over the years?

<p>Doubled every 3 years (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the leading topics in the articles that mention transformative change in 2022?

<p>Climate change, Sustainability, Forestry (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of environmental science literature, what does 'transformative change' reflect in terms of its origin?

<p>A social justice term of art (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of transformation does the phrase 'transformative change' suggest when addressing planetary crises?

<p>Drastic, far-reaching transformation targeting multiple social systems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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