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human impact on the environment

vr.tr.human-impact-on-the-environment · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain human impact on the environment as a field, relay assessments and data from authoritative bodies with attribution, identify kinds of impact and regional cases, describe responses and debates neutrally, and route to entries for specific impacts and regions.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain human impact on the environment as a field, relay assessments and data from authoritative bodies with attribution, identify kinds of impact and regional cases, describe responses and debates neutrally, and route to entries for specific impacts and regions.

The changes to natural environments caused by human activity, including climate change from anthropogenic emissions, deforestation such as in Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia, pollution, biodiversity loss, land and water degradation and resource depletion, together with the effects of these changes on people; the topic is assessed by bodies such as the IPCC and IPBES, is the subject of international agreements, and is central to environmental policy and science.

What it is for: Not applicable; a field of environmental change and its study.

It can be explain kinds of impact; relay assessments with attribution; identify regional cases; describe responses and debates.

Distinguishing features

Anthropogenic cause

Global and regional scales

Assessed by international bodies

Policy responses

What it looks like

Not a visible object; seen in cleared forests, polluted waters, changed climates and altered landscapes.

Physical character

global warming since pre-industrial: about 1.1-1.3 degrees C - per IPCC and WMO, recent years

annual forest loss: about 10 million hectares - FAO estimate

How it is recognised

Environmental change caused by people

Climate, land, water, air and biodiversity impacts

Natural variability is not human impact; environmental effects on humans are the reverse relation

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

environmental change

is a kind of - in registry terms

external risk

is assessed by - and IPBES

IPCC

is addressed by - and international agreements

environmental policy

In practice

Families and kinds

climate change from anthropogenic emissions and its effects

deforestation including cases in Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia

pollution of air, water and soil

biodiversity loss

land degradation and desertification

resource depletion

effects of environmental change on humans

Standards and regulation

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement

Convention on Biological Diversity

National environmental laws

Environmental impact assessment requirements

Failure modes and hazards

Irreversible environmental damage

Presenting contested policy questions as settled

Unsourced or outdated figures

Confusing direction of cause and effect

Also called

effects of climate change on humansdeforestation in Perudeforestation in Paraguayanthropogenic emissioneffects of climate changeDeforestation in Boliviaeffects of demographic and economic growth on the environmentDeforestation in Costa Ricadeforestation in MadagascarHolocene extinctionDeforestation in ArgentinaHuman impact on river systemsclimate change and human mobilityClimate change and childrenEffects of climate change on the water cycleheat stress as a consequence of climate change in GermanyEffects of climate change on biomeseffect of climate change on biodiversityeffects of climate change on sporteffects of climate change on wine productioneffects of climate change on small island countrieseffects of climate change on agricultureeconomic impacts of climate changeeffects of climate change on oceansclimate change in Sri LankaLong-term effects of global warmingimpact of climate change on coffee productionabrupt climate changeeffects of climate change on marine mammals

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What human impact covers.

Definition.

Kinds

Kinds of impact.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What kinds of human impact on the environment are recognised, and how are they assessed? definition
  2. Is the question about human impact on the environment or environmental effects on humans? boundary

Causes

Drivers.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What drivers such as energy use, agriculture and consumption underlie impacts, as assessments describe? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific impact? action
Evidence Assessments and data.

Attribution.

Assessments

Major assessments.

Assessments

Assessments.

  1. What do IPCC, IPBES and other assessments conclude, with attribution and dates? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed to assessments? boundary

Data

Data and indicators.

Data

Data.

  1. What indicators track impacts, and what do the data show, with sources? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Regions Regional cases.

Sources.

Deforestation

Deforestation cases.

Deforestation

Deforestation.

  1. What do sources report about deforestation in Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia and other regions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific region? action

Effects

Effects on people.

Effects

Effects.

  1. How do environmental changes affect human health, livelihoods and migration, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Respond Responses and debate.

Attribution.

Policy

Policy responses.

Policy

Policy.

  1. What international and national responses exist, and what debates surround them, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

History

History of the concept.

History

History.

  1. How did understanding of human environmental impact develop, from early conservation to the Anthropocene debate? provenance
  2. Which entry fits environmental history? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each kind of impact be a separate primary entry?
  • How should assessment reports be linked and dated?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional cases and effects on humans; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON