Human engineering to fight against climate change | BBVA
Climate change is one of the greatest problems facing humanity. Abrupt temperature changes, famine, disease and floods are all evidence that changes in the climate are not a myth. The consequences could get worse if we do not manage to reduce the greenhouse effect, as Matthew Liao warns in his book The Next Step: Exponential Life. It can be downloaded at no charge on BBVA’s website for the OpenMind project.
Technological capital, human capital, regulatory capital and social capital… all are dimensions that the science of economics measures and includes in its analyses. Cultural capital is not a common concept in this science, however. But Timothy Besley, Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) feels it is fundamental as a conditioning aspect of the economic activity of any organization, institution or country.
A recent study published by Frontiers in Marine Science magazine reveals that more than 51% of Europeans believe that human activity is not the main cause of global warming. Spain, Italy and Germany stand out as the countries where people are most familiar with the problem. More than 60% of those interviewed in these countries are aware that climate change has a human origin and are willing to take steps to address it.
