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This Master Class addresses the need to confront the alterations that humans have caused in the Earth's dynamic systems on a global scale. In a world where our level of development has a profound impact on the natural environment, it is essential to address these challenges with creativity and complex thinking.

Professor Julio Eduardo Cañón Barriga proposes radical ideas that confront current models of development, seeking to harmonize our presence as a planetary species with the natural environment. In addition, he examines the role of justice, ethics and planetary legislation in the search for solutions. The Master Class also presents scientific and engineering proposals to address the climate and environmental crises. It explores various solutions that can help mitigate the effects of our impact on the environment and promote sustainable development.  

This class covers several of the eight thematic foci around which the 2019 Report of the Colombian Mission of Wise People was structured. It covers topics such as: environment, sustainable energy, converging technologies, human development and equity. Additional topics include oceans and hydrobiological resources. He will also invite you to learn about how you can address the challenges of "being a planetary species in a powerful dynamic terrestrial system, but with limits."

This chapter is aimed at anyone interested in reflecting, learning and getting acquainted with solutions for sustainability and equity of the planet from a holistic perspective.  

Biography: 

Professor Julio Eduardo Cañón Barriga has been a professor at Universidad de Antioquia since 2003. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Master in Hydraulics and Water Resources from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. PhD in Hydrology from the University of Arizona in the United States. Senior Researcher in the GAIA group of the School of Engineering of the Universidad de Antioquia.  

Complementary academic material:   

The planetary system    

• Martin, R. (2013). Earth's evolving systems: the history of planet Earth. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.  
• Kleidon, A. (2010). A basic introduction to the thermodynamics of the Earth system far from equilibrium and maximum entropy production. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1545), 1303-1315.  
• hi, W. (2017). Entropy analysis of the coupled human–earth system: Implications for sustainable development. Sustainability, 9(7), 1264.  
• Rubin, S., & Crucifix, M. (2021). Earth’s complexity is non-computable: The limits of scaling Laws, nonlinearity and chaos. Entropy, 23(7), 915.  

Planetary boundaries    

• Stockholm Resilience Center: the nine planetary boundaries  
• Li, M., Wiedmann, T., Fang, K., & Hadjikakou, M. (2021). The role of planetary boundaries in assessing absolute environmental sustainability across scales. Environment international, 152, 106475.  
• Kate Raworth: exploring doughnut economics  
• Grumbach, S., & Hamant, O. (2020). How humans may co-exist with Earth? The case for suboptimal systems. Anthropocene, 30, 100245.  

Ethics, Justice and Planetary Governance.   

• Bumgarten, J. (2023). 1.4 Environmental Ethics & Environmental Justice. Environmental Biology. 
• Kim, R. E., & Kotzé, L. J. (2021). Planetary boundaries at the intersection of Earth system law, science and governance: A state‐of‐the‐art review. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 30(1), 3-15.  
• Kashwan, P., Biermann, F., Gupta, A., & Okereke, C. (2020). Planetary justice: prioritizing the poor in earth system governance. Earth System Governance, 6, 100075.  
• Burch, S., Gupta, A., Inoue, C. Y., Kalfagianni, A., Persson, Å., Gerlak, A. K., ... & Zondervan, R. (2019). New directions in earth system governance research. Earth system governance, 1, 100006.  

Climate change and human behavior.  

• Schmitt, M. T., Neufeld, S. D., Mackay, C. M., & Dys‐Steenbergen, O. (2020). The perils of explaining climate inaction in terms of psychological barriers. Journal of Social Issues, 76(1), 123-135.  
• Gifford, R. (2011). The dragons of inaction: psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation. American psychologist, 66(4), 290.  
• Almiron, N., & Xifra, J. (2020). Climate change denial and public relations: strategic communication and interest groups in climate inaction (p. 268). Taylor & Francis.  
• Creutzig, F., Niamir, L., Bai, X., Callaghan, M., Cullen, J., Díaz-José, J., ... & Ürge-Vorsatz, D. (2022). Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being. Nature Climate Change, 12(1), 36-46.  

Geoengineering and climate change 

• Sandler, T. (2018). Collective action and geoengineering. The Review of International Organizations, 13, 105-125.  
• McCormack, C. G., Born, W., Irvine, P. J., Achterberg, E. P., Amano, T., Ardron, J., ... & Sutherland, W. J. (2016). Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 13(2-4), 103-128.  
• Caldeira, K., & Bala, G. (2017). Reflecting on 50 years of geoengineering research. Earth's Future, 5(1), 10-17.  
• Corry, O. (2017). The international politics of geoengineering: The feasibility of Plan B for tackling climate change. Security Dialogue, 48(4), 297-315.  
• Desing, H., Widmer, R., Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D., Hischier, R., & Wäger, P. (2019). Powering a sustainable and circular economy—An engineering approach to estimating renewable energy potentials within earth system boundaries. Energies, 12(24), 4723.  
• Project Drawdown: solutions library 

Keywords:  

Environment, sustainable energy, human development, climate change, engineering, planet Earth.   

CVLAC:    

https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000225525  

Contact information:   

julio.canon@udea.edu.co