Today, there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play in helping conservation succeed for the sake of humanity and for the sake of other species. Equally important, however, is the fact that we, as the species that causes extinctions, have a moral responsibility to those whose evolutionary unfolding and very future we threaten.

This volume is an examination of the relationship between conservation and the social sciences, particularly anthropology. It calls for increased collaboration between anthropologists,...

Climate change and ecological instability have the potential to disrupt human societies and their futures. Cultural, social and ethical life in all societies is directed towards a future that can never be observed, and never be directly acted upon, and yet is always interacting with us. Thinking and acting towards the future involves efforts of imagination that are linked to our sense of being in the world and the ecological pressures we experience. The three key ideas of this book ecologies, ontologies and mythologies help us understand the ways people in many different societies attempt...

Over the last few years the topic of 'stranded assets' created by climate change and other environment-related factors has loomed larger and larger. Not only has it sparked off one of the fastest growing social movements in history - the fossil free divestment campaign - it has also prompted reaction from a wide-range of key global actors. While stranded assets are a regular feature of economic systems and are a phenomenon inherent in the 'creative destruction' of economic growth, the causes of asset stranding are changing. Environment-related factors are increasingly stranding assets...

Sustainability is a topic of great interest today, particularly for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have witnessed very rapid economic and demographic growth over the past decade. The observed growth has led to unsustainable consumption patterns of vital resources such as water, energy, and food, highlighting the need for an urgent shift towards green growth and sustainable development strategies.

Sustainability in the Gulf covers the region's contemporary development challenges through the lens of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...