1. Carrying capacity is the maximum number of a species an environment can support indefinitely.

Every
species has a carrying capacity, even humans.
(wiki) the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without
environmental degradation.
2. The biophilia hypothesis suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with
nature and other forms of life. Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his
book, Biophilia (1984). He defines biophilia as "the urge to affiliate with other forms of life".

3. Hard-Look Doctrine is a principle of Administrative law that says a court should carefully review an
administrative-agency decision to ensure that the agencies have genuinely engaged in reasoned decision
making. A court is required to intervene if it becomes aware, especially from a combination of danger
signals, that the agency has not really taken a hard look at the salient problems. The Administrative
Procedure Act instructs federal courts to invalidate agency decisions that are arbitrary or capricious.
Close judicial scrutiny helps to discipline agency decisions and to constrain the illegitimate exercise of
discretion. The hard look doctrine is simply a reflection of the courts' view of how an effective and
meaningful process of judicial review should be conducted.
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5. Intergenerational equity is a concept that says that humans 'hold the natural and cultural environment of
the Earth in common both with other members of the present generation and with other generations, past
and future' (Weiss, 1990, p. 8).

Intragenerational equity is concerned with equity between people of the same generation. This is
separate from intergenerational equity, which is about equity between present and future
generations. Intragenerational equityincludes considerations of distribution of resources and justice
between nations.

Intragenerational equity is concerned with equity between people of the same generation. This is
separate from intergenerational equity, which is about equity between present and future
generations. Intragenerational equity includes considerations of distribution of resources and justice
between nations.

6. Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least
centralized competent authority. Political decisions should be taken at a local level if possible, rather than
by a central authority.

7. A city hits "climate departure" when the average temperature of its coolest year from then on is projected
to be warmer than the average temperature of its hottest year between 1960 and 2005."