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152. Effectiveness evaluation of Construction 4.0 technologies in improving built environment resilience
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Shafei, Hazwani, Rahman, Rahimi A., and Lee, Yong Siang
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153. The economic impacts of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on developing countries: the case of Vietnam
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Chu, Hoang Long, Do, Nam Thang, Nguyen, Loan, Le, Lien, Ho, Quoc Anh, Dang, Khoi, and Ta, Minh Anh
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- 2024
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154. How does COVID-19 distort the impact of information interventions on low-carbon diet transitions: a case of dairy consumption in China
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Zhou, Li, Su, Zifan, Lei, Lei, and Wei, Zheng
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155. Carbon emissions, female CEOs and earnings management
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Houqe, Muhammad Nurul, Opare, Solomon, and Zahir-Ul-Hassan, Muhammad Kaleem
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156. Implication of climate change on crop water requirement in the semi-arid region of Western Maharashtra, India.
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Gade SA and Khedkar DD
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- Humans, India, Environmental Monitoring, Crops, Agricultural, Edible Grain, Water, Climate Change, Plant Transpiration
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Climate change and human activities have massively impacted the hydrological cycle. Thus, it is of the greatest concern to examine the effect of climate change on water management, especially at the regional level, to understand the possible future shifts in water supply and water-related crises and support regional water management. Fortunately, there is a high degree of ambiguity in determining the effect of climate change on water requirements. In this paper, the statistical downscaling (SDSM) model is applied to simulate the potential impact of climate on crop water requirements (CWR) by downscaling ET
0 in the region of Western Maharashtra, India, for the future periods, viz., the 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s, across three meteorological stations (Pune, Rahuri, and Solapur). Four crops, i.e., cotton, soybean, onion, and sugarcane, were selected during the analysis. The Penman-Monteith equation calculates reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0 ). Furthermore, in conjunction with the crop coefficient (Kc ) equation, it calculates crop evapotranspiration (ETc )/CWR. The predictor variables were extracted from the National Centre for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis dataset for 1961-2000 and the HadCM3 for 1961-2099 under the H3A2 and H3B2 scenarios. The results indicated by SDSM profound good applicability in downscaling due to satisfactory performance during calibration and validation for all three stations. The projected ET0 indicated an increase in mean annual ET0 compared to the present condition during the 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s. The ET0 would increase for all months (in summer, winter, and pre-monsoon seasons) and decrease from June to September (monsoon season). The estimated future CWR shows variation in the range for cotton (- 0.97 to 2.48%), soybean (- 2.09 to 1.63%), onion (0.49 to 4.62%), and sugarcane (0.05 to 2.86%). The significance of this research lies in its contribution to understanding the potential impacts of climate change at a regional level. This study provides valuable insights into the expected changes in water demand for key crops. The research also manifests implementing an identical methodology for downscaling other environmental parameters using a similar approach., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)- Published
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157. Climatic and topographic controls on glacial changes (1973-2020) in Shigar Basin, Central Karakoram, Northern Pakistan.
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Ali S, Khan G, Qureshi JA, Hassan M, and Kheirandish S
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- Pakistan, Fresh Water, Water Resources, Ice Cover, Climate Change
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The Hindukush, Karakorum, and Himalaya (HKH) mountains are often referred to as the "Third Pole" because of high snow, being a major freshwater resource and early indicator of climate change. Therefore, research on the dynamics of glacier changes and their relationship with climate and topographic variability is essential for sustainable water resource management and adaptation strategies in Pakistan. In this contribution, we delineated 187 glaciers and examined these glacier changes in the Shigar Basin from 1973 to 2020 using Corona, Landsat Operational Land Imager/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus/Thematic Mapper/Multispectral Scanner System (OLI/ETM/TM/MSS), Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) imageries. The total glacier area decreased from 2796.31 ± 132 km
2 in 1973 to 2756.27 ± 63 km2 in 2020 at an average rate of - 0.83 ± 0.03 km2 yr-1 . Specifically, during the period of 1990-2000, these glaciers shrank most heavily at an average rate of - 2.372 ± 0.08 km2 yr-1 . In contrast, an increased rate of 0.57 ± 0.02 km2 yr-1 in total glacier area was observed during the recent decade (2010-2020). Moreover, the glaciers with gentle slopes retreated less heavily than the steep ones. There was reduction in glacier coverage and length for all slope classes, and a small reduction was observed with gentle slopes, while higher losses were observed on steep slope gradients. The transition of glaciers in the Shigar Basin may be attributed by the direct influence of glacier size and topographical characteristics. By comparing with climate records, our findings suggest that the overall reduction in glacier area from 1973 to 2020 was associated with declining precipitation (- 0.78 mmm/year) and rising temperature (0.045 °C/year) trends in the region, and glacier advances in recent decade (2010-2020) were likely to be driven by increased winter and autumn precipitation., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
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158. Modelling wellbeing of farmers by using nexus of climate change risk perception, adaptation strategies, and their drivers on irrigation water in Pakistan.
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Usman M, Ali A, Bashir MK, Baig SA, Mushtaq K, Abbas A, Akram R, and Iqbal MS
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- Humans, Pakistan, Farms, Agriculture, Perception, Farmers, Climate Change
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This study aimed to determine the farmers' perceived impact of climate change on irrigation water and the adaptation measure adopted to mitigate its adverse effects. A binary logistic regression model was used to identified factors affecting the selection of adaptation measures. Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to compute the benefits of adaptation strategies. The study was conducted in two major cropping systems, i.e., the Cotton Wheat Cropping System (CWCS) and Rice Wheat Cropping System (RWCS) of Punjab, Pakistan, using primary data of 1080 farmers collected through a multistage sampling technique. Due to climate change there was deterioration in surface water and groundwater quality in CWCS than in RWCS. The farmer uses different adaptation strategies like water harvesting, crop diversification, increasing use of irrigation, laser land leveling to save water, making ridges, building a water harvesting scheme, changing irrigation time, high-efficiency irrigation system and water-saving technologies. Adaptation strategies used by farmer were affected by different socioeconomic, demographic and agronomic factors. Results of the binary logistic regression showed that age, farming experience, education, household size, farm size, tenancy status of owner, access to farm credit, information on weather forecasting, soil quality, tube well ownership, remittances, off-farm income, agricultural extension services provided for irrigation water, and information on climatic and natural hazards played a significant role in the selection of adaptation strategies for irrigation water. Results of PLS-SEM showed that adaptation strategies mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on irrigation water. Farmers' awareness regarding the impact of climatic variability on irrigation water should be enhanced. Availability of credit to farmers should be improved on easy terms to facilitate the adoption of interventions for better irrigation water management. It is high time for policymakers to design effective, affordable, and workable policies to mitigate climate change vulnerabilities against irrigation water to improve the wellbeing of the farmers., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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159. Climate change unequally affects nitrogen use and losses in global croplands.
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Ren C, Zhang X, Reis S, Wang S, Jin J, Xu J, and Gu B
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- Agriculture methods, Global Warming, Crops, Agricultural, Climate Change, Nitrogen
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Maintaining food production while reducing agricultural nitrogen pollution is a grand challenge under global climate change. Yet, the response of global agricultural nitrogen uses and losses to climate change on the temporal and spatial scales has not been fully characterized. Here, using historical data for 1961-2018 from over 150 countries, we show that global warming leads to small temporal but substantial spatial impacts on cropland nitrogen use and losses. Yield and nitrogen use efficiency increase in 29% and 56% of countries, respectively, whereas they reduce in the remaining countries compared with the situation without global warming in 2018. Precipitation and farm size changes would further intensify the spatial variations of nitrogen use and losses globally, but managing farm size could increase the global cropland nitrogen use efficiency to over 70% by 2100. Our results reveal the importance of reducing global inequalities of agricultural nitrogen use and losses to sustain global agriculture production and reduce agricultural pollution., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
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160. Decarbonizing the pulp and paper industry: A critical and systematic review of sociotechnical developments and policy options.
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Furszyfer Del Rio, Dylan D., Sovacool, Benjamin K., Griffiths, Steve, Bazilian, Morgan, Kim, Jinsoo, Foley, Aoife M., and Rooney, David
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PAPER industry , *CARBON dioxide mitigation , *CARBON emissions , *PAPER pulp , *PAPER products - Abstract
Paper has shaped society for centuries and is considered one of humanity's most important inventions. However, pulp and paper products can be damaging to social and natural systems along their lifecycle of material extraction, processing, transportation, and waste handling. The pulp and paper industry is among the top five most energy-intensive industries globally and is the fourth largest industrial energy user. This industry accounts for approximately 6% of global industrial energy use and 2% of direct industrial CO 2 emissions. The pulp and paper industry is also the largest user of original or virgin wood, with deleterious impacts on both human health and local flora and fauna, including aquatic ecosystems. This critical and systematic review seeks to identify alternatives for mitigating the climate impacts of pulp and paper processes and products, thus making the pulp and paper industry more environmentally sustainable. This study reviews 466 studies to answer the following questions: what are the main determinants of energy and carbon emissions emerging from the pulp and paper industry? What are the benefits of this industry adopting low-carbon manufacturing processes, and what barriers will need to be tackled to enable such adoption? Using a sociotechnical lens, we answer these questions, identify barriers for the pulp and paper industry's decarbonization, and present promising avenues for future research. •This review identifies carbon-intensive processes in the pulp and paper industry. •Presents decarbonizing practices, potential transformations and innovations. •Presents promising avenues for future research. •No agreed consensus on the most promising technologies to achieve net-zero in the pulp and paper industry. •Pulp and paper products are associated with other sociotechnical systems that create compelling interdependencies among industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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161. The economic and environmental effects of an optimal emission reduction subsidy policy in the presence of business cycles
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Ramezani, Fariba, Arjomandi, Amir, and Harvie, Charles
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162. The disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities in financial statements: the UK’s FTSE 100
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Borghei, Zahra, Linnenluecke, Martina, and Bui, Binh
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163. Climate change adaptation strategies and technical efficiency of maize producers in Benin, West Africa
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Akpa, Armand Fréjuis, Amegnaglo, Cocou Jaurès, and Chabossou, Augustin Foster
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164. Research on the Automatic Subject-Indexing Method of Academic Papers Based on Climate Change Domain Ontology.
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Yang, Heng, Wang, Nan, Yang, Lina, Liu, Wei, and Wang, Sili
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It is important to classify academic papers in a fine-grained manner to uncover deeper implicit themes and semantics in papers for better semantic retrieval, paper recommendation, research trend prediction, topic analysis, and a series of other functions. Based on the ontology of the climate change domain, this study used an unsupervised approach to combine two methods, syntactic structure and semantic modeling, to build a framework of subject-indexing techniques for academic papers in the climate change domain. The framework automatically indexes a set of conceptual terms as research topics from the domain ontology by inputting the titles, abstracts and keywords of the papers using natural language processing techniques such as syntactic dependencies, text similarity calculation, pre-trained language models, semantic similarity calculation, and weighting factors such as word frequency statistics and graph path calculation. Finally, we evaluated the proposed method using the gold standard of manually annotated articles and demonstrated significant improvements over the other five alternative methods in terms of precision, recall and F1-score. Overall, the method proposed in this study is able to identify the research topics of academic papers more accurately, and also provides useful references for the application of domain ontologies and unsupervised data annotation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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165. Robots trends and megatrends: artificial intelligence and the society
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Molfino, Rezia, Cepolina, Francesco E., Cepolina, Emanuela, Cepolina, Elvezia Maria, and Cepolina, Sara
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166. Research on the Automatic Subject-Indexing Method of Academic Papers Based on Climate Change Domain Ontology
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Heng Yang, Nan Wang, Lina Yang, Wei Liu, and Sili Wang
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climate change ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Geography, Planning and Development ,semantic ,deep mining ,Building and Construction ,ontology ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,automatic subject indexing - Abstract
It is important to classify academic papers in a fine-grained manner to uncover deeper implicit themes and semantics in papers for better semantic retrieval, paper recommendation, research trend prediction, topic analysis, and a series of other functions. Based on the ontology of the climate change domain, this study used an unsupervised approach to combine two methods, syntactic structure and semantic modeling, to build a framework of subject-indexing techniques for academic papers in the climate change domain. The framework automatically indexes a set of conceptual terms as research topics from the domain ontology by inputting the titles, abstracts and keywords of the papers using natural language processing techniques such as syntactic dependencies, text similarity calculation, pre-trained language models, semantic similarity calculation, and weighting factors such as word frequency statistics and graph path calculation. Finally, we evaluated the proposed method using the gold standard of manually annotated articles and demonstrated significant improvements over the other five alternative methods in terms of precision, recall and F1-score. Overall, the method proposed in this study is able to identify the research topics of academic papers more accurately, and also provides useful references for the application of domain ontologies and unsupervised data annotation.
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167. Environmental Health: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians
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Ryan, Crowley, Suja, Mathew, David, Hilden, and Elham A, Yousef
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Climate Change ,Physicians ,Internal Medicine ,Humans ,Environmental Exposure ,General Medicine ,Environmental Health ,Poverty - Abstract
Environmental health refers to the health effects associated with environmental factors, such as air pollution, water contamination, and climate change. Environmental hazards are associated with poor outcomes in common diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. In this position paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) seeks to inform physicians about environmental health and offers policymakers recommendations to reduce the adverse health consequences of climate change, improve air and water quality, reduce exposure to toxic substances, and address environmental injustice. ACP affirms that all communities, including people of color, people with low income, and marginalized populations, deserve to live in a healthy environment.
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168. Water International Best Paper 2022 Awards.
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TRANSBOUNDARY waters , *AWARDS , *ARID regions climate , *WATER management , *CLIMATE change - Abstract
B Mar Satorras b is Urban Sustainability Researcher at the Institut Metròpoli, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain, and affiliated researcher at the Urban Transformation and Global Change Laboratory (TURBA, IN3, UOC), Barcelona, Spain. We take the nomination of Best Paper and Honourable Mention very seriously, so the selection process is a bit elaborate. Both selections are on important institutional issues that have gained salience in the twenty-first century - how to reoperate reservoirs in a highly stressed basin to meet the challenges of climate change and competing demands, and how to finance the remunicipalization of urban water. [Extracted from the article]
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169. SHERPA Position Paper - Climate Change and Land Use
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Miller, David, Cooksley, Susan, Irvine, Kate, Nijnik, Maria, and Wang, Chen
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Europe ,Grants ,Climate Change ,EU Commission ,Land Use ,Legislation ,SHERPA ,Global Warning ,Rural Areas ,Regulations ,Education - Abstract
Climate change is leading to the transformations in uses of land in Europe, at variable rates and types of change. Policies for mitigating climate change are directing changes in land use towards renewable energy generation, woodland expansion, management of natural capital through restoring peatlands and carbon rich soils, and changes in agricultural and land systems, collectively contributing to visions for rural areas of a wellbeing economy. However, spatial planning and suitable governance structures are required to ensure these mitigation actions require to be in places where the greatest impacts on mitigating climate change can be realised (e.g. where energy resource is significant; construction of renewable energy does not release more carbon than it could offset; planting woodland does not release more carbon than it can sequester; agricultural production systems do not increase demand on transporting water). However, such actions must ensure benefits (economic, social, environmental) remain higher than their respective costs.
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170. A PLS-SEM approach to determine farmers' awareness about climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies: pathway toward sustainable environment and agricultural productivity.
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Sohail MT
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- Humans, Male, Female, Aged, Agriculture methods, Acclimatization, Educational Status, Farmers, Climate Change
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This research was conducted in a significant agricultural region to gauge farmers' knowledge of climate change adaption strategies. We employed a semi-structured questionnaire based on the literature; it was broken up into sections, and used certain statistical techniques (PLS-SEM) to examine the results. Farmers who had sufficient assets and resources thought they were safer and could withstand the adverse effects of climate change. A total of 900 completed questionnaires were gathered to investigate the link between the control, moderator, and DV variables in the future. As a consequence, the PLS-SEM path analysis findings showed that our model is fit. PLS-SEM direct path analysis revealed AM > FACC, UA- > FACC, SA- > FACC, FS- > FACC, PR- > FACC, and SI- > FACC are significant. The established hypotheses H1-H6 are strengthened by these findings. We also examined the respondents' ages and genders to use as controls; whereas gender showed no correlation with FACC, there was a strong link between age and the dependent variable. There is no statistically significant correlation between gender and climate change awareness, but older people tend to have a broader understanding of the topic and its consequences. Education significantly moderates the relationship of farmer's awareness (climate change) associated with AM, UA, SA, FS, PR, and SI. depicts the moderation role of education on the relationship between AM*Education- > FACC, UA*Education- > FACC, SA*Education- > FACC, FS*Education- > FACC, PR*Education- > FACC, and SI*Education- > FACC. H2a and H5a in this study showed significant correlations with education as a moderator; however, H1a, H3a, H4, and H6a did not demonstrate any moderator relationships. There is a medium to strong correlation between various factors, and the correlation values of a few chosen variables are significant when compared to all other variables in the current study. Highly significant correlations were found between PR, SA, SI, and UA with FACC. Governmental policies and effective monitoring systems will be developed as a result of the research to enable integrated and sustainable water development., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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171. Causation between energy consumption and climate change in the countries with the highest global climate risk.
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Cutcu I, Keser A, and Eren MV
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- Fossil Fuels, Causality, Philippines, Carbon Dioxide analysis, Renewable Energy, Economic Development, Climate Change
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The study aims to examine if there is causation between "energy consumption" and "climate change" through the data of ten countries with the highest Climate Risk Index (CRI) scores. The ten highest CRI score countries include Puerto Rico, Myanmar, Haiti, Philippines, Mozambique, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, and Nepal. The annual data for the years 2005-2019 was used because of the data constraints. CRI is selected as the dependent variable. As for the independent variables, the ratios of the energy consumption of the key sectors indicated by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to the total energy consumption are chosen. These key sectors in energy consumption are industry (IND), transportation (TRA), trade and public services (TPS), and housing (HOU). Economic growth (EG), which is one of the main factors affecting climate change in the literature, is included in the model as the control variable. According to the results of the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test, there is one-way causality from transportation towards CRI, but not any causality between others. It is evaluated that since the transportation sector is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, it has a strong effect on the amount of CO
2 emissions and a significant determining role on climate change., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
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172. Tracking Pathways to Recovery from Climate Shocks and Resilience Enhancement.
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Yanda PZ, Mabhuye EB, Mwajombe AR, and Msambichaka SJ
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- Knowledge, Ecosystem, Climate Change
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Climate change is increasingly becoming a threat to a wide range of community livelihoods in the agro-pastoral systems across scales. Hence, recovery from impacts caused by climate change requires rational decisions, particularly how resources and activities can be mobilized to enhance resilience. In this paper, we track pathways to recovery from such climate shocks in the agro-pastoral systems in three villages; Naitolia, MwakiniJuu and MswakiniChini in northern Tanzania. A mixed methods approach was used that entailed 120 questionnaire respondents and three focus group discussion sessions, one in each village. Our findings show that livelihood assets and activities are inadequate to buffer the impacts of climate change. Despite rules and regulations that guide resource utilization; communities will continue facing climate related impacts. This is due to inherent cultural dispositions that hinder transformation from one form of livelihood assets to the other. This restricts the reception of new frontiers of experiential knowledge that would allow for livelihood diversification outside the climate dependence scenario even after the occurrence of climate hazards. We argue that any attempt of building the resilience of any social-ecological system must consider the cultural backgrounds of the communities in which resilience building is sought., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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173. Linking Coastal and Marine Resources Endowments and Climate Change Resilience of Tanzania Coastal Communities.
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Yanda PZ, Mabhuye EB, and Mwajombe A
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- Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem, Tanzania, Humans, Climate Change, Financial Management
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This paper presents findings on the links between coastal/marine resources endowment and climate change resilience to coastal communities in Mchungu and Kivinja' A' village on the coastal zone of Rufiji District in Tanzania. The study focused on exploring the existing coastal resources and their support to communities' livelihood, climatic threats that are experienced, and the role of coastal resources in enhancing communities' resilience. It further sought to establish other enabling factors for climate change adaptation (e.g., gender, education, governance, by-laws, and membership in social networks). The study used focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and household surveys in data collection. Findings show that Mchungu village is endowed with fish, mangrove, natural canal, and floodplains as their major coastal resources, while Kivinja' A' is rich in salt and coconut production. Communities in both villages exploit these coastal resources for their livelihood activities such as fishing, agriculture, and business. The study further found that coastal communities are already experiencing the effects of climate change through temperature rise, flooding, drought, sea-level rise, and storm surges. These affect household food security in terms of fish catch and crop production. The study revealed that coastal and marine resources were important for increasing community resilience (P ≤ 0.05) to climate change impacts in the studied villages. However, household resilience to climate change impacts was also influenced by gender, by-laws, education, and membership in social networks., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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174. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Rondo Dwarf Galago in Coastal Forests, Tanzania.
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Haji M and Bakuza JS
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- Animals, Conservation of Natural Resources, Tanzania, Forests, Ecosystem, Climate Change, Galago
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Negative effects of climate change on organisms and their habitats pose significant conservation challenges especially for species already under siege from other threats like habitat loss, pollution and diseases. This study assessed the extent to which the Rondo dwarf galago (Paragalago rondoensis), an endangered primate in the coastal forests in eastern Tanzania is threatened by climate change. Past and projected temperature and precipitation records from Tanzania Meteorological Authority were overlaid with P. rondoensis distribution range to assess the species exposure to climate extremes. Traits predisposing it to climate change were also obtained from published literature and experts on the organism's biology to determine its sensitivity. The P. rondoensis vulnerability to climate change was obtained by feeding exposure and sensitivity data into Natureserve's Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) software. Results indicated that most of Rondo galago's habitat and distribution range will be exposed to a temperature increase of 1 to 1.3 °C by 2050, which if combined with other threats, is likely to further endanger the species survival. Due to its diet specialization on insects, which are moisture-dependent, any extreme decrease in humidity will reduce its diet availability thereby threatening the species further. Moreover, Rondo galago's limited habitats and distribution range in the East African tropical coastal forests, raises the species threat level. Rondo galago's conservation should be enhanced through creation of corridors to facilitate its possible shifts to conducive and safer habitats in the event of extreme weather. Climate change aspects should also be integrated into the species conservation strategies., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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175. 2030 Agenda: discussion on Brazilian priorities facing air pollution and climate change challenges.
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de Moura FR and da Silva Júnior FMR
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- Humans, Brazil, Environmental Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air Pollution
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The advance of human activities in a disorderly way has accelerated in recent decades, intensifying the environmental impacts directly linked to these practices. The atmosphere, essential for the maintenance of life, is increasingly saturated with pollutants, offering risks to practically all the inhabitants of the planet, a process that, in addition to causing illness and early mortality, is related to serious financial losses (including in the production of goods), dangerous temperature increase and severe natural disasters. Although this perception is not recent, the global initiative to control the different mechanisms that trigger the commitment of biodiversity and irreversible climate changes arising from pollution is still very incipient, given that global initiatives on the subject emerged just over 50 years ago. Brazil is a territory that centralizes many of these discussions, as it still faces both political and economic obstacles in achieving a sustainable growth model as it was agreed through the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Even though there is little time left for the completion of these goals, much remains to be done, and despite the fulfillment of this deadline, the works will certainly need to be extended for much longer until an effective reorientation of consciousness occurs. Scientific researches and discussions are fundamental tools to the understanding of issues still little explored in this field., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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176. Climate Change and Variability Impacts on Agricultural Production and Food Security for the Smallholder Farmers in Rungwe, Tanzania.
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Gwambene B, Liwenga E, and Mung'ong'o C
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- Humans, Tanzania, Ecosystem, Agriculture methods, Crops, Agricultural, Food Security, Farmers, Climate Change
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Climate change and variability pose serious challenges among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Low adaptive capacity aggravates the challenges to farming activities and ecosystem management. This study employed survey methods to assess the implications of climate variability and environmental changes in agricultural production and food security. The study used different research methods, including literature review, participatory rural appraisal, household questionnaire, key informant interview and field observation for data collection. The data collected were organised, triangulated, synthesised, processed, analysed using thematic and trend analyses for qualitative data and Microsoft Excel and SPSS 20 software programme manipulation for quantitative data. Severe and frequent climatic extremes that include drought, heavy rainfall, temperature variations, and strong winds are smallholder farmers' main challenges in production. As a result, the production trends and productivity of the main rainfed crops decreased significantly. The duration of the growing season also decreased, negatively affecting the local food supplies. The statistical results signify a robust negative correlation between climate variability and the production of the leading food crops (X
2 = 6.00 with p = 0.199 and X2 = 10.00 with p = 0.350). In addressing the challenges, improving farming practices such as crop diversification and improved extension services were suggested. However, such options would require appropriate environmentally friendly technologies in an enabling environment both locally and nationally., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
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177. Perceived Effective Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change Impacts: Perspectives of Maize Growers in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.
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Shabani Y and Pauline NM
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- Humans, Tanzania, Agriculture, Farms, Zea mays, Climate Change
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The world has been experiencing a tremendous increase in the average of warmth and shifts in rainfall quantity, seasonality, and occurrence of prolonged droughts, increased temperatures and intense precipitation. This study assessed effective adaptation strategies used by maize growers in cushioning climate change impacts in Iringa district. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Qualitative data were collected through focus group discussions, key informant interviews and participant observations, while quantitative data were collected using household questionnaire. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected covering a wide range of climate change impacts and response strategies. We found that maize production has decreased during the past two decades, since the year 2000 (i.e., from the average of 10-15 to 2-5 maize sacks per acre). It was affirmed that increased yield outputs and incomes are among the key determinants for the effectiveness of a response strategy. Findings indicate that some response strategies indicated a significant increase in maize crop yield. Such responses include using improved maize variety (P = 0.000 (P < 0.05), drought-tolerant crop (P = 0.014 (P < 0.05), changing planting dates (P = 0.001 (P < 0.05) and crop rotation (P = 0.000 (P < 0.05). Barriers such as access to capital, poor farming technologies, absence of improved maize agencies or shops, poor access to weather information and high prices for farm inputs to adopting effective adaptation strategies were uncovered. Moreover, most adaptation strategies were found to significantly increase crop production to most of the household farmers, thus leading to high mazie production. Thus, maize growers need support to enhance their locally-led adaptation options to climatic impacts., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
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178. A review paper on climate change and food safety
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Rastogi, Manisha, Sharma, Shiva, and Navin, Sneha
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- 2021
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179. MAP Position Paper (Czechia, Climate-Friendly Village) - Land use and climate change
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Hrdoušek, Vít, Hartych, Marek, and Trantinová, Marie
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Land consolidation ,Land management ,Climate change ,rural ,Agroforestry - Abstract
This Position Paper written by the Multi-Actor Platform Climate-Friendly Village(CFV) is focused on finding the causes and possibilities of changes at the level of municipalities, regions and states in landscape management in the Czech Republic.
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- 2023
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180. Towards an EU climate governance framework to deliver on the European Green Deal: policy options paper
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Oberthür, Sebastian, Moore, Brendan, von Homeyer, Ingmar, Söebech, Ólöf, Boasson, Elin Leerum, Dupont, Claire, Hough, Alison, Kulovesi, Kati, Parks, Louisa, Peeters, Marjan, Savaresi, Annalisa, Torney, Diarmuid, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, European Climate Foundation, and co-funded by the European Union.
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Climate governance ,Environmental policies - Europe ,TUS Midlands [Department of Business and Hospitality] ,Climate change - Abstract
The EU and its member states face the challenge of accelerating the transition to climate neutrality and negative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in increasingly turbulent times. But the challenge of governing the climate and energy transition goes far beyond phasing out GHG emissions. Given the urgency, dynamism, complexity, contentiousness, and long-term, cross-cutting nature of the “super wicked” climate challenge, the governance of the climate transition requires sustained, comprehensive, and integrated efforts across all relevant policy fields and the whole of society. To this end, the EU needs to devise political processes, structures and institutions that empower democratic political systems in Europe to effectively respond to the climate challenge (hereinafter referred to as the EU’s “climate governance framework”). In this paper, we identify key options for enhancing the EU’s evolving climate governance framework to this end. Building on the latest scientific knowledge of relevant best practice in Europe and elsewhere, as for example reflected and acknowledged in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2022b), we review the EU’s existing climate governance framework and identify EU-level policy options for further enhancing it across the Union and its member states, while paying particular attention to key interactions, synergies. and tensions between individual governance elements.
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181. Are farmers willing to pay for low-carbon agriculture? Evidence from China
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Yang, Wanping, Mou, Muge, Mu, Lan, and Zeng, Xuanwen
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- 2024
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182. Impact of circular economy network building: resilience strategy to climate action
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Lin, Chun-Chien and Chang, Yu-Chen
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- 2024
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183. Exploring smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change and its adaptation options in the Dire Dawa administration zone, Eastern Ethiopia
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Asefa Bogale, Girma
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184. Environmental Kuznets curve, balanced growth, and influencing factors: evidence from economic development in China
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Li, Jing
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185. A decision model for sustainable informal entrepreneurship in cities
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Khan, Eijaz Ahmed, Chowdhury, Md Maruf Hossan, Royhan, Pradip, Gowan, Sunaina, Rahman, Mohammed Mizanur, and Mahdavi, Mehregan
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- 2024
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186. Climate change and the financial performance of basic materials companies: empirical evidence in Vietnam
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Thi Nguyen, My-Linh and Huu Nguyen, Tuan
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- 2024
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187. Assessing the impact of climate change on aircraft engine performance during different flight phases (take-off and cruise) and the environmental consequences
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Kale, Utku
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188. From risk to reward: the strategic advantages of diversifying grape varietals
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Masset, Philippe and Weisskopf, Jean-Philippe
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- 2024
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189. Environmental change impacts and inclusive rural tourism development on the livelihoods of native societies: evidence from Musina Municipality, South Africa
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Ramaano, Azwindini Isaac
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- 2024
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190. Climate consciousness: assessing climate change awareness in Gurugram, India
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Manchanda, Rimple
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- 2024
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191. Climate governance and carbon emission disclosure
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Bedi, Ankita and Singh, Balwinder
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- 2024
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192. MAP Position Paper (Tuscany, Italy) - Land use and climate change
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Arcuri, Sabrina and Tomasi, Sabrina
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Land management ,Climate mitigation ,Climate change ,Rural areas - Abstract
This position paper summarises the results from the work carried out in the third MAP (Multi-Actor Platform) Cycle by three MAPs in Tuscany (Italy). The reason for selecting ‘Sustainable value chains’ as a topic in all three MAPs is the strong interest in, and/or long experience of, this topic by the MAPs members. This position paper is based on desk-based research carried out by the MAPs’ monitor and facilitator, as well as on stakeholder engagement activities carried out in the MAPs.
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- 2022
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193. MAP Position Paper (Tuscany, Italy) - Towards sustainable and resilient value chains
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Arcuri, Sabrina and Tomasi, Sabrina
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Land management ,Climate mitigation ,Climate change ,Rural areas - Abstract
This position paper summarises the results from the work carried out in the third MAP (Multi-Actor Platform) Cycle by three MAPs in Tuscany (Italy). The reason for selecting ‘Sustainable value chains’ as a topic in all three MAPs is the strong interest in, and/or long experience of, this topic by the MAPs members. This position paper is based on desk-based research carried out by the MAPs’ monitor and facilitator, as well as on stakeholder engagement activities carried out in the MAPs.
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- 2022
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194. MAP Position Paper (Denmark) - Land use and climate change
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Ormstrup Vestergård, Louise and Refsgaard, Karen
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Renewable energy ,Food production ,Land management ,Sustainable energy ,Climate mitigation ,Climate change - Abstract
This position paper is the results of the work carried out by the DanishMulti-Actor Platform, which reflected onthe issue of land use in the light of climate change. In this position paper, the members of the MAP, from different backgrounds,wish to jointly highlight a number of important themes and key messages in relation to land use in Denmark, which politicians, civil servants, planners and local developers, amongst others, should take on board and act upon to the greatest possible extent in order to support and promote a green and sustainable transition, in which land use is central.Four themes have been highlighted in the document: renewable energy, food production and lowland set-aside, land ownership, and public governance and stakeholder consultation.
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195. Developing climate change adaptation pathways in the agricultural sector based on robust decision-making approach (case study: Sefidroud Irrigation Network, Iran).
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Mehraban M, Marghmaleki SN, Sarang A, and Azar NA
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- Iran, Agriculture methods, Water, Agricultural Irrigation methods, Climate Change, Environmental Monitoring
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Allocation of water in the situation of climate change presents various uncertainties. Consequently, decisions must be made to ensure stability and functionality across different climatic scenarios. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector, including a 5% increase in irrigation efficiency (S1) and a shift in irrigation method to Dry-DSR (direct seeded rice) under conditions of climatic uncertainty using a decision-making approach. The study focuses on the basin downstream of the Sefidroud dam, encompassing the Sefidroud irrigation and drainage network. Initially, basin modeling was conducted using the WEAP integrated management software for the period 2006-2020. Subsequently, the impact of climate change was assessed, considering RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 emission scenarios on surface water resources from 2021 to 2050. Runoff and cultivated area, both subject to uncertainty, were identified as key parameters. To evaluate strategy performance under different uncertainties and determine the efficacy of each strategy, regret and satisfaction approaches were employed. Results indicate a projected decrease in future rainfall by 3.5-11.8% compared to the base period, accompanied by an increase in maximum and minimum temperatures (0.83-1.62 °C and 1.15-1.33 °C, respectively). Inflow to the Sefidroud dam is expected to decrease by 13-28%. Presently, the Sefidroud irrigation and drainage network faces an annual deficit of 505.4 MCM, and if current trends persist with the impact of climate change, this shortfall may increase to 932.7 MCM annually. Furthermore, satisfaction indices for strategy (S2) are 0.77 in an optimistic scenario and 0.70 in strategy (S1). In a pessimistic scenario, these indices are 0.67 and 0.56, respectively. Notably, changing the irrigation method with Dry-DSR is recommended as a robust strategy, demonstrating the ability to maintain basin stability under a broad range of uncertainties and climate change scenarios. It is crucial to note that the results solely highlight the effects of climate change on water sources entering the Sefidroud dam. Considering anthropogenic activities upstream of the Sefidroud basin, water resource shortages are expected to increase. Therefore, reallocating water resources and implementing practical and appropriate measures in this area are imperative., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)
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196. Just-relations and responsibility for planetary health: The global nurse agenda for climate justice.
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Evans-Agnew R, LeClair J, and Sheppard DA
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- Humans, Global Health, Social Justice, Climate Change
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There is an urgent call for nurses to address climate change, especially in advocating for those most under threat to the impacts. Social justice is important to nurses in their relations with individuals and populations, including actions to address climate justice. The purpose of this article is to present a Global Nurse Agenda for Climate Justice to spark dialog, provide direction, and to promote nursing action for just-relations and responsibility for planetary health. Grounding ourselves within the Mi'kmaw concept of Etuaptmumk (two-eyed seeing), we suggest that climate justice is both call and response, moving nurses from silence to Ksaltultinej (love as action). We review the movement for climate justice in nursing, weaving between our own stories, our relations with Mi'kmaw ways of knowing, and the stories of the movement, with considerations for the (w)holistic perspectives foundational to nursing's metaparadigm of person, environment, and health. We provide a background to the work of the Global Nurse Agenda for Climate Justice steering committee including their role at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, 2021, and share our own stories of action to frame this agenda. We accept our Responsibility for the challenges of climate justice with humility and invite others to join us., (© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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197. The vulnerability of World Heritage seagrass habitats to climate change.
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Losciale R, Day JC, Rasheed MA, and Heron SF
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- Humans, Temperature, Carbon Sequestration, Eutrophication, Ecosystem, Climate Change
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Seagrass is an important natural attribute of 28 World Heritage (WH) properties. These WH seagrass habitats provide a wide range of services to adjacent ecosystems and human communities, and are one of the largest natural carbon sinks on the planet. Climate change is considered the greatest and fastest-growing threat to natural WH properties and evidence of climate-related impacts on seagrass habitats has been growing. The main objective of this study was to assess the vulnerability of WH seagrass habitats to location-specific key climate stressors. Quantitative surveys of seagrass experts and site managers were used to assess exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of WH seagrass habitats to climate stressors, following the Climate Vulnerability Index approach. Over half of WH seagrass habitats have high vulnerability to climate change, mainly from the long-term increase in sea-surface temperature and short-term marine heatwaves. Potential impacts from climate change and certainty scores associated with them were higher than reported by a similar survey-based study from 10 years prior, indicating a shift in stakeholder perspectives during the past decade. Additionally, seagrass experts' opinions on the cumulative impacts of climate and direct-anthropogenic stressors revealed that high temperature in combination with high suspended sediments, eutrophication and hypoxia is likely to provoke a synergistic cumulative (negative) impact (p < .05). A key component contributing to the high vulnerability assessments was the low adaptive capacity; however, discrepancies between adaptive capacity scores and qualitative responses suggest that managers of WH seagrass habitats might not be adequately equipped to respond to climate change impacts. This thematic assessment provides valuable information to help prioritize conservation actions, monitoring activities and research in WH seagrass habitats. It also demonstrates the utility of a systematic framework to evaluate the vulnerability of thematic groups of protected areas that share a specific attribute., (© 2023 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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198. Indigenous Peoples' rights in national climate governance: An analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
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Carmona R, Reed G, Ford J, Thorsell S, Yon R, Carril F, and Pickering K
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- Humans, Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, Government
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Although the recognition of Indigenous Peoples' contributions to climate governance by the international community has gradually increased, a rights-based approach in national climate action is still largely absent. This article analyses the recognition of Indigenous Peoples' rights in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. We conducted a content analysis of all NDCs submitted between 2016 and May 2022. Through a five-pronged framework of sustainable self-determination, we assessed how the NDCs recognise: i. Indigenous Peoples as rights-holders; ii. Indigenous jurisdiction over land; iii. Indigenous knowledge systems; iv. Indigenous Peoples' right to full and effective participation in climate governance; and v. the legacy of colonialism. NDCs with references related to Indigenous Peoples are increasing. However, questions remain regarding their sincerity and commitment to implementation. States must therefore make more significant efforts to ensure that the NDCs take a rights-based approach and contribute to strengthening Indigenous Peoples' role and say in climate governance., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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199. Unequal climate impacts on global values of natural capital.
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Bastien-Olvera BA, Conte MN, Dong X, Briceno T, Batker D, Emmerling J, Tavoni M, Granella F, and Moore FC
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- Climate Models, Plants, Population Density, Socioeconomic Factors, Climate Change economics, Climate Change statistics & numerical data, Developed Countries economics, Developing Countries economics, Ecosystem, Gross Domestic Product
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Ecosystems generate a wide range of benefits for humans, including some market goods as well as other benefits that are not directly reflected in market activity
1 . Climate change will alter the distribution of ecosystems around the world and change the flow of these benefits2,3 . However, the specific implications of ecosystem changes for human welfare remain unclear, as they depend on the nature of these changes, the value of the affected benefits and the extent to which communities rely on natural systems for their well-being4 . Here we estimate country-level changes in economic production and the value of non-market ecosystem benefits resulting from climate-change-induced shifts in terrestrial vegetation cover, as projected by dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) driven by general circulation climate models. Our results show that the annual population-weighted mean global flow of non-market ecosystem benefits valued in the wealth accounts of the World Bank will be reduced by 9.2% in 2100 under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway SSP2-6.0 with respect to the baseline no climate change scenario and that the global population-weighted average change in gross domestic product (GDP) by 2100 is -1.3% of the baseline GDP. Because lower-income countries are more reliant on natural capital, these GDP effects are regressive. Approximately 90% of these damages are borne by the poorest 50% of countries and regions, whereas the wealthiest 10% experience only 2% of these losses., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
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200. Adaptation and operationalisation of sustainable degrowth for policy: Why we need to translate research papers into legislative drafts?
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Strzałkowski, Andrzej
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LEGISLATION drafting , *CLIMATE change , *LITERATURE reviews , *LEGAL language , *PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation , *RESEARCH personnel - Abstract
Sustainable degrowth offers effective alternative strategies for tackling social and environmental problems such as climate crisis, resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and species hecatomb. However, it plays a marginal role in policy. Moreover, researchers need to operationalise many degrowth proposals in a more sufficient way for the policy. This mainly conceptual-methodological article conceptualises the problem of sustainable degrowth in policy as the problem of knowledge utilisation. How well research papers on the topic adapt to the needs of policy-makers is an important factor influencing this utilisation. This adaptation is under the control of researchers and may be seen as a necessary first step in the introduction of degrowth proposals into policy-making and further implementation. I argue that translating research papers into legislative drafts by researchers can be understood as adaptation of these papers to the policy-makers' needs. This is because the law can be understood as universal basis of public policies and fundamental language to express these policies. The legal system has a systematic, hierarchical, and logical structure while its language tends to be precise, clear, and unambiguous. Legal language may also be salient for many policy-makers. I labelled this way of adaptation as the Translational Legal Approach to Knowledge Utilisation (TLA). It can be applied beyond texts on sustainable degrowth as well. Based on the literature review, I theoretically and conceptually discuss the aforementioned hypotheses by looking at the corresponding criteria of research adaptation with characteristics of law and legal language. I provide the strongest support for the theses that translation of research papers into provisions of legislative drafts can increase readability, comprehensibility, precision, and operationalisation of degrowth research proposals, as well as helps to give them more systemic nature and incorporate policy-makers' context. Future research is needed to create a methodological framework for TLA as well as to empirically verify hypotheses made in this article. • Degrowth plays a marginal role in policies and needs better operationalisation. • The role of degrowth in policy can be seen as a problem of knowledge utilisation. • Law could be a common language between researchers and policy-makers. • Translating research papers into legislative drafts adapts them for policy-makers. • Translating degrowth proposals into legislative drafts supports their utilisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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