Search Results - "climate"

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we map the emerging climate narratives from the 1970s. Second, we examine how these narratives have shaped climate governance in addressing the consequences of climate change. Our analysis is based on a set of 12 interviews with climate change e...

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to delve deeply into the challenges and opportunities of adopting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a way of dealing with the problems of climate change in the Eastern Africa region. Design/methodology/approach – This review was qualitative in nature and relie...

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Abstract The greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), established in 2009 after a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case (Massachusetts vs. EPA) in which we participated as amicus curiae (friends of the court), has become the basis for U.S. regulation of greenho...

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This guide introduces users to a recently developed web-based tool on AgroClimate.org that was designed to systematically monitor climate indicators and detect anomalies with the potential to affect the agricultural industry in Florida and elsewhere in the continental United States. Written by Clyd...

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Abstract Climate model (or earth system model) projections are increasingly used for climate adaptation planning and impact assessments. As part of this process, many end‐users evaluate a subset of downscaled climate projections without being aware of the implications of downscaling methodology for...

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Climate change will define new living and environmental conditions in many areas in the world, deeply affecting our societies. Public outreach on the impacts of climate change on societies and ecosystems is difficult, yet crucial for fostering mitigation and adaptation strategies. To quantify the cl...

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Reframing the notions of climate migration and climate-induced displacement as one type of involuntary climate mobility and human displacement, this conceptual review explores how disruptions to the relational and cultural coherence of person/place-attachments erode people’s ability to remain where...

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Municipalities are key actors in climate adaptation, facing unique vulnerabilities and specific local climate risks. Yet, municipal adaptation planning often remains reactive and incremental, lacking the strategic foundation for long-term resilience.Local Climate Risk Assessments (CRAs) are critical...

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The study examined the general understanding of climate change among Malawian adults (n=601) and its impact on their climate-related actions. Leveraging the knowledge-attitude-behavior theory, it assessed their awareness, readiness to act, and actual practices against climate change. The results sho...

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This work proposes the study of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall droughts (no rain) on the scale of metropolitan France since the 1950s and for each of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). A dry period approach makes it possible to understand the intrinsic spatio-temporal c...

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Brazilian socio-environmental coalitions and movements that fight for climate environmental education have invested in educommunicative practices and perspectives against the instrumentalization and over-exploitation of human and nonhuman lives over the years. They seem to have learned that, to post...

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Winegrape production is generally considered riskier in cool-climate regions than in warmer ones, yet more producers are looking to invest in such regions. A commonly stated reason is to hedge against global warming, but is there more to it than that? This note reflects on some other supply-side dri...

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Abstract The impacts of extreme heat events depend on the concurrent humidity level. Hot and dry conditions harm crops and vegetation, while hot and humid conditions are particularly dangerous for human health. Whether a place tends to experience heat waves that are hot and dry, hot and wet, or both...

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Te ao Māori approaches to restoring wellbeing in relation to people and te taiao are proliferating in Aotearoa New Zealand. While climate change is a critical lever nationally and globally, it sits in the background of Māori initiatives and worldviews. Drawing on participant interviews, this paper f...

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Introduction: Climate change is contributing to humanitarian health crises. However, research on the intersection of climate change and health in humanitarian settings often prioritises understanding impacts over identifying solutions. This study adopts a solutions-oriented approach, engaging humani...

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Ethiopia is a climate “hotspot” where the variable and changing climate periodically threatens agricultural production, food security, and human well-being. Using two-rounds of Feed the Future program survey data that cover 3,799 farming households in five major regions in Ethiopia, and employing pa...

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As climate and land-use pressures intensify, Climate resilient land-use (CRLU) planning is becoming increasingly essential. This study conducts a scoping review of 115 studies to examine how adaptation and mitigation are addressed in CRLU planning, focusing on the indicators used to measure these go...

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Extreme heat events have increased in frequency, intensity and duration over the last several decades as a result of anthropogenic climate change. Extreme heat events impact human and natural systems including human mortality and morbidity, agricultural and livestock yields, ecosystem vulnerability...

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