LEGISLATIVE RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A GLOBAL REVIEW OF POLICIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 225 - 239

Published: March 8, 2024

Climate change represents one of the most pressing challenges 21st century, prompting nations worldwide to formulate legislative responses mitigate its impacts. This paper provides a concise overview comprehensive review that explores initiatives implemented globally combat climate and assesses their effectiveness. The study examines diverse range policies enacted by across continents, considering variations in regulatory frameworks, policy instruments, implementation strategies. By analyzing evolution responses, aims identify common themes, successful approaches, encountered pursuit goals. Key areas focus include emissions reduction targets, renewable energy adoption, carbon pricing mechanisms, adaptation effectiveness these is evaluated through synthesis empirical data, case studies, expert analyses, providing insights into tangible outcomes lessons learned from approaches. highlights importance international cooperation knowledge-sharing addressing global challenge like change. As landscapes continue evolve, understanding successes limitations existing becomes crucial for shaping more robust, adaptive, collaborative frameworks future. In conclusion, this sheds light on multifaceted nature contributes ongoing discourse effective strategies sustainable environmental stewardship. findings aim inform policymakers, researchers, stakeholders, fostering deeper complex interplay between legislation, action, resilient low-carbon future. Keywords: Change, Policies, Emission Reduction, Review, Environmental.

Language: Английский

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Insights on household’s resilience to shocks and poverty: evidence from panel data for two emerging economies in Southeast Asia

Climate and Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Given the importance of understanding resilience rural households to shocks and poverty in developing countries, we consider as a capacity estimate (latent) variable reflecting household's capacity, investigate how better can help mitigate negative impacts improve their welfare. We use panel data 3367 from two emerging economies Southeast Asia collected three survey waves for empirical analyses. generalized structural equation model latent capacity. Then, results fixed-effects estimations show that lagged is significantly negatively correlated with losses caused by different types shocks. Moreover, control function approach indicate an improvement prevent falling into absolute multidimensional terms.

Language: Английский

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Influence of personal and collective social capital on flood preparedness and community resilience: Evidence from Old Fadama, Ghana

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 94, P. 103790 - 103790

Published: June 10, 2023

Social capital constitutes an important resource in vulnerable cities of the developing world where formal disaster management capacities are weak, responses limited, and socio-economic deprivations run deep along spatial dimensions. Yet, little is known about how different types social contribute to flood preparedness better community resilience, particularly informal settlement settings. Drawing on a survey 391 respondents Old Fadama, Ghana, using structural equation modelling, we found that personal collective capitals significant predictors resilience. However, has stronger predictive ability than capital. Also, mediated relationship between This makes it imperative for managers policymakers recognise work within existing individual networks, which potential activate "soft" accumulation necessary transition communities from vulnerability

Language: Английский

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Revealing the injustice and factors that affect the resilience responses of residents in the full period of heat waves

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 107, P. 105467 - 105467

Published: April 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Wetland degradation and its impacts on livelihoods and sustainable development goals: An overview

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48, P. 419 - 434

Published: May 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Evaluating the resilience of social license to operate towards NIMBY facilities: A cloud model-based approach

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 112, P. 107808 - 107808

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Does managerial climate risk perception improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance? Evidence from China

International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104000 - 104000

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Analytical framework for integrating resources, morphology, and function of rural system resilience—An empirical study of 386 villages

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 365, P. 132738 - 132738

Published: June 18, 2022

Language: Английский

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Bonding, bridging and linking social capital combinations for food access; A gendered case study exploring temporal differences in southern Malawi

Journal of Rural Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 101, P. 103039 - 103039

Published: June 7, 2023

In 2018–2020, 82% of Malawian's were classed as moderately or severely food insecure. For decades, have used their social capital a coping mechanism to access in times need. Yet has started decline other sub-Saharan African countries, questioning the usefulness alleviate hunger. Food security status and person's stock are also dependent on gender. there is limited research that considers gender when exploring how food. The study aimed understand link between security, this varies men women, if use changed over time. To improve understanding qualitative data collection was undertaken three districts Southern Region Malawi. Rapid rural appraisal methods, including focus group discussions, seasonal calendars ranking exercises, meet aims study. We found can be hunger during periods insecurity. However, lack resources, weather variability, key community disintegration reduction active NGOs resulted changes it could not frequently past This highlighted importance considering bonding, bridging linking separately they interlinked. women different types capital, with being most village savings loans groups, which important Meanwhile, utilise from outside food, something do due restricted mobility. for uncovered study, well difference, noteworthy given increase insecurity Malawi, globally.

Language: Английский

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Building rural resilience through agri-food value chains and community interactions: A vegetable case study in wuhan, China

Journal of Rural Studies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 101, P. 103047 - 103047

Published: June 15, 2023

The development of consumer-driven, agri-food value chains is considered one the best strategies to meet livelihood and food security needs rural households communities in developing countries. Despite theoretical empirical advances, existing research fails consider opportunities combine with community development. In rapidly changing conditions, both they source from deliver need resilience, rather than solely To advance conceptualisation resilience knowledge economy, this study holistically examines interactions between a city-region Wuhan, China. Three types vegetable two villages were selected explore these interactions. Data collected using key informant interviews chain actors, village leaders, members groups, other stakeholders; household farmers; focus groups. Each had unique dynamics associated chains. active agents, specific characteristics represented by "community capitals", that promote different levels sustainability Findings suggest importance linking development, view build alongside

Language: Английский

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