A review of the global climate change impacts, adaptation, and sustainable mitigation measures

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 29(28), P. 42539 - 42559

Published: April 4, 2022

Language: Английский

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Flexibility and Resilience in Corporate Decision Making: A New Sustainability-Based Risk Management System in Uncertain Times

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 22(S2), P. 107 - 132

Published: Aug. 3, 2021

Abstract Risk management plays a key role in uncertain times, preventing corporations from acting rashly and incorrectly, allowing them to become flexible resilient. A global turbulence such as the COVID-19 pandemic has had strong impact on individual companies entire economic sectors, raising question of whether paradigm shift is necessary, order enable new cycle development that much environmentally, socially economically sustainable. This environmental socio-economic context profound uncertainty forces organizations consider more carefully risk factors affecting their business continuity, well how these relate sustainability issues. However, there gap knowledge about systems systems, both exert influence performance, especially theoretical point view. The aim this study address gap, by developing interpretative framework for analysis strategies organizations. approach been identified hermeneutics an innovative methodological tool improve design most appropriate strategies. paper provides two main results: first one construction model relates management; second operational multidimensional assessment useful at different levels (business, competitive scenario system). Finally, also makes it possible carry out through evaluation perspective sustainable goals.

Language: Английский

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Assessing the role of compound drought and heatwave events on unprecedented 2020 wildfires in the Pantanal

Environmental Research Letters, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 015005 - 015005

Published: Dec. 23, 2021

Abstract The year 2020 had the most catastrophic fire season over last two decades in Pantanal, which led to outstanding environmental impacts. Indeed, much of Pantanal has been affected by severe dry conditions since 2019, with evidence 2020’s drought being extreme and widespread ever recorded 70 years. Although it is unquestionable that this mega-drought contributed significantly increase risk, so far, analyzed at univariate level a single climate event, not considering co-occurrence persistent temperatures soil dryness conditions. Here, we show similarly other areas globe, influence land-atmosphere feedbacks decisively simultaneous occurrence hot spells (HPs), exacerbating risk. ideal synoptic for strong atmospheric heating large evaporation rates were present, particular during HPs, when maximum temperature was, on average, 6 °C above normal. short span period those compound drought-heatwave (CDHW) events accounted 55% burned area 2020. vulnerability northern forested was higher than areas, revealing synergistic effect between fuel availability weather-hydrological Accordingly, where limiting factor, activity tends be more modelled CDHW events. Our work advances beyond an isolated event-level basis towards cascading natural hazards approach, simultaneously estimating contribution heatwaves fuelling outbreaks such as Thus, these findings are relevant within broader context, driving mechanisms apply across ecosystems, implying flammability further efforts monitoring predicting

Language: Английский

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Effects of COVID-19 on the Italian agri-food supply and value chains

Food Control, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 123, P. 107839 - 107839

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

Language: Английский

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Impact of land uses, drought, flood, wildfire, and cascading events on water quality and microbial communities: A review and analysis

Journal of Hydrology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 596, P. 125707 - 125707

Published: Oct. 29, 2020

Language: Английский

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The challenges of dynamic vulnerability and how to assess it

iScience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 25(8), P. 104720 - 104720

Published: July 4, 2022

Recent disasters have demonstrated the challenges faced by society as a result of increasing complexity disaster risk. In this perspective article, we discuss complex interactions between hazards and vulnerability suggest methodological approaches to assess include dynamics in our risk assessments, learning from compound multi-hazard, socio-hydrology, socio-ecological research communities. We argue for changed perspective, starting with circumstances that determine dynamic vulnerability. identify three types vulnerability: (1) underlying vulnerability, (2) changes during long-lasting disasters, (3) compounding societal shocks. conclude there is great potential capture using qualitative model-based methods, both reproducing historic projecting future provide examples narratives, agent-based models, system dynamics.

Language: Английский

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Drought and society: Scientific progress, blind spots, and future prospects

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: Jan. 23, 2022

Human activities have increasingly intensified the severity, frequency, and negative impacts of droughts in several regions across world. This trend has led to broader scientific conceptualizations drought risk that account for human actions their interplays with natural systems. review focuses on physical engineering sciences examine way extent which these disciplines social processes relation production distribution risk. We conclude this research significantly progressed terms recognizing role humans reshaping its socioenvironmental impacts. note an increasing engagement contribution understanding vulnerability, resilience, adaptation patterns. Moreover, by advancing (socio)hydrological models, developing numerical indexes, enhancing data processing, scientists determined influences propagation hazard. However, studies do not fully capture complexities anthropogenic transformations. Very often, they portray society as homogeneous, decision-making apolitical, thereby concealing power relations underlying uneven The resistance engaging explicitly politics power-despite major producing drought-can be attributed strong influence positivist epistemologies sciences. suggest active critical can further theorizations shedding light structural historical systems engender every transformation. article is categorized under:Climate, History, Society, Culture > Disciplinary Perspectives.

Language: Английский

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Comprehensive review: Effects of climate change and greenhouse gases emission relevance to environmental stress on horticultural crops and management

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 351, P. 119978 - 119978

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Technological Innovation and Circular Economy Practices: Business Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(15), P. 8479 - 8479

Published: July 29, 2021

The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a tough test on companies in the global food sector supply chain, exacerbating realities and deficiencies it presents developing economies. This situation reflected firm’s performance (F.P.) due to lack of business conditions respond current pandemic. However, some companies, adverse effects COVID-19 have counteracted endowment technological capabilities. Thus, this study examined role innovation (T.I.) data analytics (B.D.A.) F.P. foods Ecuador during COVID-19. A questionnaire collected information from firms. Then, Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling processed information. We found that mechanisms different levels T.I. within market significantly shape results showed B.D.A. enables circular economy (C.E.) practices improvement product delivery services, which constitutes an outbreak did not affect T.I., unlike what happened with concluded firms most extraordinary production processes least affected suggested policy measures should boost firms’ improve their resilience uncertainty risk scenarios.

Language: Английский

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian agricultural system: A 10-point strategy for post-pandemic recovery

Outlook on Agriculture, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 50(1), P. 26 - 33

Published: Jan. 19, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the Indian agricultural system extensively. Nevertheless, recent quarterly GDP estimates post-COVID scenario showcase robustness and resilience in agriculture, only sector to register a positive growth of 3.4% during financial year (FY here after) 2020–21 (Quarter 1: April 2020 June 2020). At same time, immediate past quarter was estimated at 5.9% witnessing decline by 2.5% point. In this context, we aim synthesize early evidence impact on viz., production, marketing consumption followed set potential strategies recover prosper post-pandemic. Survey findings indicate that affected production through labour logistical constraints, while negative income shock restricted access markets increased prices food commodities affecting pattern. The wreaked substantial physical, social, economic emotional havoc all stakeholders system. Seizing crisis as an opportunity, state announced raft measures long-pending reforms. We propose 10-point strategy ranging from social safety nets, family farming, monetizing buffer stock, staggered procurement secondary agriculture revive

Language: Английский

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