Placing diverse knowledge systems at the core of transformative climate research

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 52(9), С. 1431 - 1447

Опубликована: Апрель 27, 2023

We argue that solutions-based research must avoid treating climate change as a merely technical problem, recognizing instead it is symptomatic of the history European and North American colonialism. It therefore be addressed by decolonizing process transforming relations between scientific expertise knowledge systems Indigenous Peoples local communities. Partnership across diverse can path to transformative only if those are respected in their entirety, indivisible cultural wholes knowledge, practices, values, worldviews. This argument grounds our specific recommendations for governance at local, national, international scales. As concrete mechanisms guide collaboration systems, we propose set instruments based on principles consent, intellectual autonomy, justice. recommend these tools ensure collaborations embody just partnerships support decolonial transformation human communities humanity more-than-human world.

Язык: Английский

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Floods have become less deadly: an analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022

Natural Hazards, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 120(7), С. 6327 - 6342

Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2024

Abstract Floods are amongst the most frequent disasters in terms of human and economic impacts. This study provides new insights into frequency loss life at global scale, mortality fractions population exposed to floods, underlying trends. A dataset is compiled based on EM-DAT disaster database covering period 1975 until 2022, extending previous studies this topic. Flood impact data analysed over spatial, temporal scales, decomposed various flood types compared with other natural disasters. up 1000 fatalities, flash floods lead highest per event, i.e. number deaths an event relative population. Despite growth increasing hazards, average fatalities has declined time. Mortality have decreased time for middle- high-middle-income countries, but increased low-income countries. highlights importance continuing expanding risk reduction adaptation efforts.

Язык: Английский

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Climate-driven risks to peace over the 21st century

Climate Risk Management, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 39, С. 100471 - 100471

Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2022

Anthropogenic climate change is commonly characterized as a threat to human security. However, the extent which and under what conditions impacts responses may produce severe risks peace have seen less systematically assessment date. This essay provides conceptual discussion of entail how such might be considered severe, acknowledging that perceptions, values, social scale must grappled with in identification severity. Informed by available empirical research, then explores climate-related could become during this century. Three illustrative scenarios based on different assumptions about climate-driven related serve illustrate alternative warming adaptation trajectories will distinct implications for prospect future peace. The ends reflecting some research needs.

Язык: Английский

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Adaptation pathways for effective responses to climate change risks

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(4)

Опубликована: Март 7, 2024

Abstract Climate related changes are already affecting every area of our world and will increasingly do so as global warming increases, resulting in compounding cascading risks across multiple locations sectors. Deliberative processes anticipatory actions required to adapt the associated complex uncertain systemic risks, with dynamic long‐term planning needed even where there is limited knowledge effectiveness adaptation. In this focus article, we examine adaptation pathways developed for Europe Chapter IPCC AR6. We argue that illustrative built on quantitative qualitative assessment can inform manage increasing severity risks. find level increases diverge, leading radically different futures, example, responses sea rise. illustrate how measures interact trade‐offs, water scarcity. Although offer a useful framework address challenges, other supporting conditions successful implementation adaptation, such establishing legitimacy buy‐in through collaboration various actors effective governance. Ultimately, be more constrained warmer world, losses damages people nature. This article categorized under: Vulnerability Adaptation Change > Institutions The Social Status Knowledge Science Decision Making Assessing Impacts Evaluating Future Learning from Cases Analogies

Язык: Английский

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Climate change, society, and pandemic disease in Roman Italy between 200 BCE and 600 CE

Science Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(4)

Опубликована: Янв. 26, 2024

Records of past societies confronted with natural climate change can illuminate social responses to environmental stress and environment-disease connections, especially when locally constrained high–temporal resolution paleoclimate reconstructions are available. We present a temperature precipitation reconstruction for ~200 BCE ~600 CE, from southern Italian marine sedimentary archive—the first high-resolution (~3 years) record the heartland Roman Empire, stretching so-called Climate Optimum Late Antique Little Ice Age. document phases instability cooling ~100 CE onward but more notably after ~130 CE. Pronounced cold between ~160 180 ~245 275 ~530 associate pandemic disease, suggesting that interacted biological variables. The importance dynamics in civilizations underscores need incorporate health risk assessments change.

Язык: Английский

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A scoping review on climate change education

PLOS Climate, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1), С. e0000356 - e0000356

Опубликована: Янв. 24, 2025

The growing urgency of the climate crisis necessitates innovative educational approaches to equip people with knowledge and skills address challenges be able influence policy effectively. Education can a central asset promoting action, yet importance change education has been underexposed in large influential assessment reports such as those from IPCC. This study provides comprehensive mapping literature on particular focus time period 2008-2023. By combining human coding natural language processing (NLP) techniques, we examined diverse corpus over 6’000 publications peer reviewed literature. findings highlight pivotal role across various disciplines its alignment critical research themes adaptation, mitigation, disaster risk management, sustainability. Our analysis reveals three predominant topics within which are related effective learning methodologies, sustainable development education, adaptation resilience. Additionally, identified emerging emphasizing youth agents, necessity transformative practices energy literacy. Through geoparsing, it was possible infer country mentions case studies. These appeared largely skewed towards English speaking countries United States Kingdom, underpinning diversifying funding fostering an open data culture. insights gained this scoping review underscore potential not only enhance but also drive community engagement initiatives, thus contributing broader action efforts. In essence, suggests for cultivating active informed society capable addressing pressing posed by change. Importantly, calls integration into policy-relevant reports.

Язык: Английский

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Further understanding “severe” climate risk

Climate Risk Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 42, С. 100538 - 100538

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

What makes one climate risk more "severe" or "dangerous" than others? Acknowledging that the notion of dangerousness can substantially vary from sociocultural context to another, this Perspective paper builds on recent literature explore three notions are estimated be foundational severity: physical, ecological and social thresholds leading transformational possibly abrupt changes; irreversibility these cascading effects within across systems affected. While not necessarily most determining dimensions risk, they deserve attention integration into frameworks assess such remaining under-developed. The also takes stock issues related spatial scale(s) evidence base for severe risks. It lands four intertwined research directions geographies, sectors populations, hypothesized play a critical role in coming decade, feeding next IPCC cycle broadly supporting development anticipatory adaptation policies.

Язык: Английский

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Ten new insights in climate science 2023

Global Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Abstract Non-technical summary We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability implications overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for rapid managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future contribution sinks, (5) intertwinedness crises biodiversity loss change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility face risks, (9) adaptation justice, (10) just transitions food systems. Technical The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides scientific foundation international negotiations constitutes an unmatched resource researchers. However, assessment cycles take multiple years. As to cross- interdisciplinary understanding diverse communities, we have streamlined annual process synthesize significant advances. collected input from experts various fields using online questionnaire prioritized 10 key insights relevance. This year, focus on: overshoot urgency scale-up joint governance accelerated amidst present succinct account these insights, reflect their implications, offer integrated policy-relevant messages. science synthesis communication effort is also basis report contributing elevate every year time United Nations Conference. Social media highlight – more than 200 experts.

Язык: Английский

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Global war against a common enemy: a paradigm for unifying against climate change--The path to a just sustainable future avoids claims of historical climate injustice

Futures, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 103583 - 103583

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Oil

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

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