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An innovative multi-criteria methodology was proposed for the prioritization of the Program of Measures (PoM) in the Water Region of Crete, and applied specifically to the basin of Geropotamos river according to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. This study relied on the four pillars of sustainability and the EU cross-compliance legislative objective for the minimization of the climate change impact. The multi-criteria evaluation methodology was based on the results of four...

Topics: Climate change, Multi-criteria analysis, Prioritization, Program of measures, Stakeholders, Water...



The energy-water nexus presents important implications at seasonal scale. For instance, electricity prices and streamflow have complex seasonal patterns and changes in both may adversely impact hydropower plant revenue. In order to quantify the effect of changes in price and water seasonality on future revenue distribution and its related uncertainty, we consider the case of a run-of-the-river plant. To this end, we integrate a hydrologic model, a hydropower model, two glacier inventories, six...

Topics: Alps, Climate change, Nexus, Run-of-the-river hydropower, Seasonality, Uncertainty



Mendeley Climate Change Library 24 24 The perception of climate change: Comparative evidence from the small-island societies of Bougainville and Palawan by Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer; Andreas Pondorfer texts eye 24 favorite 0 comment 0

In this study we investigate and compare factors that influence local people's perception of climate change and understanding of its causes in the coastal small island societies of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) and Palawan (Philippines). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) small island societies are among the most vulnerable to climate change. However, the majority of the existing studies focus on Australia, the United States and Europe and few carry out...

Topics: Comparative study, Perception of climate change, Small island societies



The social cost of carbon (SCC) represents monetary value of the damage caused by carbon dioxide emissions in climate change. It is an important standard for the formulation of climate policy. The uncertainty of carbon social cost is closely related to climate sensitivity, damage parameters, discount rate and so on. Previous studies have mainly focused on the consequences of climate change and the effect of social cost of carbon and welfare under different policies. Its research on the social...

Topics: Carbon cycle model, Discount rate, Uncertainty, social cost of carbon



Security of supply and progressively climate change are guiding countries’ energy policy worldwide. Iceland is a paradigmatic example of gaining energy independence and decarbonizing the power sector while meeting its growing demand. In this paper, we focus on some of the main generation and transmission expansion alternatives that the country is considering for the next decade in an environment dominated by an increasing demand and a generation mix with virtually zero variable cost. We...

Topics: Decarbonization, Energy independence, Hydrothermal scheduling, Renewable energy, Security of supply



Mendeley Climate Change Library 37 37 The wealth effects of the announcement of the Australian carbon pricing scheme by Jianlei Han; Martina K. Linnenluecke; Zheyao (Terry) Pan; Tom Smith texts eye 37 favorite 0 comment 0

In this study, we examine the wealth effects associated with the announcement of the Australian Carbon Pricing Scheme (the “carbon tax”), made by the then Prime Minster Julia Gillard on 24 February 2011. Building on studies that use the event study method originally developed by Fama et al. (1969) and Ball and Brown (1968), we propose a novel approach to analyzing announcements with unresolved uncertainty. With this approach, we separate out the news effect and the value effect associated...

Topics: Probability of legislature passage, Value effect



In this paper, we survey the literature applying viability theory to the sustainable management of renewable resources. After a refresher on the main concepts of viability theory, we provide a general map of the contributions and next discuss them by area of application, including ecosystems and population biology, climate change, forestry and others. We conclude by pointing out issues that deserve more attention and should be part of a research agenda.

Topics: Climate change, Fisheries, Forests, Renewable resources, Sustainability, Viability theory



The root of riparian Homonoia (RRH), a medical plant with high economic value, is mainly distributed at riparian area in Southeast Asia. Its population has declined significantly, and the species has become endangered in recent decades. Understanding the habitat requirement, evaluating the habitat quality, and predicting its potential habitat are significant for protecting this species. Here, 223 occurrence records of the RRH were collected globally. The key eco-factors influencing species...

Topics: Maxent, Species distribution models, The root of riparian homonoia



Comprehensive environmental impact of thermal desalination is poorly understood in Middle Eastern and North African region, especially for multistage flash (MSF) desalination. Nearly 75% of Qatar's municipal water supply is being produced by MSF due to process reliability and other advantages, which is highly energy-intensive and creates an enormous environmental burden. Hence, this paper aimed to develop a multi-faceted, life-cycle based framework that quantifies the overall environmental and...

Topics: Multi-stage flash distillation, The State of Qatar



Mendeley Climate Change Library 15 15 Response of ocean dynamics to multiple equilibria of the Kuroshio path South of Japan by Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma; Libin Ma texts eye 15 favorite 0 comment 0

Variability of the Kuroshio path to the south of Japan plays a central role in the local climate change and exerts tremendous influences on the local atmosphere and ocean. In this study, the response of ocean dynamics, in terms of the eddy kinetic energy (EKE), potential vorticity (PV), relative vorticity, and eddy-mean flow interaction, to the Kuroshio path change is discussed. Kuroshio path south of Japan includes the near-shore non-large meander (nNLM), the off-shore non-large meander...

Topics: Eddy kinetic energy, Kuroshio paths, eddy-mean flow interaction, potential vorticity, relative...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 33 33 Contributions of competition and climate on radial growth of Pinus massoniana in subtropics of China by Hanxue Liang; Jian Guo Huang; Qianqian Ma; Jingye Li; Zhou Wang; Xiali Guo; Huoxing Zhu; Shaowei Jiang; Peng Zhou; Biyun Yu; Dawei Luo texts eye 33 favorite 0 comment 0

It is critical to investigate the effects of competition and climate on forest growth as they are main forces affecting forest dynamics. However, in subtropics of China such a study has never been conducted. Here we conducted a pioneer study to evaluate the effects of competition and climate on growth of Chinese red pine (Pinus massoniana) in mixed forests of subtropical China along a broad latitudinal gradient (23°N∼32°N). Twenty-three plots (20m × 20m) were randomly selected from 11...

Topics: Climate change, Dendroecology, Distant-independent competition index, Pinus massoniana, Subtropical...



We study the determinants of aviation CO2 emissions by designing an econometric model applied to a panel data set covering all flights departing from Lombardy, Italy over the 1997–2011 period. We consider two dimensions of CO2 emissions: total and per available seat kilometer. The latter is a measure of emission efficiency. We focus on different categories of determinants: technical progress; aircraft and network carrier management; policy/business decisions that may not be oriented to...



The Amazon rainforest, the largest in the world in terms of size and diversity, is recognized as a source of ecological services for both local and worldwide communities. Ten percent of its territory belongs to Colombia, covering approximately 35% of the country's total area. In spite of global efforts, it continues to be vulnerable to deforestation pressures. In the departments of Caquetá and Putumayo, human activities such as logging and cattle ranching are the main causes of deforestation,...

Topics: Change detection, Deforestation, Environmental conflict, Image classification



There is a great deal of evidence that climate change affects socioeconomic systems. The social cost of carbon (SCC) is calculated by scientists to monetarize the incremental unit of carbon emission and is used to assess climate policies. This study begins with a review of current research on the SCC, followed by a discussion of the choice of models for the SCC. We give a list of advantages of disadvantages of each model and finally use a meta-analysis to evaluate the SCC from published...

Topics: Economics of climate change, Integrated assessment model, Literature review, SCC, meta-Analysis



Mendeley Climate Change Library 58 58 State of knowledge of research in the Guinean forests of West Africa region by Luca Luiselli; Daniele Dendi; Edem A. Eniang; Barineme B. Fakae; Godfrey C. Akani; John E. Fa texts eye 58 favorite 0 comment 0

The Guinean forests of West Africa (GFWA) region is of highest conservation value in Africa and worldwide. The aims of this review are to systematically identify and collate studies focusing on the environment in the region. We found that, after Google Scholar search, in over 112,000 results for 17 disciplines, three countries (Nigeria, Cameroon and Togo) were subjected to much more investigations than the other countries. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone were the least studied countries, and...

Topics: Google scholar, Mangroves, Rainforests, Systematic review, West africa



It is known that the erosion process triggered by gullies contributes to significant soil loss and land degradation, and this can limit the options for the occupation and development of a territory in terms of the suitability and quality of the farmland area. The variety of physical factors associated with gully formation hinders straightforward interpretations and requires well-grounded analysis based on local observation. This work presents an example of gullies formed in a colluvial...

Topics: Gully erosion, Seirós (North of Portugal), Soil degradation, Strategy to prevent gullies



Mendeley Climate Change Library 36 36 Mapping of climate vulnerability of the coastal region of Bangladesh using principal component analysis by Md Nasir Uddin; A. K.M. Saiful Islam; Sujit Kumar Bala; G. M.Tarekul Islam; Sudipta Adhikary; Debanjali Saha; Shammi Haque; Md Golam Rabbani Fahad; Rabeya Akter texts eye 36 favorite 0 comment 0

The coastal region of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable due to its low adaptive capacity, dense population, flat topography and exposure to various natural disasters such as cyclone, storm surges, sea level rise, tidal floods, bank erosion etc. In addition to present vulnerability, climate change will bring detrimental impact on socio-economic performance, health, and livelihood of the coastal population. This study has been conducted to assess the vulnerabilities of the coastal region of...

Topics: Climate change, Coastal region, Mapping tool, Principal component analysis (PCA), k-mean cluster



Mendeley Climate Change Library 21 21 A review on dry reforming of methane in aspect of catalytic properties by Won Jun Jang; Jae Oh Shim; Hak Min Kim; Seong Yeun Yoo texts eye 21 favorite 0 comment 0

Because the whole world is under threat from climate change, 195 countries decided to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by adopting the “Paris Agreement”. The mitigation and utilization of GHG have become the most significant challenges in the area of green energy research. One feasible solution is the reforming of methane with carbon dioxide (called dry reforming of methane, DRM) that converts the two main GHGs (CO 2 and CH 4 ) into synthesis gas (H 2 and CO), which is a resource for...

Topics: CO 2 utilization, Carbon formation, Catalytic property, Dry reforming of methane, Greenhouse gas,...



This paper presents the first report of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins from the South Caucasus region, in particular from Lake Yerevan (Armenia). Microcystis, Dolichospermum and Planktothrix were the key genera identified during the growing season. A trend of a remarkable increase in cyanobacterial densities was observed from 2012 to 2013 exhibiting bloom formation in June (by Nostoc linckia) with the highest values in June and August 2013, reaching up to 695.9*10 3 cells mL −1 . Seasonal...

Topics: Artificial manipulation, Climate change, Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, Eutrophication, Lake Yerevan,...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 40 40 Life cycle assessment of industrial scale production of spirulina tablets by Chensong Ye; Dongyan Mu; Naomi Horowitz; Zhonglin Xue; Jie Chen; Mingxiong Xue; Yu Zhou; Wenguang Zhou texts eye 40 favorite 0 comment 0

Spirulina platensis has been successfully commercialized as functional food ingredients, animal feed and medicine due to its high contents of protein, beta-carotene, vitamins, and minerals. In this study, we investigated the environmental performance (cradle-to-gate) of edible Spirulina tablets using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A comparative analysis with other three traditional foods or diets was conducted by using various nutrient values as functional units (e.g., protein content and a...

Topics: Functional food, Life cycle assessment, Spirulina platensis



Understanding the spring phenology of temperate grasslands and its response to climate change are crucial for diagnosing the responses of ecosystem to regional climate change and projecting regional ecosystem carbon exchange. Using NDVI data from 1982 to 2015, this study investigated the changes of the start date of the vegetation growing season (SOS) for the temperate grasslands of China, and explored the possible effects of average monthly T max , T min and total precipitation on the SOS...

Topics: China, Climate change, NDVI, Spring phenology, Start of growing season, Temperate grasslands



Mendeley Climate Change Library 13 13 The role of tolerance variation in vulnerability forecasting of insects by Sarah E. Diamond; Aaron R. Yilmaz texts eye 13 favorite 0 comment 0

Quantifying the amount of climatic change organisms can withstand before exceeding their physiological tolerance is a cornerstone of vulnerability forecasting. Yet most work in this area treats tolerance as a fixed trait. We review recent work that quantifies variation in high temperature tolerance across bioclimatic gradients, and we explore the implications for vulnerability to climate change. For some sources of variation, including differences in the evolutionary potential of heat tolerance...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 29 29 Investigation of the effects of wetlands on micro-climate by Çağdaş Kuşçu Şimşek; Halime Ödül texts eye 29 favorite 0 comment 0

Regulation of the microclimatic structure of a region by using land use planning is one of the important strategies, which is used to fight against climate change. The climatic structures of regions are also affected by wetlands as well as land use types. In the present study, based on this information, the micro-climatic effects at the 1 km and 10 km periphery of three dam lakes and two lakes (İmranlı Reservoir, Gölova Reservoir, Dörteylül Reservoir, Lake Hafik and Lake Tödürge), which...

Topics: Cool island, GIS, Land use planning, Micro-climate, Remote sensing, Wetland



The aim of this trial was to analyse the environmental impact of the rabbit production system, through a cradle to-slaughterhouse gate using a life cycle approach. Since in a rabbit farm the production efficiency depends on the feed conversion and quantity of meat produced, scenarios characterized by different slaughter weights and dissimilar level of mortality during the fattening phase were hypothesized. Climate change determined in the standard rabbit resulted in 3.86 kg CO2 eq/kg live...

Topics: Environmental impact, Feed efficiency, Life cycle assessment, Mortality, Rabbit, Slaughter weight



Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying drivers. Our work reveals dramatic rates of decline that may lead to the extinction of 40% of the world's insect species over the next few decades. In terrestrial ecosystems, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and dung beetles (Coleoptera) appear to be the taxa most affected, whereas four major aquatic taxa...

Topic: Pollinators



Two third of our planet is covered by water, and lakes and rivers are the most important freshwater resources. But the amount of fresh water represents only 2.5% of the earth's water. Of the earth's fresh water, about 70% is locked up in the continental ice, 30% in underground aquifers and only 0.3% in rivers and lakes. In many water ecosystems around the world, climate change and environmental contamination affect water quantity and quality and water-related ecosystems. It is well known that a...

Topics: Aquatic ecosystems, Level of integrity, Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)



An innovative approach of using agro-ecological zones (AEZs), instead of using political boundaries, has been adopted for climate change impact analysis on rice production of India. The analysis has been carried out by using a process-based Crop Simulation Model (CSM)-CERES-Rice fed with improved state of art bias corrected climate projections from eight Global Climate Models (GCMs) for four expected climatic scenarios- Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5). Using...

Topics: Crop modeling, Rice yield



Mendeley Climate Change Library 11 11 Stranded oil of Erewhon by Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns; Robert D. Cairns texts eye 11 favorite 0 comment 0

Recently, there has been an expression of concern that vast quantities of oil must remain in the ground because of anticipated action on climate change. A consequent fall in share values of international oil companies may threaten pensions, small investments and even the stability of the financial system. The threat is held to warrant policy intervention to provide more information to small investors. Consideration of the technology of oil extraction and of the options available to oil...

Topics: Climatic change, Natural decline, Options, Stranded asset, Sunk asset



The purpose of this study is to investigate possible local changes in the wave climate for the coastal waters off eastern Canada, particularly in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL) related to changes in marine winds, storm and the sea ice climate, due to climate change. These analyses are based on application of a dynamical downscaling approach whereby a regional climate model is driven by climate change estimates from the Canadian Global Climate Model (CGCM3) to provide relatively high resolution...

Topics: Climate change, Extreme value analysis, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Sea ice, Storms, Waves



Mendeley Climate Change Library 14 14 Perceptions of multi-stresses impacting livelihoods of marine fishermen by Krishna Malakar; Trupti Mishra; Anand Patwardhan texts eye 14 favorite 0 comment 0

Multiple stresses adversely affect fish catch and livelihoods of marine fishermen. Perceptions regarding these stresses in the fishing community can vary, which can consequently determine adaptation responses. However, there are limited attempts to understand these perceptions and the factors which might be influencing them. This study, first, identifies the specific stresses impacting livelihoods of the fishing community in Maharashtra (India) through the literature and Focus Group...

Topic: Stresses



More than 130 million microwaves are affected by European Union (EU) legislation which is aimed at reducing the consumption of electricity in the standby mode ('standby Regulation’) and at more sustainable management of end-of-life electrical and electronic waste (‘WEEE Directive’). While legislation focuses on these two life cycle stages, there is little information on the environmental impacts of the entire life cycle of microwaves. To address this gap, this paper presents a...

Topics: Circular economy, Climate change, Life cycle assessment (LCA), Resource consumption, Standby...



This study focuses on two different but interlinked lines of evidence that critically examine land surface processes contributing to the formation of desert pavements in the central Sahara. (1) Soil pedostratigraphies from the Messak plateau (SW Libya) illustrate phases of land surface stability and instability that reflect humid and arid phases of Quaternary climate, respectively. (2) The density and morphologies of surface lithic scatters in the same region were re-examined, based on data...

Topics: Libya, Lithic scatters, Quaternary climate change, Soil stratigraphy, Ventifacts



Mendeley Climate Change Library 11 11 Historical trends and future distribution of anchovy spawning in the Bay of Biscay by Maite Erauskin-Extramiana; Paula Alvarez; Haritz Arrizabalaga; Leire Ibaibarriaga; Andrés Uriarte; Unai Cotano; María Santos; Luis Ferrer; Anna Cabré; Xabier Irigoien; Guillem Chust texts eye 11 favorite 0 comment 0

Future scenarios of fish stocks and the impacts of climate variability and change on fisheries are critical to anticipate and minimize potential economic losses in this sector. In this study, we assessed the impact of recent sea warming and future climate change on anchovy in the Bay of Biscay, where sea surface temperature has increased in the last three decades. We analyzed the historical evolution of the anchovy spawning and built species distribution models that are projected under the...

Topics: Anchovy, Bay of Biscay, Climate change, Future projections, Gonadosomatic index, Niche model



Background Compared with death rates, years of life lost (YLL) has been widely used as a more informative indicator to quantify the burden of premature death. In the context of global climate change, existing evidence linking ambient temperatures and YLL was very scarce across the globe. Methods Daily mortality and meteorological data during 2009–2012 were obtained from 12 communities across Hubei Province in central China. A two-stage approach was used for statistical analysis. At the first...

Topics: Temperature, Years of life lost



Mendeley Climate Change Library 34 34 The shape compactness of urban footprints by Shlomo Angel; Sara Arango Franco; Yang Liu; Alejandro M. Blei texts eye 34 favorite 0 comment 0

Urban population density has featured in a large body of literature on the Compact City paradigm as the key compactness attribute of cities, yet the shape compactness of urban footprints has hardly deserved a mention. This essay seeks to correct that. We review the literature on the Compact City Paradigm with a special focus on the relationship between urban form and climate change, and focus on twelve physical attributes of cities that make them more or less compact. Other things being equal,...

Topics: Climate change, Compact city, Population density, Sample of cities, Shape compactness, Urban...



Concern about climate change has led to policies in California that aim to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. Although these policies mostly promote technological innovations, some policies aim to reduce GHG emissions by reducing the amount of driving, measured in vehicle miles traveled (VMT), through land use and transportation planning. The focus on VMT reduction represents a dramatic shift for the land use and transportation planning fields, which have traditionally...

Topics: California, Environmental review, Level of service, Performance metrics, Senate Bill 743, Vehicle...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 29 29 Issues in the theoretical foundations of climate science by Joel Katzav; Wendy S. Parker texts eye 29 favorite 0 comment 0

The theoretical foundations of climate science have received little attention from philosophers thus far, despite a number of outstanding issues. We provide a brief, non-technical overview of several of these issues – related to theorizing about climates, climate change, internal variability and more – and attempt to make preliminary progress in addressing some of them. In doing so, we hope to open a new thread of discussion in the emerging area of philosophy of climate science, focused on...

Topics: Climate science, Climate sensitivity, Climate states, Philosophy of climate science, Theoretical...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 13 13 Monitoring changes of NDVI in protected areas of southern California by Thomas W. Gillespie; Stacey Ostermann-Kelm; Chunyu Dong; Katherine S. Willis; Gregory S. Okin; Glen M. MacDonald texts eye 13 favorite 0 comment 0

California's Mediterranean ecosystem has been identified as one of the Earth's biodiversity hotspots. The high degree of rapid urbanization along the southern California coastline has resulted in the loss of significant natural areas over the last century and protected areas that do exist may be further threatened by climate change, drought, and fire. We use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor at a 250 m pixel resolution and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index...

Topics: Channel Islands, MODIS, Mediterranean ecosystems, NDVI, National Parks, Santa Monica Mountains,...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 14 14 Immunotoxicity of asbestos by Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau; Jean C. Pfau texts eye 14 favorite 0 comment 0

The study of asbestos immunotoxicity is generally applied toward understanding the mechanisms that lead to its infamous outcomes, mesothelioma and asbestosis, rather than as an outcome itself. However, emerging evidence suggests that asbestos exposure has critical inflammatory and autoimmune effects. Although crystalline silica is broadly accepted as an exposure trigger for systemic autoimmune diseases (SAID), the literature supporting asbestos as another SAID trigger is limited. Challenges for...

Topics: Autoimmunity, Environmental, Libby amphibole, Naturally occurring asbestos (NOA), Pleural fibrosis



Winter is a season of much concern for aerosol pollution in China, but less concern for pollution in the summertime. There are even less concern and larger uncertainty about interdecadal changes in summer aerosol pollution, relative influence of meteorological conditions, and their links to climate change. Here we try to reveal the relation among interdecadal changes in summer's most important circulation system affecting China (East Asian Summer Monsoon-EASM), an index of meteorological...

Topics: EASM, Middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Pollution-related meteorological condition,...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 16 16 Consumers' climate-impact estimations of different food products by Jing Shi; Vivianne H.M. Visschers; Noëmi Bumann; Michael Siegrist texts eye 16 favorite 0 comment 0

In contemporary society, sustainable food production and consumption are increasingly important to mitigate climate change. Food production and consumption result in large greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and thus have a large environmental impact. To positively influence consumers in reducing their food related climate impact, it is important to understand their perception of the climate impacts related to food products. We conducted five online experiments to better understand how laypersons...

Topics: Consumer estimated climate impact, Country of origin, Food products, Mode of transport, Production...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 17 17 An assessment of governance quality for community-based forest management systems in Asia: Prioritisation of governance indicators at various scales by Tek Narayan Maraseni; Trishna Singh Bhandari; Armando Apan; Hwan Ok Ma; R. S. Rawat; Nemit Verma; Su Mon San; Thaung Naing Oo; Kinley Dorji; Sindhu Dhungana; Mohan Poudel texts eye 17 favorite 0 comment 0

Community-based forest management systems (CBFMS) are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries where 31% of the total forest is either managed or owned by the community. This paper presents the results of a four-country study conducted in 2017 in Nepal, Bhutan, India and Myanmar concerning the governance quality of CBFMS. The introduction outlines the global threat to forests, the contribution that forest-based emissions make to climate change, and the policy response of the...

Topics: Bhutan, Community forestry, India, Indicators, Myanmar, Nepal, Quality of governance



This study assesses the long-term impact of storm surges due to typhoons around the Korean Peninsula (KP) resulting from climate change. Long-term projection is conducted based on the large ensemble experiments on so-called d4PDF for the past and +4 K future climate conditions over 5000 years by a single atmospheric global climate model developed by the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan. The use of a large ensemble is to enable one to obtain probabilistic future changes in...

Topics: Storm surge, d4PDF



Ongoing climate change was first noticed by the public a few decades ago. The factual occurrence of such a change and its impact on the space were confirmed by both results of scientific research and economic assessments carried out for a variety of economic purposes. The economic sectors whose activities are based on natural weather conditions are most vulnerable to the effects of ongoing climate change. An increase in the number of extreme events, and primarily of their effects, are deeply...

Topics: Changing climate, Extreme event, Influence on rural areas, Valuable (sensitive) area



This paper discusses the time and steps of the introduction of intensive agriculture and evolution of irrigation systems to sustain crops in the palaeo-oasis of Salut in the northern Sultanate of Oman. Various geoarchaeological methods allow reconstructing the exploitation of the natural resources of the region and technological development of irrigation methods since the Mid-Holocene. Intensive agriculture started during the Bronze Age and continued with some spatial and intensity fluctuations...

Topics: Climate change, Cultivation in ancient oasis, Falaj, Irrigation strategies, Northern Oman, U-series...



The mid-Holocene environmental transition was characterised by global cooling and the abrupt weakening of the Northern Hemisphere monsoon systems. It is generally considered the key driver of the collapse of several mid-Holocene agricultural societies, on a global scale. However, only a few previous studies have tried to verify the climatic origin of the collapse of these societies, using the compilation of spatiotemporal data at a large scale. Especially, the nature of mid-Holocene...

Topics: Archaeological sites, China, Desert, Mid-Holocene environmental transition, Monsoon, Neolithic...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 15 15 The opposite of ubiquitous: How early adopters of fast-filling alt-fuel vehicles adapt to the sparsity of stations by Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby; Michael Kuby texts eye 15 favorite 0 comment 0

Transportation is proving to be the most difficult sector for reducing U.S. carbon emissions. With 86% of American commuters continuing to drive to work, meeting the urgent climate-change challenge requires a pronounced shift to alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs). Standing in the way of this transition, however, is the dearth of conveniently located refueling and recharging stations. This paper argues that we cannot generalize from the refueling habits of people driving gasoline cars, or from...

Topics: Compressed natural gas (CNG), Electric vehicle fast charging, Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, Refueling...



Plastic waste generation is an inevitable product of human activities, however its management faces challenges in many cities. Understanding the existing patterns of plastic waste generation and recycling is essential for effective management planning. The present study established a relationship between plastic waste generation rate and the identified socioeconomic groups, higher socioeconomic group (HSEG), middle socioeconomic group (MSEG), and lower socioeconomic group (LSEG) of the study...

Topics: Informal, Machine learning models, Recycling, Revenue generation, Socioeconomic groups



Mendeley Climate Change Library 13 13 A systematic ab initio optimization of monohydrates of HCl•HNO3•H2SO4 aggregates by Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes; Marian Verdes texts eye 13 favorite 0 comment 0

Hydrates of HCl, HNO3 and H2SO4 involved in polar stratospheric clouds capture the attention of researchers due to the mixtures composed with them. The molecular aggregates generated with these strong acids show different behaviors, geometries and nucleation reactions at atmospheric temperatures. Here is presented a systematic ab initio optimization study of monohydrates of HCl•HNO3•H2SO4 using the Density Functional Theory, by means of geometry optimizations carried out with B3LYP hybrid...

Topics: Aerosols, Aromatic compounds reactions, Astrophysics, Atmospheric aggregates, Aug-cc-pVTZ, B3LYP,...



The continuous growth in energy demand, the inevitable decline in the availability of fossil fuels, and the rising concern about increasing emissions are all precursors to climate change. The aims of this study comprise the assessment of energy flow and greenhouse gas emission of peanut production in Guilan province, Iran, and then the application of data envelopment analysis to determine optimum energy use pattern for saving energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emission. 120 peanut farms in...

Topics: Data envelopment analysis, Energy saving, Optimization, Peanut, Technical efficiency



The beneficial effects of nut consumption on human health have been largely confirmed. However, these benefits are variable as a wide range of factors have main influence on the nutritional composition of nuts. This is the case of the specific cultivar considered, as different almond, pistachio and walnut cultivars produce nuts with differentiated composition. Still, there are factors beyond cultivar effect that need to be further analysed. This is the case of weather conditions during nut...

Topics: Almond, Climate change, Crop year, Nutrition, Pistachio, Walnut



Dimensions of risks and impacts of occupational heat stress due to climate change on workers’ health and safety, productivity, and social well-being are significantly deleterious. Aside from empirical evidence, no systematic review exists for policy development and decision making in managing occupation heat stress impacts and adaptation strategies of workers. This study sought to synthesise evidence on the social impacts of occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of workers. From...

Topics: Social well-being, Synthesis, Work-related heat stress, Workers



Increasing the awareness of climate change causes is often considered the key to public support of mitigation and adaptation policies. However, higher awareness might not always relate to higher risk perceptions. Previous research suggests that a process of risk normalization might occur, wherein individuals more exposed and aware of hazards minimize their risk perception to psychologically cope with hazards. This study elaborates on and expands this research, by conducting multilevel analyses...

Topic: Risk perception normalization



Mendeley Climate Change Library 30 30 Exploring community risk perceptions of climate change - A case study of a flood-prone urban area of Taiwan by Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang; Yi Chang Chiang texts eye 30 favorite 0 comment 0

The regional phenomenon of heavy rainfall under global climate change is extremely likely to induce flash floods in flood-prone urban areas and endanger the lives and safety of residents. Due to its low-lying land and the overdevelopment of urban areas, Hsinchuang District in New Taipei City, situated in the Taliaokeng River basin, is subject to routine flooding on some of its streets after heavy rainfall in a changing climate. Faced with the challenge, this study provides insights into risk...

Topics: Climate change, DPSIR, Flood, Interview, Risk perception, Vulnerability



Knowledge about drought variability in the main potato producing areas can provide a scientific basis for management of potato crops. In this study, the variations and patterns of drought in the potato growing period (GP), seedling stage (SS), tuber-growth stage (TS), and mature stage (MS) identified by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) were investigated in the north single cropping zone (NSCZ) in China for the period of 1960–2016 based on the empirical orthogonal...

Topics: Agro-pastoral ecotone, Drought variability, Potato, Standardize precipitation evapotranspiration...



Recently mankind has started to acknowledge the effects of climate change caused by the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere. This issue, combined with the increasing global energy demand, and the diminishing supply of the main energy sources, brings forward the urgency of novel sources renewable energy. The ocean waves are a relatively novel source of energy that could be exploited if correctly studied and developed, aiming to minimize the environmental impact and increase the power...

Topics: Sustainable energy, TOMAWAC, Wave energy, Wave model



This paper develops an Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare for Spain from 1970 to 2012 and seeks to update valuation approaches to a number of items. Two approaches have proven particularly controversial over recent decades; the costs of energy depletion and of climate change. The valuation implications in measuring present welfare have proven problematic, as both include future sustainability consequences arising from resource depletion and environmental impacts. This study includes a...

Topics: Energy, ISEW, Welfare, Spain, Sustainable"



The residential sector is one of the most significant energy consumers and therefore contributes significantly to climate change. A study of not only the use of energy during the operation but also the associated consumption and emissions in the life cycle is required. One way to reduce life cycle energy consumption is through retrofitting existing buildings. This study analysed the energy consumption and its greenhouse gas emissions after applying five sustainable retrofit measures. For this...

Topics: Operational energy, Retrofit, Simulation



Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are immediately threatened by the impacts of climate change. Here we report on the condition of coral reefs over 83 km of coastline at the island of Upolu, Samoa in the remote South West Pacific in 2016 during the Tara Pacific Expedition. Despite the distance to large urban centers, coral cover was extremely low (

Topics: Coral reef degradation, Marine resource management, Monitoring



Mendeley Climate Change Library 48 48 The future of risk assessment by E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio; E. Zio texts eye 48 favorite 0 comment 0

Risk assessment must evolve for addressing the existing and future challenges, and considering the new systems and innovations that have already arrived in our lives and that are coming ahead. In this paper, I swing on the rapid changes and innovations that the World that we live in is experiencing, and analyze them with respect to the challenges that these pose to the field of risk assessment. Digitalization brings opportunities but with it comes also the complexity of cyber-phyiscal systems....

Topics: Business continuity, Condition monitoring-based risk assessment, Cyber-physical systems, Dynamic...



Currently, little attention has been paid to reducing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of underdeveloped cities to combat climate change, especially in central China. Taking Nanchang as a case study, we computed this city's CO2 emissions (CE) from industrial energy consumption and analyzed the corresponding drivers using the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI). The results showed that economic output was mainly responsible for the CE growth followed by population with average annual...

Topics: CO2 emission (CE), Drivers, Industrial energy consumption, LMDI, Underdeveloped city



Understanding rainfall characteristics plays a vital role in sustainable watershed development and management, but at the same time it is challenging in mountainous regions, due to its topography complexities. This study investigates the seasonal along its associated months and annual rainfall characteristics and their variations over two distinct river basins; Kaligandaki in central west and Koshi in eastern Nepal, located on the southern slopes of the central Himalayas, which is crucial to...

Topics: Kaligandaki basin, Koshi basin, Rainfall, Spatial variation



Tidal inlets, a common feature along coastlines globally, can be significantly affected by the impacts of global climate variabilities. Computational models provide the best opportunity to assess future changes to the dynamics of inlet systems. In this paper, the morphodynamic response of a gravel-dominated meso-tidal estuary inlet to Sea Level Rise (SLR) is discussed based on three future SLR scenarios. It uses a process-based computational coastal area model. The study's test site is the...

Topics: Climate change, Computational modelling, Deben Estuary, Inlet, Meso-tidal, Morphodynamics, Sea...



Increasing air temperatures due to long-term global climate change are predicted to exert substantial negative impacts on a majority of agricultural crops in the tropics, where most smallholder farms have a mixture of crops. Modification of the composition of cropping systems by incorporating crop species with greater growth and yield performance at higher temperatures is an important adaptation option. Accordingly, the principal objective of the present work was to demonstrate the feasibility...

Topics: Adaptive measures, Climate change, Resilience, Smallholder crops, Tropical environment



Various “smart grid” technologies can help achieve a region's environmental and climate mitigation goals by facilitating the deployment of renewable energy sources, transportation electrification, energy conservation and load-shifting of electricity use. This study reviews and explores the role of environmental framing in the socio-political acceptance of smart grid technologies by citizens, media, and key stakeholders, using the case study of British Columbia, Canada—a low carbon...

Topics: British Columbia, Climate policy, Consumer survey, Interviews, Media analysis, Socio-political...



In the present work the experimental investigation of a household refrigerator was calculated by simultaneously changing the refrigerant charge (mr) and length of capillary tube (Lc).The recent literature review shows the consistent research in the field of new refrigerants for usage in the refrigeration and air conditioning systems due to increased need and importance on the climate change effects faced by the humankind. The recent decades show the replacement of CFCs with HFCs, later with...

Topics: Capillary tube length, Refrigerant charge and Alternative refrigerant, Refrigerant mixture



Mendeley Climate Change Library 14 14 Estimating Transaction Costs of REDD+ by Mary Nantongo; Arild Vatn texts eye 14 favorite 0 comment 0

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is generally believed to be a cost-effective mitigation strategy against climate change. Some suggest, however, that costs of REDD+ are underestimated because many studies either exclude or undervalue transaction costs. A major challenge in this field of research is the absence of a common framework and methodology for assessing such costs. This paper uses the notion of governance structures to suggest a generic definition and...

Topics: REDD+ policy, Tanzania, Transaction costs



Mendeley Climate Change Library 40 40 The development and cost of renewable energy resources in Vietnam by Phuong Anh Nguyen; Malcolm Abbott; Thanh Loan T. Nguyen texts eye 40 favorite 0 comment 0

Vietnam has abundant natural resources, but a high vulnerability to climate change. The Vietnamese government, therefore, has avddeclared its intention to encourage clean energy development. To achieve this, the cost of renewables needs to be competitive with fossil fuels. The purpose of this paper is to review past studies of the levelised international costs for various renewable energy resources and compare them to the costs of renewables in Vietnam. In Vietnam, there is evidence that the...

Topics: Production costs, The levelised cost of electricity, Vietnam's power industry



In this review article, we trace the history of events leading to the development of individual-based models (IBMs) to represent aquatic organisms in rivers and streams. As a metaphor, we present this history as a series of confluences between individual scientists (tributaries) sharing ideas. We describe contributions of these models to science and management. One iconic feature of river IBMs is the linkage between flow and the physical habitat experienced by individual animals, and the first...

Topics: Agent-based model, Dendritic river network, Ecosystem, Hydropower, Individual-based model,...



Mendeley Climate Change Library 15 15 Slowdown of spring green-up advancements in boreal forests by Hoonyoung Park; Su Jong Jeong; Chang Hoi Ho; Chang Eui Park; Jinwon Kim texts eye 15 favorite 0 comment 0

There is a consensus that the spring phenology of deciduous forests is advancing in response to global warming. Since the late 1990s, however, this tendency of spring phenology advancement has been weakened in over 60% of boreal forests, particularly in Siberia (−0.58 day yr −1 for 1982–1997 vs. −0.17 day yr −1 for 1982–2013) and northwestern North America (NWNA; −0.42 day yr −1 for 1982–1997 vs. 0.07 day yr −1 for 1982–2013). This study investigated the major factor in...

Topics: Boreal forests, Climate change, Slowdown of green-up trends, The start of the growing season,...



In coastal areas, flood events can result from the interaction of several factors such as rainfall, river flow and the classical tidal asymmetry to mention but a few. Therefore, flood risk assessment in these areas involves not only the estimation of the extreme values of each variable, but also their probability of occurring simultaneously. This study investigates the combined effect and dependence between a “heavy” rainfall with a high tidal levels forcing on the occurrence and severity...

Topics: Bivariate copula, Dependence, Flood, Joint risk, Rainfall, Tide



Merida, Mexico, is a city that spends 17% of its electricity for lighting purposes. This electricity comes from thermal power plants that use fossil fuels. These emit a large amount of particulate matter, around 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5), which can penetrate deepest lung parts (alveoli), causing cardiovascular disease. Mexico has a policy (NOM-028-ENER-2010) that establishes the minimum efficiency for lighting in buildings. However, lighting is often used inappropriately (e.g. daytime or when...

Topics: Emission Factors and Intake factors, Energy saving, Environmental and health concerns, Local and...



Prior studies conclude that climate plays one of the most important roles in driving variations in residential electricity consumption. While some past studies have quantified sensitivities of electricity use to ambient temperature, 1) few previous studies utilize both high temporal and spatial resolution electricity data, and 2) no research to our knowledge has investigated how the temporal and spatial resolution of electricity data, and choice of ambient temperature indicators, affects...

Topic: Urban heat islands



Hydrological responses of catchments to climate change require detailed examination to ensure sustainable management of both water resources and natural ecosystems. This study evaluated the impacts of climate change on water resource availability of a catchment in eastern Australia (i.e. the Manning River catchment) and analyzed climate-hydrology relationships. For this evaluation, the Xinanjiang (XAJ) model was used and validated to simulate monthly rainfall-runoff relationships of the...

Topics: Climate change, Eastern Australia, GCMs, Runoff, Xinanjiang (XAJ) model

