Beyond Denial and Despair: Honesty and Action on the Climate Change Front Line

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
John Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Front Line

Poor People on the Front Line: The Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty in 2030

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Rozenberg ◽  
Stéphane Hallegatte
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Pessimistic Scenario ◽  
Future Economic Development ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The impacts of climate change on poverty depend on the magnitude of climate change, but also on socio-economic trends. An analysis of hundreds of baseline scenarios for future economic development shows that the drivers of poverty eradication differ across countries. In this chapter, two representative scenarios are selected from these hundreds, one optimistic and one pessimistic regarding poverty. Results from sector analyses of climate change impacts—in agriculture, health, and natural disasters—are introduced in the two scenarios. By 2030, climate change is found to have a significant impact on poverty. But the magnitude of these impacts depends on development choices. In the optimistic scenario with rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development, climate change increases poverty by between 3 million and 16 million in 2030. The increase in poverty reaches between 35 million and 122 million if development is delayed and less inclusive in the pessimistic scenario.

From the Shore to the Coast: Curating the Front Line of Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celina Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
New Models ◽  
A Site ◽  
Climate Crisis

Ephemeral Coast (2015‐present; ephemeralcoast.com) is a curatorial research initiative by the author that identifies the coastline as a site and indicator of the radical shifts in geography that are literally taking place in the ocean as a result of the Anthropocene. This article discusses how exhibitions and events associated with the project have considered ephemerality as a poignant curatorial concept within and through which to consider the vanishing of healthy coastal regions. In creating a comparison with other exhibitions that address the climate crisis and related environmental devastation, it argues that the kinds of local, place-based and interdisciplinary curatorial research involved in this project allow for a reconsideration of the Anthropocene epoch as more of a ‘boundary’ event, which necessitates crossing disciplinary divides and questioning the development of new models of understanding and counteraction based upon curatorial engagement with ephemerality.

scholarly journals The mysterious ecosystem at the ocean’s surface

PLoS Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. e3001046
Author(s):  
Rebecca R. Helm
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Open Ocean ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
Important Fish

Life on the ocean’s surface connects worlds. From shallow waters to the deep sea, the open ocean to rivers and lakes, numerous terrestrial and marine species depend on the surface ecosystem and the organisms found therein. Organisms that live freely at the surface, termed “neuston,” include keystone organisms like the golden seaweed Sargassum that makes up the Sargasso Sea, floating barnacles, snails, nudibranchs, and cnidarians. Many ecologically and economically important fish species live as or rely upon neuston. Species at the surface are not distributed uniformly; the ocean’s surface harbors unique neustonic communities and ecoregions found at only certain latitudes and only in specific ocean basins. But the surface is also on the front line of climate change and pollution. Despite the diversity and importance of the ocean’s surface in connecting disparate habitats, and the risks it faces, we know very little about neustonic life. This Essay will introduce you to the neuston, their connections to diverse habitats, the threats they face, and new opportunities for research and discovery at the air-sea interface.

scholarly journals Solastalgia, place attachment and disruption: insights from a coastal community on the front line

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Phillips ◽  
Conor Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Coastal Environments ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Place Dependence ◽  
Negative Statements

AbstractWe explore how solastalgia, a concept that describes distress and inability to derive solace from one’s environment caused by disruptive environmental change, is currently being experienced by a community in southeast Ireland as they struggle to cope with place disruption through loss of a beach by coastal erosion. We analyse relationships between empirical measurements of solastalgia, place attachment and place disruption as well as their association with community outlook for the future. Results indicate that solastalgia, resulting from loss of place, is experienced by almost half of residents, especially those who have lived in the area >20 years. Seasonal variation exists for residents who experience the highest levels of solastalgia, with expression strongest in summer. We find that solastalgia is positively correlated with place attachment; those having higher levels of place attachment express stronger feelings of solastalgia and impacts to their lives due to loss of place. Place attachment is most weakly expressed through place dependence, suggesting ongoing adaptation of relationships with place. We find that solastalgia is positively correlated with negative statements regarding future outlook. However, negative outlooks are moderated for those with high levels of place attachment, despite experiencing solastalgia. Given the vulnerability of coastal environments and communities to climate change, understanding and assessing solastalgia will be critical to helping communities navigate environmental disruption.

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