How might adaptation to climate change by smallholder farming communities contribute to climate change mitigation outcomes? A case study from Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin Chandra ◽  
Paul Dargusch ◽  
Karen E. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals The Kyoto Rotation Fund as a policy tool for climate change mitigation: The case study of an Italian school

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (Special Issue1) ◽  
pp. S159-S165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Nocera ◽  
Antonio Gagliano ◽  
Gianpiero Evola ◽  
Luigi Marletta ◽  
Alice Faraci
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Italian School ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals The Conditional Sink: Counterfactual Display in the Valuation of a Carbon Offsetting Reforestation Project

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véra Ehrenstein ◽  
Fabian Muniesa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Possible Worlds ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Carbon Offsetting ◽  
The World ◽  
Prospective Assessment ◽  
Change Mitigation

This paper examines counterfactual display in the valuation of carbon offsetting projects. Considered a legitimate way to encourage climate change mitigation, such projects rely on the establishment of procedures for the prospective assessment of their capacity to become carbon sinks. This requires imagining possible worlds and assessing their plausibility. The world inhabited by the project is articulated through conditional formulation and subjected to what we call “counterfactual display”: the production and circulation of documents that demonstrate and con!gure the counterfactual valuation. We present a case study on one carbon offsetting reforestation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We analyse the construction of the scene that allows the “What would have happened” question to make sense and become actionable. We highlight the operations of calculative framing that this requires, the reality constraints it relies upon, and the entrepreneurial conduct it stimulates.

Helping the Helpless: Contribution of Rural Extension Services to Smallholder Farmers’ Climate Change Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation in Rural Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Asare-Nuamah ◽  
Ebo Botchway ◽  
Justina A. Onumah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
Transfer Of Skills

While there is no doubt that extension services play an active role in promoting smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity and adaptation to climate change, there is a dearth of information and research on how this institution champions climate change adaptation in rural farming communities in Ghana. This study employed a qualitative case study design and interviewed 15 extension officers and 26 smallholder farmers to understand how extension services enhance smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptive capacity and adaptation in the rural Adansi North District in Ghana. The findings indicate that extension services adopt multiple strategies to build the adaptive capacity of farmers to climate change. Through the transfer of skills and knowledge, technology and innovations, supply of inputs, technical advice and liaison role with existing local institutions, farmers are able to adapt to climate change. The study further revealed that extension services are hindered by geographical, sociocultural and economic challenges which affect their alignment and fitness to effectively assist smallholder farmers. The study recommends strengthening the capacity of the extension institution. Moreover, more experts must be trained to provide special, targeted and important services to smallholder farmers in respect of climate change sensitization and adaptation.

scholarly journals Science, Twitter and election campaigns: tracking #auspol in the Australian federal elections

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. A04 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merryn McKinnon ◽  
David Semmens ◽  
Brenda Moon ◽  
Inoka Amarasekara ◽  
Léa Bolliet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Public Sentiment ◽  
Online Conversation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Social media is increasingly being used by science communicators, journalists and government agencies to engage in discourse with a range of publics. Despite a growing body of literature on Twitter use, the communication of science via Twitter is comparatively under explored. This paper examines the prominence of scientific issues in political debate occurring on Twitter during the 2013 and 2016 Australian federal election campaigns. Hashtracking of the umbrella political hashtag auspol was used to capture tweets during the two campaign periods. The 2013 campaign was particularly relevant as a major issue for both parties was climate change mitigation, a controversial and partisan issue. Therefore, climate change discussion on Twitter during the 2013 election was used as a focal case study in this research. Subsamples of the 2013 data were used to identify public sentiment and major contributors to the online conversation, specifically seeking to see if scientific, governmental, media or ‘public' sources were the more dominant instigators. We compare the prominence of issues on Twitter to mainstream media polls over the two campaign periods and argue that the potential of Twitter as an effective public engagement tool for science, and for politicised scientific issues in particular, is not being realised.

scholarly journals NURTURING CONSUMERS‘ GREEN PURCHASE INTENTION ON NATURAL DYES BATIK DURING CRAFT SHOPPING TOUR IN THE BATIK CITY OF PEKALONGAN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-192
Author(s):  
Wenti Ayu SUNARJO ◽  
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Vigory Gloriman MANALU ◽  
Wiwiek Rabiatul ADAWIYAH ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
River Pollution ◽  
Mitigation Strategy ◽  
Natural Dyes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Change Mitigation

Demand on eco-friendly products is burgeoning, as a form adaptation to climate change mitigation strategy. Hence, environmental issues are still considered as an emerging topic that concerns the tourism sector. Planned Behavior Theory (TPB) describes the formation of environmentally friendly behavior intentions in green purchase intentions of natural batik dyes. Data were obtained from 200 visitors who ever purchased natural dyed batik during their craft shopping tours to the city of Batik, Pekalongan Indonesia. The data were further analyzed using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The initial model's calculation results reveal that green subjective norm has no significant relationship on green purchase intention. Furthermore, green product knowledge and attitude positively impact green purse intention of batik products made from natural ingredients. The results showed that INELOC does not moderate the relationship between attitude (ATT) on green purchase intention. Craft shopping tour is becoming popular choice of sightseeing bundling offered by travel agents. Besides its positive value, increasing demand on the handicraft shopping also has a negative consequence on the environment. The destruction occurs as a result of rapid growth in consumption, hence, purchasing environmentally friendly products can be a way to minimize the climate change and balancing the ecosystems. Demand on eco-friendly products is burgeoning, as a form adaptation to climate change mitigation strategy. Realizing that the river pollution can endanger people's health, MSMEs have started producing batik with natural dyes. Although the number of MSMEs that produce natural dyed batik products is not high, the Pekalongan City Government is continually socialize the importance of reducing chemical waste and river pollution. These findings have important implications for marketers and policymakers of natural dye batik.

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