scholarly journals Climate change vulnerability and the state of adaptation on England's National Nature Reserves

2021 ◽  
Vol 254 ◽  
pp. 108938
Author(s):  
Simon J. Duffield ◽  
Ben Le Bas ◽  
Michael D. Morecroft
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The State ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Climate Change Vulnerability ◽  
National Nature Reserves

scholarly journals Social and Environmental Drivers of Climate Change Vulnerability in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Authority Benson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Climate Change Vulnerability ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Studies have revealed that the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is only three meter above mean sea level and their coastline is dynamic in nature which renders hundreds of coastal communities exposed and vulnerable to climate change risk and hazards. The region is faced with seasonal flooding, increase in temperature, high precipitation, erosion, river salinization, ocean surges and siltation. In this paper, we reviewed over 80 publications on related subjects of social, economic and environmental drivers of climate change vulnerability in the Niger Delta and their recurring and predicted impacts. Lack of empirical baseline data on climate change, inadequate enforcement of environmental laws, insignificant state fiscal budget on climate change, lack of political will and low interest of political leadership, absence of state policies aimed to enhance climate change adaptation and mitigation, persistent cases of oil spills and gas flaring by multinational oil companies, low public awareness and inadequate technical capacity were identified and analyzed as multidimensional factors militating against local effort for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Niger Delta region. The state governments, multinational oil companies, intervention agencies, research institutions and critical community stakeholders especially in coastal areas in the Niger Delta should work together to achieve a systematic integrated plan for long term risk prevention and impact reduction through adaptation and mitigation approaches. Furthermore, strategic local solutions should include the assessment of impacts of climate change on social, environmental, and economic sector at the state, local government and community level. This should be accompanied with smart green policy measures and implementation of elaborate regional climate change education programs, development of skill sets for green entrepreneurship among youths and established framework of sustainable economic development in the region.

Where will threatened migratory birds go under climate change? Implications for China's national nature reserves

2018 ◽  
Vol 645 ◽  
pp. 1040-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Liang ◽  
Wenle Xing ◽  
Guangming Zeng ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Yuhui Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
National Nature Reserves

Epic Cruelty: On Post-Pandemic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136
Author(s):  
Rick Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
California State University ◽  
The State ◽  
State University ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Disaster Capitalism

As today’s catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates ongoing crises, including systemic racism, rising ethno-nationalism, and fossil-fuelled climate change, the neoliberal world that we inhabit is becoming increasingly hostile, particularly for the most vulnerable. Even in the United States, as armed white-supremacist, pro-Trump forces face off against protesters seeking justice for African Americans, the hostility is increasingly palpable, and often frightening. Yet as millions of Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated after the brutal police killing of George Floyd, the current, intersecting crises – worsened by Trump’s criminalization of anti-racism protesters and his dismissal of science – demand a serious, engaged, response from activists as well as artists. The title of this article is meant to evoke not only the state of the unusually cruel moment through which we are living, but also the very different approaches to performance of both Brecht and Artaud, whose ideas, along with those of others – including Benjamin, Butler, Latour, Mbembe, and Césaire – inform the radical, open-ended, post-pandemic theatre practice proposed in this essay. A critically acclaimed dramatist as well as Professor of English and Playwriting at California State University, Northridge, Mitchell’s published volumes of plays include Disaster Capitalism; or Money Can’t Buy You Love: Three Plays; Brecht in L.A.; and Ventriloquist: Two Plays and Ventriloquial Miscellany. He is the editor of Experimental O’Neill, and is currently at work on a series of post-pandemic plays.

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