Exploring the impact of resident proximity to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains: Perceptions of climate change risks, drought, and policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 101420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Craig ◽  
Myria W. Allen ◽  
Song Feng ◽  
Matthew L. Spialek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Impact

Emerging climate changes and the risks to the operation of building assets in the UK

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alzahrani ◽  
Halim Boussabaine ◽  
Ali Nasser Alzaed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report results from a survey on emerging climate changes and the risks to the operation of building assets in the UK. The property sector is facing major challenges as a result of projected climate change scenarios. Predictions concerning future climate change and the subsequent impact on building operations are still subject to a high degree of uncertainty. However, it is important that building stockholders consider a range of possible future risks that may influence the operation of their assets. Design/methodology/approach – The literature review and questionnaire are used to elicit and assess the likelihood of occurrence of climate change risks impacting building operations. The survey was carried out among building stockowners and professionals in the UK. Statistical methods were used to rank and compare the findings. Findings – The majority of the respondents strongly agreed that the list of risks that were elicited from the literature will have an impact on their building assets within a 0-5 years’ time horizon. It was found that the professionals were most concerned about higher energy prices and an increase in operation costs in general; they were least concerned about an electricity blackout. Research limitations/implications – This paper is limited to the UK, and regional variations are not explored. Nevertheless, the buildings’ operation risk study provides a starting point for further investigations into the emerging risks from climate change, and their impact on the operation of building stock. Future work could investigate direct mapping between climate risks and the financial value of properties. Originality/value – Findings of this paper can help professionals and building stockowners improve their understanding of climate change risks and the impact on their assets. This paper could also help these individuals to formulate appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies.

scholarly journals Adapting global shared socio-economic pathways for national and local scenarios

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Frame ◽  
Judith Lawrence ◽  
AG Ausseil ◽  
A Reisinger ◽  
A Daigneault
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Integrative Research ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

© 2018 The Authors Socio-economic scenarios enable us to understand the extent to which global-, national- and local-scale societal developments can influence the nature and severity of climate change risks and response options. Shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) enable a systematic exploration of the challenges to adaptation and mitigation that alternative futures entail. However, SSPs are primarily defined for the global scale. If countries are to test their adaptation and mitigation options for robustness across plausible future socio-economic conditions, then SSPs require country-relevant detail to understand climate change risks at the national and local scales. New Zealand is used to illustrate how nationally relevant socio-economic scenarios, nested within SSPs can be developed to inform national- and local-scale studies of climate change impacts and their implications. Shared policy assumptions were developed, involving a mix of climate-specific and non-climate-specific policies, to demonstrate how international links and global-scale developments are critical locally—local choices may accelerate, reduce or even negate the impact of global trends for extended periods. The typology was then ‘tested’ by applying it in a local context. The research challenges observed in developing credible, salient and legitimate national-scale socio-economic scenarios include issues in developing scenarios across a multidisciplinary team. Finally, recommendations for adapting shared climate policy assumptions to produce national and local scenarios, and for assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of climate change adaptation options are presented. These include the need for: guidelines to embed national scenarios in global frameworks; a limit the number of plausible futures; inter-operability of models; an ability to work towards effective multi-disciplinary teams and integrative research; and the opportunity to involve participatory processes where feasible.

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Northern Rocky Mountains [Part 2]

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Halofsky ◽  
David L. Peterson ◽  
S. Karen Dante-Wood ◽  
Linh Hoang ◽  
Joanne J. Ho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Climate Change Vulnerability

Coffee on a Hot Planet

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy Vieira ◽  
Amanda McMillan Lequieu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Commodity Chain ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Face ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
Economic Expectations ◽  
The Impact

Researchers are predicting that the spatially uneven distribution of climate change risks will further exacerbate the inequalities of environmental change in the coming decades. This case study of coffee offers a window into the feedback loops of ecological health, agricultural economies, and social well-being on a quickly warming planet. Drawing from a review of research across disciplines, we explore three human-driven factors that have increased the risks of loss for coffee producers in the face of climate change. These three characteristics of the coffee commodity chain—geographical consolidation, genetic variation, and market factors—enmesh social, ecological, and economic expectations of coffee as a high-value agricultural product. Considering the impact of climate change on coffee production sheds light on how climate change interacts with preexisting ecological, social, and economic challenges of global, agricultural production.

Climate change and human heat stress exposure in sub-Saharan Africa.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (049) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desalegn Yayeh Ayal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Stress ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Sahel Region ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Agricultural Food

Abstract The sub-Saharan Africa region has been affected by multifaceted interrelated challenges including climate change risks, environmental degradation, political crises, demographic, and food security. The region is geographically exposed to and heavily depends on heat stress-sensitive livelihood and economy. Unlike drought, flood, and erratic rainfall, the situation and impact of heat stress are not well documented. This paper summarized the impact of heat stress on various sectors of the Sahel region. The result revealed that exposure to heat stress contributed to water, agricultural, food security, health, and economic adverse impacts in sub-Saharan Africa. The study also shows in sub- Saharan Africa especially in semiarid and arid areas the future impact of heat stress in various sectors is expected to be more severe. The changes and impacts of heat stress are not uniform across the region. For instance, East Africa is at higher risk of acquiring concurrent health impacts. West Africa is projected to experience severe impacts on food production. South Africa observes the strongest decrease in precipitation with concurrent risks of drought. Thus, understanding the effect of heat stress on humans and various heat-sensitive sectors should be the focus of researchers. However, given the degree of uncertainty of the models' results and effect of heat stress in the region, it is important to develop adaptive capacities at different ecological settings that enable the region population to adapt to risk factors related to climate change and heat stress.

Climate change and public policy futures

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Gough
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
The Impact

This chapter addresses some issues posed by climate change for thinking about public policy futures. It begins by summarising the scientific consensus and the case of climate change sceptics; the chapter also considers public opinion and the interests behind the ‘denial industry’. It then develops a framework for thinking about the policy impacts of climate change risks, and briefly summarises direct and indirect impacts. The rest of the chapter concentrates on the impact of climate change mitigation policies on public policy futures. It is argued that adequate and practicable responses cannot be generated within current policy frameworks. Current policies place too great an emphasis on economic incentives and fail to exploit the additional opportunities to reduce emissions through direct regulation or stronger leadership in cultural change.

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