“&lt;i&gt;Our Land Is Shrinking&lt;/i&gt;”: Concerns and Misconceptions Impeding Uptake of Climate Risk Mitigation Policies in Bududa and Butalejja Districts in Eastern Uganda

Purpose Conservation agriculture-based wheat production system (CAW) can serve as an ex ante measure to minimize loss due to climate risks, especially the extreme rainfall during the wheat production season in India. This study aims to examine whether farmers learn from their past experiences of exposure to climate extremes and use the knowledge to better adapt to future climate extremes. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data collected from 184 farmers from Haryana over three consecutive wheat seasons from 2013-2014 to 2015-2016 and multivariate logit model to analyse the driver of the adoption of CAW as an ex ante climate risk mitigating strategies based on their learning and censored Tobit model to analyse the intensity of adoption of CAW as an ex ante climate risk mitigation strategy. Farmer’s knowledge and key barriers to the adoption of CAW were determined through focus group discussions. Findings The analysis shows that the majority of farmers who had applied CAW in the year 2014-2015 (a year with untimely excess rainfall during the wheat season) have continued to practice CAW and have increased the proportion of land area allocated to it. Many farmers shifted from CTW to CAW in 2015-2016. Practical implications While farmers now consider CAW as an ex ante measure to climate risks, a technology knowledge gap exists, which limits its adoption. Therefore, designing appropriate methods to communicate scientific evidence is crucial. Originality/value This paper uses three years panel data from 184 farm households in Haryana, India, together with focus groups discussions with farmers and interviews with key informants to assess if farmers learn adaptation to climate change from past climate extremes.

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Advancing Peace through Human Rights in UN Peace Operations

Journal of International Peacekeeping ◽

10.1163/18754112-20210006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (1-2) ◽

pp. 252-284

Author(s):

Céline Giuliani

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Risk Mitigation ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Peace Operations ◽

Political Will ◽

The Past ◽

The Impact ◽

Rights Issues ◽

Remarkable Progress ◽

Mitigation Policies

Abstract The integration of human rights in United Nations peace operations has witnessed remarkable progress during the past fifteen years. This article analyzes the evolution of human rights integration in the peace and security architecture in relation to peace operations, focusing on the achievements and shortcomings of Headquarters-led policies and reforms of the last decade, as well as the impact of recent Security Council dynamics. The article reviews the significant realizations on both the substantive and structural fronts and argues that ownership of the human rights agenda and policies, as well as accountability and leadership for their implementation, warrants a greater commitment of the organization. Such commitment should translate into institutionalizing Headquarters’ cooperation mechanisms, creating further space for human rights in decision-making, allocating adequate resources, and strengthening accountability for risk-mitigation policies, inter alia. A stronger political will is equally required to better articulate human rights issues in relation to conflict analysis, prevention and peacebuilding, in support of political objectives of peace operations.

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Why Risk-Research is More Prominent in English Speaking Countries in the Digital Society

International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism ◽

10.4018/ijcwt.2014010102 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 8-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Maximiliano E. Korstanje

Keyword(s):

Max Weber ◽

Risk Mitigation ◽

Digital Society ◽

Left Behind ◽

Mediterranean Countries ◽

Risk Research ◽

The Future ◽

English Speaking ◽

American Society ◽

Mitigation Policies

This review is inspired by the dichotomy the authors observe in the ways Anglo and Mediterranean countries developed to control the risk. While countries as US, Germany and Holland are on the top of the risk-mitigation policies and bio-technology, others such as Spain, Italy and Argentina have left behind in the race. In this discussion the authors complement the contribution of Max Weber arguing that the sense of predestination, which was enrooted in Ancient Norse Mythology, was a criterion enough to develop the capitalism. However, this does not correspond with “the Reform”, but on the way ancient Germans celebrated the war. Unlike Greeks, Germans developed a sense of predestination to understand the future. At some extent, they were responsible for initiating the process of secularization, but once done, they appealed to technology for two peruses. On one hand, technology alluded to a control of the closed-future, but at the same time it allowed the implementation of steps to expand the life. On this context, terrorism (as a risk) is important for American society because it gives further value to capitalist mind, the control of future.

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Flattening the curve in jails and prisons: Factors underlying support for COVID-19 mitigation policies.

Psychology Public Policy and Law ◽

10.1037/law0000284 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Eno Louden ◽

Elena Vaudreuil ◽

Chelsea Queen ◽

Marisa Eve Alvarez ◽

Araceli Garcia

Keyword(s):

Mitigation Policies

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