Climate Change and The Nature of Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in The Contemporary World: The Case of Masasi District in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-176
Author(s):  
Jackson M. Kaijage
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Contemporary World

scholarly journals Similarities, differences and mechanisms of climate impact on terrestrial vs. marine ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 505-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Marine Ecosystems ◽  
Climate Impact ◽  
Step Change ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Fluid Media ◽  
Two Fluid

Comparisons between terrestrial and marine ecosystems are generally not in the main stream of scientific literature even though Webb (2012) listed several points for which the transfer of knowledge and concepts related to one or to the other system would benefit our understanding of both. Even sharing this view, the leading hypothesis behind this contribution is that the pelagic system, where the dominant biotic component by number and biomass is microscopic, has specific features which strongly differentiate it from the above-the-surface terrestrial systems. Due to this, climate change, i.e. changes in temperature, precipitation and most importantly in the dynamics of the two fluid media, atmosphere and ocean, act with different mechanisms which prevents proceeding with analogies in many cases. In addition, the non-linearity of most of the processes and responses to perturbations requires, in order to obtain reliable forecasts or hindcasts, a detailed analysis of the path followed by the system which is normally overlooked in the step-change simulations or projections.

Climate Change Resilience in Viticulture: Knowledge transfer and ecosystem services of adaptation strategies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Reiss ◽  
Barbara Bernard ◽  
Eckhard Jedicke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Adaptation Strategy ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change

<p>The Rheingau is one of the 13 designated German wine-growing regions and produces the highest proportion of Riesling in Germany. The effects of climate change on air temperature and precipitation can already be seen in phenological observations. The result is an earlier beginning of the budding, flowering and maturing dates. If the date of the beginning of the wine harvest for Riesling in the period 1961-1990 was on October 17 on average, the time in the period 1981-2010 shifted five days to the beginning of the month to October 12. In 2019, the harvest yield was significantly lower than the average of the past ten wine harvests. A consequence of increasing drought and heat in summer, more sunburn damage, but also increasingly late frosts and hailstorms. An evaluation of climatic variables for the near future (2050) relevant to viticulture performed for the individual phenological phases indicated critical changes. An increasing probability of the occurrence of tropical nights (minimum air temperature ≥ 20°C) which would potentially endanger the character of the Riesling and an increased probability of humid conditions during maturation, with the danger of higher pest load is to be expected. Higher, increasing evaporation rates will further reduce the availability of soil water in the growing and especially in the maturing phase. A systematic and regional-specific adaptation strategy for the Rheingau is still lacking. In addition, viticulture produces monoculture agro-ecosystem and causes specific environmentally problems, like soil erosion, loss of biodiversity and nitrate leaching relating to surface and groundwater eutrophication. The KliA-Net project launched in the middle of 2019 to address these problems together with the effects of climate change and to find sustainable, nature-based and landscape-integrative solutions. The aim of the project is to establish local and, above all, inter-communal cooperation and to develop it into joint action for adaptation to climate change. The resulting impulses lead to measures to reduce climate damage under the premise of climate protection, sustainable management and the best possible provision of ecosystem services. We will present the overall theoretical framework and the integrated approach to demonstrate that the concept of Terroir reflects the interactions between people and nature. Here, the concept of Vinecology was adapted, as the integration of ecological and viticultural principles and practices; it contextualizes sustainable land management within the specific agricultural sector and serves as an entry point to biodiversity conservation in an economically and biologically important biome integrated in its adjacent landscape. Concrete measures for climate adaptation in viticulture compiled in a catalogue, which is divided into 5 areas of action: viticulture, soil protection, water, biodiversity and landscape. These represent the different vinecological scales (landscape, vineyard, plant). This catalogue forms the basis for the transfer of knowledge between science, winegrowers, communal politics, administration and NGOs. Furthermore, we also contextualize related ecosystem services to indicate benefits resulting from a concrete measure. We hypothesize, that this is a way to harmonize objectives in nature conservation, soil and water protection and sustainable economic development.</p>

Climate change: What do we know about the IPCC?

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Hulme ◽  
Martin Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Knowledge Assessment ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Subject

This is the first of a series of three biennial reviews of research on the subject of climate change. This review is concerned with the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): its origins and mandate; its disciplinary and geographical expertise; its governance and organizational learning; consensus and its representation of uncertainty; and its wider impact and influence on knowledge production, public discourse and policy development. The research that has been conducted on the IPCC as an institution has come mostly from science and technology studies scholars and a small number of critical social scientists. The IPCC’s influence on the construction, mobilization and consumption of climate change knowledge is considerable. The review therefore ends by encouraging geographers of science to turn their research and scholarship to understanding the roles played by the IPCC, and equivalent institutional processes of climate change knowledge assessment, in the contemporary world.

PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF INTERGENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN CONTEMPORARY ENTERPRISES. FINDINGS

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Dziadek
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Optimal Combination ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Transfer Processes ◽  
Intergenerational Knowledge

The aim of the article is to show how much enterprises are aware of the need to implement the intergenerational transfer of knowledge model. As a result of the review of available literature and conducted research, an attempt was made to show how diverse teams composed of representatives of different generations are formed, which is an opportunity to obtain an optimal combination of competences and efficiency of such teams. The obtained results allowed for the formulation of several important recommendations. In the first place, it is necessary to increase the awareness of the managerial staff in the field of functioning in the intergenerational transfer of knowledge, showing the opportunities, as well as the dangers posed by these solutions. Secondly, it is necessary to refine the general organization’s strategy in the area of diversifying human resources. Thirdly, it is necessary to review the hitherto used methods of knowledge transfer and their adaptation to the conditions of intergenerational knowledge exchange. Finally, fourthly - it should be remembered that intergenerational knowledge transfer processes are favored by the organizational culture focused on cooperation and the creation of multi-generational task teams.

Participation of Ukrainian Educational and Research Institutions in Implementation of the Tasks of the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergiy Stepanenko ◽  
Anatoliy Polovyi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Research Infrastructure ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Research Plan

<p>In 2019 three Ukrainian institutions (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute and Odessa State Environmental University) joined the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX). This can be considered as a practical result of implementation of the Erasmus+ international educational project of ‘Adaptive Learning Environment for Competence in Economic and Societal Impacts of Local Weather, Air Quality and Climate’ (ECOIMPACT) being in line with the ideology of PEEX (research – research infrastructure – education) and covering part of the project’s geographic region.</p><p>Inclusion of the Ukrainian institutions in the project will make it possible to develop studies into climate change issues, their impact on air quality, dynamics of carbon cycles in ecosystems, biodiversity loss, greenhouse gas emissions and forest fires, public health, chemization of industry and agriculture, food provision, energy production and access to fresh water in Ukraine –  all those tasks which are designated as priority ones in the PEEX project.</p><p>Under the framework of Infrastructure subprogramme of the PEEX, Ukrainian partners plan to create a long-term research infrastructure to consist of an extensive network of research stations, being only standard meteorological stations so far. Unfortunately, in Ukraine there are no FluxNet micrometeorological stations, let alone flagship research stations, to provide for measurement of a complete set of characteristics of the ecosystem-to-atmosphere interaction.</p><p>Having regard to the joint research plan of the Ukrainian project partners for 2020 it is supposed to revise the capacities of the existing network of hydrometeorological stations and the feasibility of its expansion by means of automatic weather stations ‘Inspector-Meteo’ (AWS-IM) and air quality transmitters ‘Vaisala’ AQT-420 available at three Ukrainian universities as a result of the Erasmus+ project ECOIMPACT, as well as acquisition of data from the network of automatic stations of the Ukrainian company IT-LYNX, which established a network of 55 AWS-IM for agribusiness purposes. The AWS-IM will expand the range of standard meteorological observations, and supplementation of it with models of environmental processes will make it possible to simulate the state of natural and man-made ecosystems in spatial and temporal scales.</p><p>It is additionally proposed to include AQT-420 transmitters available to the three Ukrainian universities due to the acquisition under the Erasmus+  project ECOIMPACT into the programme of monitoring air quality in large cities of Ukraine, with a view to the probable subsequent co-operation with the MegaSense project.</p><p>A detailed research plan of the Ukrainian participants for PEEX programme collaboration for the year 2020 is to be presented at the PEEX Inter- and Transdisciplinary Session at the EGU General Assembly.</p><p>Participation of Ukrainian universities, being the project partners in the PEEX educational subprogramme Transfer of Knowledge, is also important in order to provide training for a new generation of researchers in Ukraine who will use the new opportunities and tools gained over the course of implementation of the PEEX programme, including those ones that could be aimed at adaptation, mitigation of the climate change effects as well as dissemination of new knowledge and technologies acquired under the project to all concerned decision makers and the wider public.</p><div> <div> </div> </div>

Examining the Potential Use of the Collaborative-Geomatics Informatics Tool to Foster Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in a Remote First Nation Community

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Isogai ◽  
Daniel D. McCarthy ◽  
Holly L. Gardner ◽  
Jim D. Karagatzides ◽  
Skye Vandenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
First Nations ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Intergenerational Knowledge ◽  
Fort Albany

Northern First Nations in Canada have experienced environmental change throughout history, adapting to these changes based on personal experience interacting with their environment. Community members of Fort Albany First Nation of northern Ontario, Canada, have voiced their concern that their youths’ connection to the land is diminishing, making this generation more vulnerable to environmental change. Community members previously identified the collaborative-geomatics informatics tool as potentially useful for fostering intergenerational knowledge transfer. In this article, we assess the potential of the informatics tool to reconnect youth with the surrounding land in order to strengthen the adaptive capacity of Fort Albany First Nation. The tool was introduced to students in an environmental-outreach camp that included traditional activities. Students used global positioning systems and geo-tagged photographs that were loaded onto the informatics tool. Semi-directed interviews revealed that the students enjoyed the visual and spatial capabilities of the system, and recognised its potential to be used in conjunction with traditional activities. This pilot study suggests that the tool has the potential to be used by youth to provide an opportunity for the intergenerational transfer of Indigenous knowledge, but further evaluation is required.

scholarly journals Critical Intersectionality, Ageism, and Intergenerational Supports Foregrounding Black SGL and Gay Older Men

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 847-847
Author(s):  
Angela Perone ◽  
Beth Glover Reed ◽  
Danae Ross
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Same Gender ◽  
And Bisexual

Abstract Using critical intersectionality frameworks, this project foregrounds how Black same-gender-loving (SGL), gay, and bisexual older men navigate complexities of interacting positionalities (e.g. race, gender, sexual orientation, HIV-status, and class). This study employs and further develops intracategorical and intercategorical analytic methods with data from eight focus groups, conducted as part of a larger collaborative project in Detroit. Data from two intragroup focus groups with Black same-gender-loving older men and six subsequent intergroup focus groups with Black and white lesbian, gay, bisexual, SGL, and queer participants of various ages revealed concerns and responses to barriers and facilitators for intergenerational support and intergenerational transfer of knowledge. Building on intersectionality frameworks of power, this research provides new insights from a vastly underrepresented and understudied community about how shifting contexts shape how experiences of oppression like racism, ageism, and homophobia interact and reveal potential opportunities for intergenerational supports moving forward.

scholarly journals Cleantech: Prospects and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. VIII-XVII
Author(s):  
Shah Rukh Shakeel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Environmental Footprints ◽  
Industrial Needs

The issue of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and their effect on nature and the ecosystem has raised serious concerns. The desire to sustain economic growth and development while keeping a check on the environmental footprints is one of the leading challenges the contemporary world is currently facing. To ensure sustained growth, there is a need for technologies and solutions that has the potential to meet industrial needs without compromising the environment. Cleantech offers a possibility to address these needs in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. Cleantech, being an umbrella term, is often confused and misunderstood, in terms of its definition and scope. This study seeks to explore what cleantech actually is, how this sector came into prominence, what are the driving factors behind its surge, and what kind of socio-economic, technical, and regulatory prerequisites are necessary for the advancement of this sector.

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