The perfect storm: climate change and ancient Maya response in the Puuc Hills region of Yucatán

Abstract Maya Research Program (MRP) has conducted archaeological investigations in Northwestern Belize for twenty plus years. We received a grant from the Botanical Research Institute of Texas to make plant collections in a rainforest remnant, home to the archaeological site of Grey Fox. The team at MRP wished to understand the forest to protect it and the site. In collaboration, we rendered samples of most plant species there, documented ethnobotanical information about the specimens, and gave new insights into ways the collections could be queried to potentially shed light on Ancient Maya plant use and adaptations, subsistence pattern evolution, climate change patterns, and more.

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A perfect storm: climate change, the power grid, and regulatory regime change after network failure

Environment and Planning C Government and Policy ◽

10.1177/0263774x15614185 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 244-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Rennie Short

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Regime Change ◽

Power Grid ◽

Regulatory Regime ◽

Network Failure ◽

Perfect Storm

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Governance and planning in a ‘perfect storm’: Securitising climate change, migration and Covid-19 in Sweden

Progress in Planning ◽

10.1016/j.progress.2021.100634 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100634

Author(s):

Ingemar Elander ◽

Mikael Granberg ◽

Stig Montin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Perfect Storm

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Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Tourism

Journal of Globalization and Development ◽

10.1515/jgd-2020-0015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Serhan Cevik ◽

Manuk Ghazanchyan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

International Tourism ◽

Weather Events ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Climate Vulnerability ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Long Term Impact ◽

Perfect Storm

Abstract While the world’s attention is on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a greater existential threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term impact of climate change vulnerability on international tourism in a panel of 15 Caribbean countries over the period 1995–2017. Empirical results show that climate vulnerability already has a statistically and economically significant negative effect on international tourism revenues across the region. As extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe over time, our findings indicate that the Caribbean countries need to invest more in adaptation and mitigation in order to reduce vulnerabilities.

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