“No Car Day”

Transportation is the major factor contributing to climate change. We decided to address the issue of transportation in relation to climate change for this research-informed action (RiA) project. The purpose of our RiA project was to learn about transportation and climate change, conduct a mini-correlational study, and address the issue by encouraging students and their parents to limit car use. After learning that a larger portion of the boys and girls that we surveyed rely on cars to get to school we decided to organize an event called “No Car Day” at Erindale SS on March 22, 2013. This coincided with Earth Hour. In addition, we made announcements from Monday to Thursday to inform student s about this specific event. We counted the number of cars prior to the event and found that an average of 156 cars dropped students off in the morning. On the morning of the event, we counted the number of cars again. This time, the number of cars was 115.We think that our campaign made a difference. We want to encourage students in other schools to organize similar events. We encourage our peers and our teachers to carpool, take the bus, bike or walk. If we all do our part, then we may be able to alleviate the negative effects that transportation has on climate change before it is too late.

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The Effects of US State-Level Energy and Environmental Policies on Clean Tech Innovation and Employment

Journal of Management and Sustainability ◽

10.5539/jms.v6n2p1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ross Gittell ◽

Josh Stillwagon

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

State Level ◽

Environmental Policies ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Level Energy ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Employment Benefits ◽

Technology Industry ◽

Change Policy

<p>This paper explores the influence of US state-level policies meant to address climate change on clean technology industry development. The largest influence of climate change policies is identified as being on energy research employment. Only some policies seem to contribute positively to clean tech employment while other policies appear to discourage employment growth. The magnitudes of the short term effects, even when statistically significant, are modest. Negative impacts on employment are identified for several mandate-oriented, so called command and control, policies including vehicle greenhouse gas standards, energy efficiency resource standards, and renewable portfolio standards with the former two having increasing negative effects over time. The findings suggest that climate change policy advocates should be careful to not assume that there will be positive clean tech employment benefits from state-level energy and environmental policies. Instead, the benefits from these policies may derive primarily from other considerations beyond the scope of this paper, including health and environmental benefits and reduction of dependence on foreign energy sources.</p>

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Reforestation can compensate negative effects of climate change on amphibians

Biological Conservation ◽

10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109187 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 260 ◽

pp. 109187

Author(s):

Quezia Ramalho ◽

Luara Tourinho ◽

Mauricio Almeida-Gomes ◽

Mariana M. Vale ◽

Jayme A. Prevedello

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Negative Effects

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Is the Green Wave Really Green? The Risks of Rebound Effects When Implementing “Green” Policies

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13105411 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 5411

Author(s):

Elisabeth Bloder ◽

Georg Jäger

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

High Risk ◽

Urban Areas ◽

The Other ◽

Agent Based ◽

Traffic Lights ◽

Traffic System ◽

Rebound Effects ◽

Car Use ◽

Reduce Emissions

Traffic and transportation are main contributors to the global CO2 emissions and resulting climate change. Especially in urban areas, traffic flow is not optimal and thus offers possibilities to reduce emissions. The concept of a Green Wave, i.e., the coordinated switching of traffic lights in order to favor a single direction and reduce congestion, is often discussed as a simple mechanism to avoid breaking and accelerating, thereby reducing fuel consumption. On the other hand, making car use more attractive might also increase emissions. In this study, we use an agent-based model to investigate the benefit of a Green Wave in order to find out whether it can outweigh the effects of increased car use. We find that although the Green Wave has the potential to reduce emissions, there is also a high risk of heaving a net increase in emissions, depending on the specifics of the traffic system.

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The effect of climate change on depression in urban areas of western Iran

BMC Research Notes ◽

10.1186/s13104-021-05565-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hamed Abbasi

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Mental Health ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Western Iran ◽

Regime Changes ◽

Climatic Time Series ◽

Climatic Elements

Abstract Objective Human is accustomed to climatic conditions of the environment where they are born and live throughout their lifetime. The aim of this study is to examine mood swings and depression caused by sudden climate changes that have not yet given the humans a chance to adapt. Results Our results showed that depression could be affected by climate change and as a result, the behavior of climatic elements and trends has damaged mental health in the western regions of Iran. By investigating the trends and changes of climatic time series and their relationship with the rate of depression in urban areas of western Iran, it can be said that climate change is probably a mental health challenge for urban populations. Climate change is an important and worrying issue that makes the life difficult. Rapid climate changes in western Iran including rising air temperature, changes in precipitation, its regime, changes cloudiness and the amount of sunlight have a negative effects on health. The results showed that type of increasing or decreasing trend, as well as different climatic elements in various seasons did not have the same effect on the rate of depression in the studied areas.

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The Changing Ethics of Climate Change

Ethics & International Affairs ◽

10.1017/s0892679414000422 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 351-358 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Daniel Mittler

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Power Plant ◽

Moral Obligation ◽

Environmental Movement ◽

Health Problems ◽

Renewable Energies ◽

Car Use ◽

The Face ◽

Speed Up ◽

The Right

Many in the environmental movement have argued in recent years that in order to speed up climate actions we should take the ethics out of the climate change debate. Focusing on the moral obligation to act or on the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable was often judged to render the discourse too “heavy,” “negative,” or “difficult.” Many also deemed it unnecessary. After all, renewable energies, better designed cities that allow for reduced car use, and power plant regulations that lead to cleaner local air—to take just three examples—all have real and substantial benefits unrelated to the fact that they are “the right thing to do” in the face of climate change. They create jobs, reduce health problems and costs, and make society fitter.

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production and Sustainable Agriculture of Smallholder Farmers in Vietnam

Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences ◽

10.31817/vjas.2021.4.2.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 1100-1107

Author(s):

Nguyen Van Phu

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Agriculture ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Human Beings ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Food Supply Chains ◽

The World

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human beings, and agriculture is one of the fields that is most negatively affected by climate change. Farmers around the world and global food supply chains are impacted by the more extreme weather phenomena and increased damage of diseases and pests caused by climate change. Today, almost all agricultural enterprises and farms consider climate change a serious long-term risk for their production. Agricultural land systems can produce significant greenhouse gases (GHGs) by the conversion of forests to crop- and animal lands, and also through the weak management of crops and livestock. Around the world, cultivation and cattle production accounts for 25% of global GHG emissions (Javeline, ‎2014). However, under suitable conditions, agriculture can create environmental conditions that can help minimize pollution and the negative effects of climate change including carbon absorption by green plants in forests, and fields for watershed protection and biodiversity conservation. Sustainable agriculture helps farmers to adapt, maintain, and improve productivity without applying harmful techniques. In turn, this allows farms to manage and mitigate climate-related risks in their supply chains. The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) has found new ways to incorporate smart climate cultivation methods into all farming practices to help farms and enterprises carry out agriculture sustainably.

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Genetic diversity of native and cultivated Ugandan Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner): Climate influences, breeding potential and diversity conservation

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0245965 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. e0245965

Author(s):

Catherine Kiwuka ◽

Eva Goudsmit ◽

Rémi Tournebize ◽

Sinara Oliveira de Aquino ◽

Jacob C. Douma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Genetic Diversity ◽

Allelic Variation ◽

Coffea Canephora ◽

Ex Situ ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Robusta Coffee ◽

Genetic Diversity And Structure ◽

Adaptive Diversity ◽

Southern Central

Wild genetic resources and their ability to adapt to environmental change are critically important in light of the projected climate change, while constituting the foundation of agricultural sustainability. To address the expected negative effects of climate change on Robusta coffee trees (Coffea canephora), collecting missions were conducted to explore its current native distribution in Uganda over a broad climatic range. Wild material from seven forests could thus be collected. We used 19 microsatellite (SSR) markers to assess genetic diversity and structure of this material as well as material from two ex-situ collections and a feral population. The Ugandan C. canephora diversity was then positioned relative to the species’ global diversity structure. Twenty-two climatic variables were used to explore variations in climatic zones across the sampled forests. Overall, Uganda’s native C. canephora diversity differs from other known genetic groups of this species. In northwestern (NW) Uganda, four distinct genetic clusters were distinguished being from Zoka, Budongo, Itwara and Kibale forests A large southern-central (SC) cluster included Malabigambo, Mabira, and Kalangala forest accessions, as well as feral and cultivated accessions, suggesting similarity in genetic origin and strong gene flow between wild and cultivated compartments. We also confirmed the introduction of Congolese varieties into the SC region where most Robusta coffee production takes place. Identified populations occurred in divergent environmental conditions and 12 environmental variables significantly explained 16.3% of the total allelic variation across populations. The substantial genetic variation within and between Ugandan populations with different climatic envelopes might contain adaptive diversity to cope with climate change. The accessions that we collected have substantially enriched the diversity hosted in the Ugandan collections and thus contribute to ex situ conservation of this vital genetic resource. However, there is an urgent need to develop strategies to enhance complementary in-situ conservation of Coffea canephora in native forests in northwestern Uganda.

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Interacting effects of cold snaps, rain, and agriculture on the fledging success of a declining aerial insectivore

10.1101/2021.06.29.450344 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Roy Garrett ◽

Fanie Pelletier ◽

Dany Garant ◽

Marc Bélisle

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Agricultural Intensification ◽

Prey Availability ◽

Tree Swallow ◽

Landscape Changes ◽

Population Declines ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Fledging Success ◽

Inclement Weather ◽

Aerial Insectivore

Climate change predicts the increased frequency, duration, and intensity of inclement weather periods, such as unseasonably low temperatures and prolonged precipitation. Many migratory species have advanced the phenology of important life history stages, and as a result are likely exposed to these periods of inclement spring weather more often, thus risking reduced fitness and population growth. For declining avian species, including aerial insectivores, anthropogenic landscape changes such as agricultural intensification are another driver of population declines. These landscape changes may affect the foraging ability of food provisioning parents, as well as reduce the probability a nestling will survive periods of inclement weather, through for example pesticide exposure impairing thermoregulation and punctual anorexia. Breeding in agro-intensive landscapes may thus exacerbate the negative effects of inclement weather under climate change. We used daily temperatures related to significant reductions of insect prey availability (cold snaps), combined with measures of precipitation, and assessed their impact on Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) fledging success, a declining aerial insectivore breeding across a gradient of agricultural intensification. Fledging success decreased with the number of cold snap days experienced by a brood, and this relationship was worsened during periods of prolonged precipitation. We further found the overall negative effects of experiencing periods of inclement weather are exacerbated in more agro-intensive landscapes. Our results indicate that two of the primary hypothesized drivers of many avian population declines may interact to further increase the rate of declines in certain landscape contexts.

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Weather Differentials and Discount Rate Impact on Farmers’ Net Revenue: Modeling Results from Ghanaian Data Focusing on Different Agro-Climatic Zones

Journal of Extreme Events ◽

10.1142/s2345737621500123 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2150012

Author(s):

Isaac Dasmani ◽

Samuel K. N. Dadzie

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Soil Fertility ◽

Discount Rate ◽

Crop Production ◽

Critical Issue ◽

Management Policy ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Climatic Zones ◽

Net Revenue ◽

Using Data

In most developing countries, climate variabilities and discount rate played an integral role in the decision-making of farmers, which mostly affect their net revenue. Our study employs Ricardian models to empirically verify this hypothesis using data collected from three major agro-climatic zones in Ghana. We particularly estimated the comparative effect of climate change variability, discount rate, and soil fertility; due to trade-off effect of certain farm practices in response to climate change across major climatic zones and also the fact that discount rate becomes an extremely critical issue in formulating and evaluating conservation and management policy to address climate change. The result indicates that discount rate has a positive and significant effect on the farmers’ net revenue. Further, effect of changes in temperature on food crop production and hence net revenue is more felt in the forest and savannah zones. On the other hand, an increase in rainfall has significant negative effects on crop net revenues and whole-farm net revenue, but a positive effect on net revenue of farmers in the savannah zone. We also found a significant increase in soil fertility to increase crop net revenues.

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