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Jenkins, G. "Climate processes and change." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 79, no. 20 (1998): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/98eo00176.

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Martins, Rafael D’Almeida, and Leila da Costa Ferreira. "Governing climate change:." Sustainability in Debate 2, no. 2 (December 21, 2011): 55–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18472/sustdeb.v2n2.2011.5819.

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This paper examines the climate change vulnerability of the Northern Coast of the State ofSão Paulo (Litoral Norte Paulista), Brazil. Based on a literature review and a case-studyencompassing the analysis of policy documents, secondary data and semi-structuredinterviews with policymakers and civil society representatives, it aims to provide a usefulway to examine the multiple and overlapping processes of environmental, social-economicand climatic change in this region. By analyzing its vulnerability, the paper argues that thedegree to which these cities are vulnerable to climate change is largely determined by thebroader historic and socio-economic contextual factors. The finding indicates that the social,economic and cultural changes brought by the last four decades of intense process ofurbanization, tourism exploitation and increasingly economic activities have deepened socialand environmental problems, increasing the vulnerability of particular groups and theregion as a whole to climate variability and change. The cross-scale nature of the problemsand the cross-level interactions of these processes pose significant challenges for thegovernance structures and institutions on the region that fail to address the root causes ofvulnerability, highlighting the municipalities’ insufficiency to address the consequences ofa changing environment and climate.
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Naudinot, Nicolas, and Robert L. Kelly. "Climate change and archaeology." Quaternary International 428 (January 2017): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.026.

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Pitman, A. J., and R. J. Stouffer. "Abrupt change in climate and climate models." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 3, no. 4 (July 19, 2006): 1745–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-3-1745-2006.

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Abstract. First, we review the evidence that abrupt climate changes have occurred in the past and then demonstrate that climate models have developing capacity to simulate many of these changes. In particular, the processes by which changes in the ocean circulation drive abrupt changes appear to be captured by climate models to a degree that is encouraging. The evidence that past changes in the ocean have driven abrupt change in terrestrial systems is also convincing, but these processes are only just beginning to be included in climate models. Second, we explore the likelihood that climate models can capture those abrupt changes in climate that may occur in the future due to the enhanced greenhouse effect. We note that existing evidence indicates that a major collapse of the thermohaline circulate seems unlikely in the 21st century, although very recent evidence suggests that a weakening may already be underway. We have confidence that current climate models can capture a weakening, but a collapse of the thermohaline circulation in the 21st century is not projected by climate models. Worrying evidence of instability in terrestrial carbon, from observations and modelling studies, is beginning to accumulate. Current climate models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the 4th Assessment Report do not include these terrestrial carbon processes. We therefore can not make statements with any confidence regarding these changes. At present, the scale of the terrestrial carbon feedback is believed to be small enough that it does not significantly affect projections of warming during the first half of the 21st century. However, the uncertainties in how biological systems will respond to warming are sufficiently large to undermine confidence in this belief and point us to areas requiring significant additional work.
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Pitman, A. J., and R. J. Stouffer. "Abrupt change in climate and climate models." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 10, no. 6 (November 28, 2006): 903–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-10-903-2006.

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Abstract. First, we review the evidence that abrupt climate changes have occurred in the past and then demonstrate that climate models have developing capacity to simulate many of these changes. In particular, the processes by which changes in the ocean circulation drive abrupt changes appear to be captured by climate models to a degree that is encouraging. The evidence that past changes in the ocean have driven abrupt change in terrestrial systems is also convincing, but these processes are only just beginning to be included in climate models. Second, we explore the likelihood that climate models can capture those abrupt changes in climate that may occur in the future due to the enhanced greenhouse effect. We note that existing evidence indicates that a major collapse of the thermohaline circulation seems unlikely in the 21st century, although very recent evidence suggests that a weakening may already be underway. We have confidence that current climate models can capture a weakening, but a collapse in the 21st century of the thermohaline circulation is not projected by climate models. Worrying evidence of instability in terrestrial carbon, from observations and modelling studies, is beginning to accumulate. Current climate models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the 4th Assessment Report do not include these terrestrial carbon processes. We therefore can not make statements with any confidence regarding these changes. At present, the scale of the terrestrial carbon feedback is believed to be small enough that it does not significantly affect projections of warming during the first half of the 21st century. However, the uncertainties in how biological systems will respond to warming are sufficiently large to undermine confidence in this belief and point us to areas requiring significant additional work.
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Overland, James. "Potential Arctic Change Through Climate Amplification Processes." Oceanography 24, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 176–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.70.

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Blum, Winfried. "Soils and Climate Change." Journal of Soils and Sediments 5, no. 2 (June 2005): 67–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/jss2005.02.006.

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Finn, Matt. "Visualising climate change." Geography 106, no. 3 (September 2, 2021): 114–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00167487.2021.1987644.

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Mrozewski, Tomasz. "Climate change data." Bulletin - Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA), no. 162 (July 26, 2019): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n162.1528.

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Kininmonth, William. "Climate Change — A Natural Hazard." Energy & Environment 14, no. 2-3 (May 2003): 215–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/095830503765184600.

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The impacts of weather and climate extremes (floods, storms, drought, etc) have historically set back development and will continue to do so into the future, especially in developing countries. It is essential to understand how future climate change will be manifest as weather and climate extremes in order to implement policies of sustainable development. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that natural processes have caused the climate to change and it is unlikely that human influences will dominate the natural processes. Any suggestion that implementation of the Kyoto Protocol will avoid future infrastructure damage, environmental degradation and loss of life from weather and climate extremes is a grand delusion.
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Chin-Yee, Simon. "Defining climate policy in Africa : Kenya's climate change policy processes." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/defining-climate-policy-in-africa-kenyaas-climate-change-policy-processes(3b7440d0-7f08-4e87-b47d-ea4ad0a56d50).html.

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This thesis seeks to investigate what shapes climate change policies in Kenya. Using Peter Haas' concept of usable knowledge, it argues the need to move beyond conventional perspectives on knowledge and power and provides a framework for understanding what knowledge and mechanisms are usable for policy makers. I argue that Kenyan climate policy is shaped by the interaction of knowledge and power across three crucial levels of influence - global, regional and national. As climate change forces us to rethink how we combine economic policies with environmental realities in Africa, each level encompasses distinct policy narratives where critical actors have an impact on national climate change policy. First, I argue that the standards, norms and regulations established by the global climate regime are directly reflected in national climate strategies of African countries, not only in terms of diplomatic moves to adhere to commitments made, but also in respect to benefiting from international mechanisms put in place to aid developing countries. Second, I examine the One Voice, One Africa narrative. This looks at the rise of the African Group of Negotiators within the global climate regime and their ability to influence Kenyan policy. Third, Kenya's climate change policy is shaped by the interaction of economic, political, and environmental constructs in national policy-making. The principle goal of this thesis is to open African environmental scholars and climate change policy analysts to a rigorous and flexible questioning of how climate policy processes operate in the African context.
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A'Bear, Andrew Donald. "Climate change, fungus-invertebrate interactions and ecosystem processes." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2014. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/58513/.

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Saprotrophic fungi are the main agents of primary decomposition and nutrient cycling in woodland ecosystems. Powerful enzymatic capabilities enable then to break down the most recalcitrant components of wood and leaf litter, such as lignin and cellulose. Nutrients are retained by dynamic networks of mycelium, which are vulnerable to grazing by soil invertebrates. The studies reported in this thesis employed laboratory microcosm, mesocosm and field manipulations to further mechanistic understanding of climate change effects on basidiomycete fungal-dominated woodland decomposer community dynamics and ecosystem processes. Increased mycelial growth at elevated temperature can be prevented by collembola grazing in soil microcosms. The strength of this top-down effect varied with fungal palatability, which had a bottom-up effect on collembola populations and their responses to warming. A mesocosm multispecies collembola population was more strongly regulated by the bottom-up effect of inoculation with cord-forming fungi than climate change (warming, in combination with soil wetting or drying). Collembola can graze fungal cords, but thickness and chemical defences make them less palatable than soil microfungi, which are outcompeted by basidiomycete mycelia. In the absence of fungal biomass limitation by collembola, abiotic conditions regulated microbial community functioning. Warming stimulated fungal-mediated wood decomposition, particularly in drier soils. Moisture was the most important determinant of enzyme activity and displayed an interaction with temperature analogous to that for wood decay. Macro-invertebrates, such as woodlice, are better able to exploit nutritious, but thick and defensive, fungal cords. The consequences of macro-invertebrate grazing for fungal-dominated microbial community function were tested in a field manipulation of woodlouse (Oniscus asellus, Isopoda) population densities, predicted to increase due to climate warming. This provides the first evidence for bottom-up effects of fungal palatability on woodlouse populations. Body lipid analysis revealed fungi as a major component of the generalist woodlouse diet. Despite low population densities at the site, altered O. asellus abundance influenced aspects of microbial community functioning. The importance of biotic effects on decomposition may be more heterogeneous than abiotic influences, depending on microbial community dominance and the abundance of key macro-invertebrate taxa.
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André, Karin. "Climate change adaptation processes : Regional and sectoral stakeholder perspectives." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-90500.

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This thesis analyses how societal adaptation processes in public and private sectors at the regional to local level in Sweden are enacted. The thesis pays particular attention to critical factors that constrain or enable adaptation by focussing on: who are the stakeholders, how do different stakeholders perceive their capacity to adapt, and the role of stakeholder interaction in facilitating adaptation processes A combination of two analytical perspectives is used where one is based on key concepts within adaptation literature, and the other draws on boundary crossing and transdisciplinary knowledge production (stakeholders, adaptive capacity, and science-based stakeholder dialogues). The study is conducted within the scope of two overall case studies of local adaptation processes within an urban region, and a land-use based sector, the private forestry sector. The cases are setting the scene for the collection of empirical material which is achieved through qualitative methods, primarily focus groups discussions with local and regional, public and private stakeholders with an interest in, and responsibility for adaptation. The focus groups meetings are organized as a series of meetings to which different participatory techniques are applied. The study also builds on a comprehensive stakeholder mapping. First, the results suggest a systematic method for identifying stakeholders in adaptation research, policy, and planning applicable in both sectors and regions that combines top-down knowledge with experience and knowledge based on bottom-up processes. Second, the analysis of perceived adaptive capacities reveal several facilitating and constraining factors that relates both to the characteristics of climate risks, experience of climate variability and extreme weather events, and responsibility- and decision-making structures. Third, the analysis of the interaction between local experts and scientists show that there is potential for the boundary spanning function of science-based stakeholder dialogues in facilitating adaptation through stimulating questions and sharing different knowledge bases and experiences among the participants. However further attention needs to be taken to the institutional environment and the role of so called anchoring devices that help local experts to contextualise, discus and thus anchor scientific knowledge in their own decision-making context. In conclusion, there are both commonalities between adaptation processes in the two case studies and some marked differences, e.g., regarding the concept of adaptation, what type of adaptation actions that are identified, the perceived opportunities for adaptation and degree of complexity.
Denna avhandling analyserar hur klimatanpassningsprocesser inom privata och offentliga sektorer på regional till lokal nivå i Sverige initieras, utvecklas och genomförs. Avhandlingen ägnar särskild uppmärksamhet åt identifiering av vilka intressenter (”stakeholders”) som är involverade i att underlätta och genomföra anpassning, uppfattningar om anpassningsförmåga samt vilken roll interaktion mellan olika intressenter kan ha för att underlätta anpassning. En kombination av två analytiska perspektiv används som bygger på tidigare forskning om klimatanpassningsprocesser samt transdisciplinär kunskapsproduktion. Studien genomförs inom ramen för två övergripande fallstudier av anpassningsprocesser i en urban region samt den privata skogssektorn. Fallstudierna utgör grunden för insamlingen av det empiriska materialet som bygger på kvalitativa metoder. Den främsta metoden är fokusgruppsdiskussioner med lokala och regionala, privata och offentliga aktörer med intresse av, eller ansvar för klimatanpassning. Fokusgrupperna organiseras som en serie möten där olika deltagandetekniker tillämpas. Studien bygger också på en omfattande intressentkartläggning. I avhandlingen utvecklas och ges förslag på en stegvis metod för att identifiera intressenter för anpassningsprocesser som kan användas inom forskning och praktik. Studien analyserar också hur olika intressentgrupper upplever förmågan att hantera klimatförändringar. Ett antal möjliggörande och begränsande faktorer identifieras så som karaktären på de upplevda klimatriskerna, erfarenhet av klimatvariationer och extrema väderhändelser, samt ansvar- och beslutsstrukturer. Slutligen, analyseras om och i så fall hur interaktionen mellan lokala experter och forskare som deltar i intressantdialoger (”science-based stakeholder dialogues”) kan underlätta anpassning. Resultaten visar att det finns potential genom att deltagarna ges möjlighet att ställa frågor tillvarandra och dela med sig av sina olika kunskapsbaser och erfarenheter, samt utforska olika anpassningsalternativ. Däremot behövs vidare studier för att undersöka betydelsen av det institutionella sammanhanget samt hur olika verktyg (”anchoring devices”) kan bidra när det gäller att förankra och omsätta kunskap om klimatförändringar i olika beslutskontexter. Avslutningsvis visar denna studie på att det finns både likheter och skillnader i hur anpassningsprocesser kommer till uttryck bland de olika aktörsgrupperna inom fallstudierna, t.ex. när det gäller hur begreppet anpassning används, vilken typ av anpassning som identifieras, upplevda möjligheter för anpassning samt graden av komplexitet.
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Hsu, Po-Han. "Communicating climate change in Internet discussion fora : processes and implications." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2014. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/48710/.

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Communicating climate change issues in the Internet era requires new strategies that incorporate online communication. The rapid growth of new media and widespread use of the internet has marked everyday lifestyles in modern society. Information on a wide range of social issues, including climate change, is disseminated and debated through online discussions in internet fora. In this research, communication on internet fora and other potential forms of online social interaction are explored, to identify ways to enhance climate change communication on the Internet. The thesis raises three research questions to explore the communication context of internet fora discussion, namely: what are characteristics of the communication process on internet fora? Who is involved in the communication process? What influences do these online communication activities have on users’ everyday activities? The research applies a mixed-methods approach of analysing the usage of Internet fora and the contents of fora communication activities to explore these questions. This includes qualitative reviews of topic-thread discussions to reveal users’ roles in discussions, as well as surveys of fora users. It is argued that with increasing levels of interaction among communicators (people who post or reply to articles in order to express or respond ideas) on internet fora, these communicators are mobilised to join the online discussion process, competing for opinion leadership. The online discussions further contribute to the formation of opinions on climate change, as climate change and related issues are discussed The thesis thereby aims to contribute to the development of effective approaches for opinion formation and climate change communication online, and to encourage individuals to discuss changing behaviour patterns and public engagement of greenhouse gas reduction actions.
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Pardikes, Nicholas A. "Global Change and Trophic Interaction Diversity| Complex Local and Regional Processes." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10282934.

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The structure and functioning of ecosystems across the globe are rapidly changing due to several components of global environmental change (GEC). My dissertation aims to illustrate how regional and local aspects of GEC impact diverse assemblages of species and species interactions. All organisms are embedded in complex networks of species interactions, and future efforts to predict and mitigate the impacts of GEC on ecological communities will be facilitated by such studies that incorporate a suite of species and species interactions. This study advances our understanding of how GEC will impact ecological communities by investigating two questions about GEC: 1) How will shifts in global climate cycles (e.g., El Nino Southern Oscillation), as a consequence of global warming, impact a diverse assemblage of butterflies that exist across a heterogeneous landscape? 2) What are the consequences of woody plant encroachment on complex, specialized interactions between plants, insect herbivores, and natural enemies (e.g., insect parasitoids)? Furthermore, I helped develop a tool to identify characteristics of ecological communities that are essential for promoting the diversity of trophic interactions. While the loss of species diversity is well recognized, interactions among species are vanishing at an astonishing rate, yet we know little about factors that determine the diversity of interactions within a community. Using data from a long-term butterfly monitoring dataset, I was able to demonstrate the utility of large-scale climate indices (e.g., ENSO) for modeling biotic/abiotic relationships for migratory butterfly species. Next, I used encroaching juniper woodlands in the Intermountain West to uncover that population age structure of dominant tress, such as juniper, can affect plant-insect dynamics and have implications for future control efforts in the expanding woodlands. Additionally, reductions of understory plant diversity, as a consequence of juniper expansion, resulted in significantly lower parasitism rates and parasitoid species diversity. Finally, simulated food webs revealed that species diversity and, to a lesser degree, consumer diet breadth, promote the diversity of trophic interactions. As ecosystems across the globe experience changes and the loss of species diversity continues, these findings offer insight into how GEC will impact species and species interactions.

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Villemain, Stéphane. "Statistical modeling of daily streamflow processes in consideration of climate change." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19279.

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Water resource planners need to develop contingency plans to deal with the potential impacts of climate variability and changes in the frequency and magnitude of riverflows. Recently, General Circulation Models (GCMs) have been recognized to be able to represent reasonably well the main features of the global atmospheric circulation for the current climate and could produce details of future climate conditions. This study is concerned with the development of statistical models that could describe accurately the linkage between large-scale GCM simulations and observations of the streamflow process at Eaton, Quebec, Canada. Such a linkage could be used to predict the resulting change of the selected streamflow characteristics from the projected change of climate conditions given by GCMs. These models are based on the application of linear regression methods to link historical streamflow data with climatic predictors at the daily scale as well as on the use of stochastic autoregressive modeling. Results of this numerical application have indicated that the combined regression-autoregressive model with log-normal random noise could provide accurate description of observed statistical daily flow properties at the study site. This model was then used to assess future streamflow conditions from CGCM1 (Coupled Global Climate Model from the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, version 1) and HadCM3 (Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3) outputs for different climate change scenarios.
L'étude des impacts potentiels des changements du climat et de sa variabilité sur les ressources en eau demande de modéliser l'évolution future des débits de rivières. Les Modèles de Circulation Générale (GCMs) sont de récents outils qui fournissent une l'information fiable sur l'évolution future des variables atmosphériques. La présente étude a pour but de développer des modèles statistiques permettant de relier ces variables climatiques aux variables de débit. De tels outils permettraient d'obtenir de l'information sur l'évolution future des débits à partir des simulations GCM. Ces modèles sont fondés sur l'utilisation conjointe à l'échelle journalière de techniques de régression linéaires et de techniques stochastiques autorégressives. En particulier, le modèle combiné régression-autorégression avec une génération aléatoire lognormale de résidus donne des résultats satisfaisants. Ce modèle a été utilisé pour évaluer l'évolution future des conditions de débit en utilisant des scénarios de changement climatique CGCM1 (Modèle couplé climatique global du Centre Canadien de la modélisation et de l'analyse climatique, version 1) et HadCM3 (Modèle couplé du centre Hadley, version 3).
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Cung, Annie. "Statistical modeling of extreme rainfall processes in consideration of climate change." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100788.

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Extreme rainfall events may have catastrophic impacts on the population and infrastructures, therefore it is essential to have accurate knowledge of extreme rainfall characteristics. Moreover, both the scientific community and policymakers have recently shown a growing interest in the potential impacts of climate change on water resources management. Indeed, changes in the intensity and frequency of occurrence of extreme rainfall events may have serious impacts. As such, it is important to understand not only the current patterns of extreme rainfalls but also how they are likely to change in the future.
The objective of the present research is therefore to find the best method for estimating accurately extreme rainfalls for the current time period and future periods in the context of climate change. The analysis of extreme rainfall data from the province of Quebec (Canada) revealed that, according to L-moment ratio diagrams, the data may be well described by the Generalized-Extreme-Value (GEV) distribution. Results also showed that a simple scaling relationship between non-central moments (NCM) and duration can be established and that a scaling method based on NCMs and scaling exponents can be used to generate accurate estimates of extreme rainfalls at Dorval station (Quebec, Canada). Other results demonstrated that the method of NCMs can accurately estimate distribution parameters and can be used to construct accurate Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves.
Furthermore, a regional analysis was performed and homogenous regions of weather stations within Quebec were identified. A method for the estimation of missing data at ungauged sites based on regional NCMs was found to yield good estimates.
In addition, the potential impacts of climate change on extreme rainfalls were assessed. Changes in the distribution of annual maximum (AM) precipitations were evaluated using simulations from two Global Climate Models (GCMs) under the A2 greenhouse gas emission scenario: the Coupled Global Climate Model version 2 (CGCM2A2) of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, and the Hadley Centre's Model version 3 (HadCM3A2). Simulations from these two models were downscaled spatially using the Statistical DownScaling Model (SDSM). A bias-correction method to adjust the downscaled AM daily precipitations for Dorval station was tested and results showed that after adjustments, the values fit the observed AM daily precipitations well. The analysis of future AM precipitations revealed that, after adjustments, AM precipitations downscaled from CGCM2A2 increase from current to future periods, while AM precipitations downscaled from HadCM3A2 show a mild decrease from current to future periods, for daily and sub-daily scales.
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Liu, Liguang. "Understanding China’s Climate Change Mitigation Policy Development: Structures, Processes and Outcomes." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/429.

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Climate change is one of the most important and urgent issues of our time. Since 2006, China has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter. China’s role in an international climate change solution has gained increased attention. Although much literature has addressed the functioning, performance, and implications of existing climate change mitigation policies and actions in China, there is insufficient literature that illuminates how the national climate change mitigation policies have been formulated and shaped. This research utilizes the policy network approach to explore China’s climate change mitigation policy making by examining how a variety of government, business, and civil society actors have formed networks to address environmental contexts and influence the policy outcomes and changes. The study is qualitative in nature. Three cases are selected to illustrate structural and interactive features of the specific policy network settings in shaping different policy arrangements and influencing the outcomes in the Chinese context. The three cases include the regulatory evolution of China’s climate change policy making; the country’s involvement in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activity, and China’s exploration of voluntary agreement through adopting the Top-1000 Industrial Energy Conservation Program. The historical analysis of the policy process uses both primary data from interviews and fieldwork, and secondary data from relevant literature. The study finds that the Chinese central government dominates domestic climate change policy making; however, expanded action networks that involve actors at all levels have emerged in correspondence to diverse climate mitigation policy arrangements. The improved openness and accessibility of climate change policy network have contributed to its proactive engagement in promoting mitigation outcomes. In conclusion, the research suggests that the policy network approach provides a useful tool for studying China’s climate change policy making process. The involvement of various types of state and non-state actors has shaped new relations and affected the policy outcomes and changes. In addition, through the cross-case analysis, the study challenges the “fragmented authoritarianism” model and argues that this once-influential model is not appropriate in explaining new development and changes of policy making processes in contemporary China.
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Capell, René. "Modelling dominant runoff processes using tracers and landscape organisation in larger catchments." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=186120.

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This work has contributed to the understanding of dominant runoff generation at the large catchment scale and to the understanding of the relationships between landscape properties and hydrological behaviour. The developed models were used to estimate the climate change impact on the hydrology in the study catchment. A multivariate geochemical tracer survey was carried out in North Esk catchment in north east Scotland. A generic typology was developed using multivariate statistical methods to characterise the hydrochemical tracer response. Upland headwater runoff was dominant downstream in winter and provided significant flows during base flow periods in summer. These insights were complemented by a conjunctive analysis of long-term river flow data and a one year stable isotope survey. Integrative metrics of transit times, hydrometric responses, and catchment characteristics were explored for relationships at the large catchment scale. The evaluation that the associated soils and bedrocks, themselves controlling the flow path distribution, have a strong influence on the integrated hydrological catchment response. The empirically-based understanding of dominant runoff generation processes in the North Esk uplands and lowlands were used in a stepwise rainfall-runoff model development. Tracers were directly incorporated to reduce structural and parameter uncertainty. The integration of tracers helped reduce parameter uncertainty. These tracer-aided models increased confidence for using them to explore the effects of environmental change. Climate change impacts in the catchment where explored by forcing the models with projected climate change forcing from the UK Climate Projections 2009. The results revealed landscape-specific changes in the hydrological response with increased summer drought risk in the lowlands and diminishing snow influence and increased winter floods in the uplands. The spatial integration mediated the extremes observed in the subcatchments.
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Pathack, Beenay M. R. "Modulation of South African summer rainfall by global climatic processes." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21735.

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Global climatic processes which control the interannual variability of summer rainfall over South Africa are studied. Monthly and seasonal rainfall variations are analysed with respect to fluctuations in sea surface temperature (SST), outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and tropospheric winds. OLR is used as a proxy for convective intensity and for the identification of areas of sympathy and opposition to convection over South Africa. Wind data (and derived parameters) are employed to explore large- scale tropical dynamical structures. Plausible explanations are offered for the observed associations. A change in sign of the correlation structure from the October/November rainfall regime to the December through March regime is indicative of a shift from downstream advective processes (Atlantic side) to a teleconnection-type of behaviour (Indian Ocean side). Rainfall variations during the late summer months show significant (and negative) links with SST fluctuations within the equatorial/tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean areas and are consistent with results obtained in analyses with respect to OLR fluctuations. December OLR in the Western Equatorial Indian Ocean is associated with a large portion of the variance in late summer rainfall, and points to a possible relation with the evolution of the Indian monsoon. The positive association implies that reduced cloudiness off the eastern coast of equatorial Africa in the spring precedes above normal mid- and late- summer rainfall over South Africa. Vertical mass overturnings are investigated through the velocity potential and derived parameters (the Zonal Circulation and Meridional Circulation Indices). The results suggest that the vertical tropospheric cells are among the important associated components which modulate climate across southern Africa, and that broad scale flows have an impact upon regional circulation cells. Evaluation of the vertical circulations with respect to wet and dry composites reveals that the Walker-type cell which connects a branch over the Indian Ocean gradually forms after November and reaches peak development in February. A slight increase of SST in the Central Equatorial Indian Ocean (CEI) modifies the Walker cell anomaly leading to below normal summer rainfall over South Africa. Additional thermodynamic inputs in the CEI region are conducive to deeper convection, hence elevated outflow signatures are observed in the velocity potential and related fields. It is conjectured that the teleconnections between South Africa, the CEI and the remote Pacific Ocean regulate the depth of moisture influx and convergence over South Africa. Based on the results of this study, it is believed that empirical models could be designed for long-range prediction of summer rainfall anomalies over the central interior of South Africa.
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Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Sensitivity of eolian processes to climate change in Canada: Impact of global change on geological processes in Canada. Ottawa: Natural Resources Canada, 1997.

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Nickling, W. G. (William George) and Geological Survey of Canada, eds. Sensitivity of eolian processes to climate change in Canada: Impact of global change on geological processes in Canada. Ottawa, Ont: Geological Survey of Canada, 1997.

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1942-, Church Michael Anthony, and Geological Survey of Canada, eds. The impact of climate change on rivers and river processes in Canada. Ottawa, Ont: Geological Survey of Canada, 2001.

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Chalov, Sergey, Valentin Golosov, Rui Li, and Anatoly Tsyplenkov, eds. Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Processes and Sediment Dynamics: Measurement, Modelling and Management. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03646-1.

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An, Zhisheng. Late Cenozoic climate change in Asia: Loess, monsoon and monsoon-arid environment evolution. Dordrecht: Springer, 2014.

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Ryder, J. M. Geomorphological processes in the alpine areas of Canada: The effects of climate change and their impacts on human activities. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada, 1998.

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International Workshop on Effects of Expected Climate Change on Soil Processes in the Tropics and Sub-tropics (1990 Nairobi, Kenya). Soils on a warmer earth: Effects of expected climate change on soil processes, with emphasis on the tropics and sub-tropics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990.

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Einax, J. Chemometrics in environmental chemistry: Applications. Berlin: Springer, 1995.

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National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Office of Research and Applications research programs: Meteorological prediction, oceanic processes, climate and global change monitoring, satellite instrumentation and calibration. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1989.

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United, States National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service Office of Research and Applications. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Office of Research and Applications research programs: Meteorological prediction, oceanic processes, climate and global change monitoring, satellite instrumentation and calibration. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1989.

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Trenberth, Kevin. "Toga and Atmospheric Processes." In Understanding Climate Change, 117–25. Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/gm052p0117.

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Nogueira, Christiano. "Education in Climate Change Processes." In Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, 3497–529. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72579-2_156.

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Nogueira, Christiano. "Education in Climate Change Processes." In Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, 1–33. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6431-0_156-1.

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Torres-Lima, Pablo, and Rey Acosta-Barradas. "Regional Vulnerability of Agro-Environmental Processes Facing Climate Change. Latin American Adaptation Agendas." In Climate Change Management, 3–18. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04489-7_1.

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Lettenmaier, Dennis. "Hydrologic Processes in Global Climate Change." In Geophysics News 1990, 14–15. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/sp029p0014.

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Lauer, Hannes, and Irit Eguavoen. "Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development in the Gambia: A Window of Opportunity for Transformative Processes?" In Climate Change Management, 87–98. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25814-0_7.

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Aslam, Saima, Shahid Ul Islam, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, and Epari Ritesh Patro. "Impact of Biotechnology on the Climate Change." In Environmental Processes and Management, 109–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3_7.

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Müller, Sebastian, and Marcela Scarpellini. "The Need for Science-Based Information. A Requirement for Top-Down and Bottom-up Decision-Making Processes." In Climate Change Management, 203–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36875-3_11.

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Saxena, K. G., and K. S. Rao. "Climate Change and Vegetation Phenology." In Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: Patterns and Processes, 25–39. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4210-7_2.

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Viezzer, Jennifer, Mariana Egler, Miguel Fluminhan Filho, Marcio Wixak Vieira, Martin Becher, Patricia Betti, Leonardo Borgmann Campos, Armin Deitenbach, Lukas Hach, and Luiz Miguel Stumbo Filho. "Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis at the Local Level: Lessons Learnt from Brazil on How to Conduct Participative Processes." In Climate Change Management, 283–98. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56946-8_17.

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Mori, Nobuhito, Ryota Iwashima, Tomohiro Yasuda, Hajime Mase, Tracey Tom, and Yuichiro Oku. "135. IMPACT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON WAVE CLIMATE." In Coastal Dynamics 2009 - Impacts of Human Activities on Dynamic Coastal Processes. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814282475_0134.

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Kovacs, Melinda Haydee, Dumitru Ristoiu, Cezara Voica, and Zaharie Moldovan. "Climate change influence on drinking water quality." In PROCESSES IN ISOTOPES AND MOLECULES (PIM 2013). AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4833749.

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Erdélyi, Dániel. "Climate change among the least developed." In The Challenges of Analyzing Social and Economic Processes in the 21st Century. Szeged: Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gazdaságtudományi Kar, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/casep21c.12.

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Climate Change is a global phenomenon that has geographically varying impacts. To fulfill Hungary’s climate obligations and implement effective adaptation practices, we need to understand the working mechanism of climate change in smaller territorial units. Regional differentiating is of paramount importance in regional strategy making. As part of an on-going research that aims to identify the local impacts of climate change and the local answers against it, this paper is analyzing the local properties and opportunities of the case study of Sarkad LAU 1 region. Sarkad region is one of the most underdeveloped yet one of the richest areas in natural resources like biodiversity, landscape, and cultural heritage. This duality highlights the need to act against the negative outcomes of climate change. The local main climate effects of climate change are indicated by using the cartograms of the National Adaptation and Geoinformation System database. It is crucial to identify the local vulnerability in order to take effective measurements promoting adaptivity and mitigation. As a result of the research, the unique properties of the LAU 1 region the ways of adaptation in connection with climate change are indicated.
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Liou, Kuo-Nan. "Radiative transfer and regional climate change." In RADIATION PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN (IRS2012): Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium (IRC/IAMAS). AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804701.

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Nekos, A. N., M. V. Boiaryn, and I. M. Netrobchuk. "Global Climate Change – are There Regional Implications?" In 16th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.2022580158.

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"Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation Processes for Climate-Related Impact and Adaptation Studies." In ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium: Adaptation and Mitigation. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/cc.20152146697.

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Ostroukh, V. І., T. M. Kurach, and O. G. Reshetniak. "Mapping of climate change on the teritory of Ukraine." In XIV International Scientific Conference “Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment”. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202056005.

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"Photos: Climate Change and Sustainability Engineering in ASEAN 2019." In HIGH-ENERGY PROCESSES IN CONDENSED MATTER (HEPCM 2020): Proceedings of the XXVII Conference on High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of RI Soloukhin. AIP Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/12.0001260.

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"Preface: Climate Change and Sustainability Engineering in ASEAN 2019." In HIGH-ENERGY PROCESSES IN CONDENSED MATTER (HEPCM 2020): Proceedings of the XXVII Conference on High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of RI Soloukhin. AIP Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/12.0000647.

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Messner, S., L. Moran, G. Reub, and J. Campbell. "Climate change and sea level rise impacts at ports and a consistent methodology to evaluate vulnerability and risk." In COASTAL PROCESSES 2013. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/cp130131.

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Wolfe, S. A., and W. G. Nickling. Sensitivity of eolian processes to climate change in Canada. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/209068.

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Johnson, Donald R. Modeling of hydrologic and transport processes in relation to climate change. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/804893.

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Redente, E. F. Processes of community development and responses of ecosystems to climate change. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5756677.

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Redente, E. Processes of community development and responses of ecosystems to climate change. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/7106742.

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Ashmore, P., and M. Church. The impact of climate change on rivers and river processes in Canada. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/211891.

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Akasha, Heba, Omid Ghaffarpasand, and Francis Pope. Climate Change and Air Pollution. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.071.

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This rapid literature review explores the interactions between climate change and air pollution, with a focus on human health impacts. In particular, the report explores potential synergies in tackling climate change and air pollution together. The impacts and implications of the transition from a carbon-intensive economy upon air quality and consequently human health are examined. Discussing climate change without air pollution can lead to risks. For example, strategies that focus on electrification and transition to renewable energy achieve maximum health and air quality benefits compared to strategies that focus mainly on combustible renewable fuels (biofuel and biomass) with some electrification. Addressing climate change necessitates a shift towards a new low carbon era. This involves stringent and innovative changes in behaviour, technology, and policy. There are distinct benefits of considering climate change and air pollution together. Many of the processes that cause climate change also cause air pollution, and hence reductions in these processes will generate cleaner air and less global warming. Politically, the consideration of the two issues in tandem can be beneficial because of the time-inconsistency problems of climate change. Air pollution improvements can offer politicians victories, on a useful timescale, to help in their aims of reversing climate change. By coupling air pollution and air pollution agendas together, it will increase the media and political attention both environmental causes receive. Policies should involve the integration of climate change, air quality, and health benefits to create win-win situations. The success of the strategies requires financial and technical capacity building, commitment, transparency, and multidisciplinary collaboration, including governance stakeholders at multiple levels, in both a top-down and bottom-up manner.
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Buesseler, Ken O., Di Jin, Melina Kourantidou, David S. Levin, Kilaparti Ramakrishna, and Philip Renaud. The ocean twilight zone’s role in climate change. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1575/1912/28074.

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The ocean twilight zone (more formally known as the mesopelagic zone) plays a fundamental role in global climate. It is the mid-ocean region roughly 100 to 1000 meters below the surface, encompassing a half-mile deep belt of water that spans more than two-thirds of our planet. The top of the ocean twilight zone only receives 1% of incident sunlight and the bottom level is void of sunlight. Life in the ocean twilight zone helps to transport billions of metric tons (gigatonnes) of carbon annually from the upper ocean into the deep sea, due in part to processes known as the biological carbon pump. Once carbon moves below roughly 1000 meters depth in the ocean, it can remain out of the atmosphere for centuries to millennia. Without the benefits of the biological carbon pump, the atmospheric CO 2 concentration would increase by approximately 200 ppm 1 which would significantly amplify the negative effects of climate change that the world is currently trying to curtail and reverse. Unfortunately, existing scientific knowledge about this vast zone of the ocean, such as how chemical elements flow through its living systems and the physical environment, is extremely limited, jeopardizing the efforts to improve climate predictions and to inform fisheries management and ocean policy development.
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Bolton, Laura. Lessons for FCDO Climate Change Programming in East Africa. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.085.

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This rapid review synthesises evidence on FCDO climate projects across the East African region in the following countries; Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. This review established that sector stakeholders in countries like Rwanda lacked climate impact information. This highlights the need of providing the right information in the right form to meet the end users need. The above case studies have shown the need for consistent and harmonised future climate projections that are country specific. According to a study undertaken in Tanzania and Malawi, understanding the likely future characteristics of climate risk is a key component of adaptation and climate-resilient planning, but given future uncertainty it is important to design approaches that are strongly informed by local considerations and robust to uncertainty. According to the findings from the research, policy incoherence, over-reliance on donor funding, change in leadership roles is a barrier to adaptation. There is also an urgent need for mechanisms for sharing experience and learning from methodologies, technologies, and challenges. Further, Stakeholder dialogue and iterative climate service processes need to be facilitated. This review also explores approaches to communicating climatic uncertainties with decision-makers. Particularly, presentation of data using slide-sets, and stories about possible futures.
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Hegazi, Farah, and Katongo Seyuba. The Social Side of Climate Change Adaptation: Reducing Conflict Risk. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55163/seyz9437.

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In developing countries, the effects of climate change interact with factors such as underdevelopment, high dependence on natural resource-based livelihoods, inequality, weak state institutions and marginalization to increase the risk of insecurity and violent conflict. Along with sustainable development and climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation is another key entry point for addressing climate-related security risks. However, key social factors that could positively influence adaptation outcomes and ultimately mitigate climate-related security risks are often overlooked. This SIPRI Policy Brief offers insights into the importance of social capital for facilitating climate change adaptation and preventing and resolving natural resource-related communal conflict in developing countries. The policy brief recommends: (a) improving trust between communities and governments through collaborative processes for knowledge exchange, setting priorities and determining appropriate climate change adaptation practices; and (b) increasing knowledge of climate change among traditional and local leaders to strengthen local conflict resolution mechanisms.
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Ryder, J. M. Geomorphological processes in the alpine areas of Canada: the effects of climate change and their impacts on human activities. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/209946.

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