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Heterogeneity and Global Climate Action

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Abstract Countries respond differently to climate change, yet the impact of behavioral heterogeneity on global climate action remains unexplored. This leads to two related questions that we address: (i) how variation in preferences influences the global political economy of climate action; and (ii) what conditions enable sustained, high-
Giorgos Galanis   +2 more
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Social identities in climate action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
With the increasingly hazardous effects of climate change on nature and humanity, a key question in social science research is how to foster climate action, i.e., individual and collective behavior towards containment of negative consequences of climate ...
Hornung, Johanna
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Reimagining Museums for Climate Action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
An open access book bringing together essays and conversations to inspire further climate action within and beyond the museum ...

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Big data for climate action or climate action for big data? [PDF]

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2021
Under the banner of “data for good,” companies in the technology, finance, and retail sectors supply their proprietary datasets to development agencies, NGOs, and intergovernmental organizations to help solve an array of social problems. We focus on the activities and implications of the Data for Climate Action campaign, a set of public–private ...
Maria I Espinoza, Melissa Aronczyk
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State of climate action in Nepal 2023 : second citizen assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
“This report, entitled "State of Climate Action in Nepal-2023: Second Assessment" brought endeavors, and accomplishments mainly from the civil society perspective with key way forward in addressing this critical climate issue in Nepal.
Shrestha, Prabin Man   +6 more
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Health impact assessment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission from the combustion of agricultural wastes

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2022
Emissions of components of VOCs from combustion of agro-waste materials were quantified. Agro-waste materials comprising corn cobs, corn husks, bean chaff and rice husks were burnt at a temperature of 400°C in a muffle furnace, and the emissions were ...
Ebenezer Leke Odekanle   +6 more
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Case study: The rapid growth of an interdisciplinary statewide climate and health movement

open access: yesThe Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2022
The New Hampshire Healthcare Workers for Climate Action (NH HWCA) was created as a grassroots organization in the summer of 2021 and quickly grew to over 2500 participants in 8 months, reaching out to government officials via a signature campaign ...
Paul E. Friedrichs   +4 more
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Territorializing Climate Action [PDF]

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Climate change is a global issue but is experienced and understood differently across territories, which are spaces appropriated and governed by human groups. The territorial approach highlights how local social, political, and ecological contexts shape diverse climate impacts and responses.
Jahel, Camille   +8 more
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Beyond adaptation: Pacific voices on health, identity, and rights amid climate loss and damage

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Dynamics
Loss and damage is an essential but under-examined aspect of climate justice, particularly for Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), disproportionately impacted despite minimal global emissions contributions. In the context of the International
Sindra Sharma   +2 more
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Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action

open access: yesThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2022
ABSTRACT. The impacts of climate change on global health and populations are far-reaching, yet they disproportionately affect vulnerable groups, thereby exacerbating disparities. As humanity reckons with the emergency of climate change, our global health community needs to contend with our own contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.
Shyam Prakash Dumre   +7 more
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