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Spatial determinants of local government action on climate change: an analysis of local authorities in England [PDF]
, 2014 The engagement of UK local authorities is vital if national government is to meet its climate change commitments. However, with no mandatory targets at local government level, other drivers must explain engagement. Using a Geographic Information System,
Klineberg S. L. +3 more
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Climate Action for (My) Children [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 AbstractHow do we motivate cooperation across the generations—between parents and children? Here we study voluntary climate action (VCA), which is costly to today’s decision-makers but essential to enable sustainable living for future generations. We predict that “offspring observability” is critical: parents will be more likely to invest in VCA when ...
Helena Fornwagner, Oliver P. Hauser
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Cogent 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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Allocating the Burdens of Climate Action: Consumption-Based Carbon Accounting and the Polluter-Pays Principle [PDF]
, 2018 Action must be taken to combat climate change. Yet, how the costs of climate action should be allocated among states remains a question. One popular answer—the polluter-pays principle (PPP)—stipulates that those responsible for causing the problem should
A Agarwal +45 more
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Case study: The rapid growth of an interdisciplinary statewide climate and health movement
The 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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Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action
The 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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Land, 2023 The Canadian boreal forest biome has been subjected to a long history of management for wood production. Here, we examined the cumulative impacts of logging on older forests in terms of area, distribution and patch configuration in the managed forest ...
Brendan Mackey +7 more
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Are fire refugia less predictable due to climate change?
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Fire refugia—unburnt habitat within a wildfire’s perimeter—play a key role in wildlife persistence and recovery. While studies have shown that the location of refugia is influenced by local topographic factors, growing evidence points to extreme fire ...
Brendan Mackey +4 more
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Beyond adaptation: Pacific voices on health, identity, and rights amid climate loss and damage
Frontiers in Human DynamicsLoss 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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