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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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Big data for climate action or climate action for big data? [PDF]
Big 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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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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Territorializing Climate Action [PDF]
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
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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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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Annals of Global HealthBackground: Chad is highly vulnerable to climate change, posing significant threats to health systems and population health. Rising temperatures, irregular rainfall, droughts, and resource scarcity exacerbate food insecurity, malnutrition, and vector ...
Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle +9 more
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Climate actions by climate and non-climate researchers
npj Climate ActionAbstract Tackling climate change requires both systemic changes and individual lifestyle changes. Are those best placed to understand the risks and solutions to climate change acting on their knowledge? In a large-scale study of N = 9220 researchers across 115 countries, we found that climate researchers reported engaging in considerably more advocacy ...
Fabian Dablander +2 more
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