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Launching criteria of ‘Heatstroke Alert’ in Japan according to regionality and age group
Environmental Research Communications, 2023 To reduce heatstroke cases, the Japanese government launched ‘Heatstroke Alert’ in 2020. In this initiative, an alert is issued when the daily maximum wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is expected to reach or exceed 33 °C.
Kazutaka Oka +2 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2020 The risks of flood and drought have been projected to increase in many regions due to global warming. Afforestation is considered an adaptation option because it reduces flood risks by decreasing total runoff and peak river discharge, but it also ...
Kumiko Takata, Naota Hanasaki
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Delivering organisational adaptation through legislative mechanisms: Evidence from the Adaptation Reporting Power (Climate Change Act 2008) [PDF]
, 2016 There is increasing recognition that organisations, particularly in key infrastructure sectors, are potentially vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events, and require organisational responses to ensure they are resilient and adaptive ...
Drew, Gillian H. +5 more
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Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability by Gender in Agro-pastoral Communities of Tanzania [PDF]
, 2017 Gender division of roles in agro-pastoral societies of semi-arid parts of Tanzania influence the exposure of women and men into various experiences, skills, knowledge, technology and resources, in similar ways to how they are exposed to climate risks and
Liwenga, E. T. (Emma) +1 more
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Integrating climate in Ugandan health and subsistence food systems: where diverse knowledges meet
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background The effects of food insecurity linked to climate change will be exacerbated in subsistence communities that are dependent upon food systems for their livelihoods and sustenance. Place-and community-based forms of surveillance are important for
Bianca van Bavel +7 more
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Open Agriculture, 2021 Climate change hazards including droughts and floods are adversely affecting crop productivity and food security among Kenyan smallholder farmers. This article analyzes rainfall and temperature change effects on household food security in Kimandi-Wanyaga,
Ngure Mary W. +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Accurate land use land cover (LULC) classification is vital for the sustainable management of natural resources and to learn how the landscape is changing due to climate.
Sana Basheer +6 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 This article reviews the economic and analytical challenges of adaptation to climate change. Adaptation to climate risks that can no longer be avoided is an important aspect of the global response to climate change. Humans have always adapted to changing climatic conditions, and there is growing, if still patchy, evidence of widespread adaptation ...
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Forests and climate change in Latin America: Linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies [PDF]
, 2010 Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the
Andrade, Angela +4 more
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An open-source MEteoroLOgical observation time series DISaggregation Tool (MELODIST v0.1.1) [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2016 Meteorological time series with 1 h time steps are required in many applications in geoscientific modelling. These hourly time series generally cover shorter periods of time compared to daily meteorological time series.
K. Förster +4 more
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