Frontiers in Marine ScienceEurope’s marine and coastal ecosystems provide essential ecosystem services, however, their ability to support climate adaptation and mitigation is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures.
Gregory Fuchs +4 more
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Entrepreneurship in ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change
, 2018 This study focuses on entrepreneurship in ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change (EbA). EbA uses ecosystem services and biodiversity to help society adapt to climate change. Several scholars argue that entrepreneurship, by introducing novel ideas and innovative solutions, can contribute to the planning and implementation of EbA.
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Understanding evolutionary processes during past Quaternary climatic cycles: Can it be applied to the future? [PDF]
, 2010 Climate change affected ecological community make-up during the Quaternary which was probably both the cause of, and was caused by, evolutionary processes such as species evolution, adaptation and extinction of species and ...
Stewart, John R.
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A Framework to Assess Returns on Investments in the Dryland Systems of Northern Kenya [PDF]
, 2015 Governments need quantitative assessments of the outcomes of proposed investments so they can weigh the merits of each option. Without these, there is a risk that some proposed changes could in fact reduce rather than increase benefits to the economy and
Caroline King-Okumu
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A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro [PDF]
, 2012 This in-depth study of the hydrological risks to hydropower dams on the Zambezi River gives an early warning about what Southern Africa could be facing as it contemplates plans for more large hydropower dams in a time of climate change.Currently, 13,000 ...
Richard Beilfuss
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Multifunctionality of Nature-based solutions a scoping review of strategic planning processes
Discover SustainabilityNature-based Solutions (NbS) contribute to alleviating urban environmental challenges. Although the multifunctionality of NbS sites is theoretically preferred, there is less consideration in the scientific literature analyzing strategic planning for ...
Karl Henry Eckert
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Governance challenges to realising the potential of ecosystem-based adaptation in Bangladesh
Ecosystems and PeopleWetlands are under stress due to the impacts of climate change and ecological degradation. This warrants the need for an effective governance that ensures sustainability of these critical ecosystems and supports community resilience.
Syed Mohammad Aminur Rahman +2 more
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Regional index of sustainable economic well-being development project: final report [PDF]
, 2010 This report presents results from a development project carried out by nef (the new economics foundation) on behalf of emda (the East Midlands Development Agency) and Natural England, to improve the methodologies used in the calculation of the R-ISEW ...
Abdallah, S +4 more
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A Socio-Ecological Approach for Identifying and Contextualising Spatial Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Priorities at the Sub-National Level. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Bourne A +5 more
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Ethical Mastery of Innovative Technologies [PDF]
In this paper we present an alternative bio-epistemological-based approach to economic ethics issues, which suggests that economists need not only an understanding of the ecosystem in terms of irreversibility, but even more an understanding of the way ...
Broche, Serban, Munteanu, Costea
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