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Implications of and possible responses to climate change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Climate change is expected to worsen food insecurity and seriously undermines rural development prospects. It makes it harder to achieve the Millenium Development Goals and ensure a sustainable future beyond 2015.
Kahiluoto, Helena, Rötter, Reimund
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Neighbourhood socio-economic vulnerability and access to COVID-19 healthcare during the first two waves of the pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland: A gender perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesEClinicalMedicine, 2022
Mongin D   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Methods and tools for assessing the vulnerability of forests and people to climate change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Adaptation is necessary for reducing the impacts of climate change on forests and societies. So far, forests, forest ecosystem services, and forest-dependent people or sectors have not been adequately represented in adaptation studies or policies, even ...
Brockhaus, Maria   +4 more
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‘The best year’/‘I struggled with everything’: Widening participation experiences of pandemic online learning

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving retention and graduate outcomes for students from a widening participation (WP) background is key to achieving more equitable outcomes. However, evidence suggests WP students experienced different challenges than their peers during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Wilhelmiina Toivo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting the vulnerable: poverty and social exclusion in ireland as the economic crisis emerged [PDF]

open access: yes
A frequent refrain during recent debates on welfare cuts has related to the need to “protect the vulnerable”. However, it is far from clear that a consensus exists on which individuals or groups are to be included under this heading with consequent lack ...
Bertrand Maître, Christopher T. Whelan
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Prioritisation for adaptation in tropical forest ecosystems : Working paper n°44 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Under natural resource ecosystems shared across communities and nations, the distribution among stakeholders of risks and vulnerability to climate change is likely to be uneven on account of the nature of their stakes in the ecosystems, the degree of ...
Forner, Claudio   +6 more
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A pipeline crisis or a sustainability crisis? Local and national succession planning for headteachers in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. Previous research has identified three distinct ways in which succession planning can be conceptualised and approached: a ‘pipeline’ approach seeks to match supply and demand for the posts that need filling; a ‘pool’ strategy involves proactively identifying and ...
Toby Greany   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contextual and socio-economic factors affected urban dwellers experiences of and vulnerability to ecosystem disservices

open access: yesScientific African
Peoples’ experiences of Ecosystem Disservices (EDS) are influenced by socio-economic and environmental characteristics, and this needs better understanding for informed planning and management of urban green infrastructure.
Koupamba G. Sinasson S   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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