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2. Paper 3: Impact of the Indoor Climate on the Performance of Building Materials Contaminated with Salt Mixtures.
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De Clercq, Hilde, Godts, Sebastiaan, and Hayen, Roald
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CONSTRUCTION materials , *SALTS , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *CLIMATOLOGY , *ARCHITECTURE - Abstract
Archaeological sites are essentially submitted to decay phenomena inherent on their history as well as the environment to which they are exposed after excavation. The history of such archaeological sites is particularly related to their long-term underground conservation conditions during which they were subject to salt migration into the architectural remains. It is well known that soluble salts present in building materials can cause damage, mainly by producing stresses in the substrate. A lot of research has been done in the past concerning the behaviour of salts in built constructions. However, most studies include single salts, of which the deliquescence points are well documented, while in situ one mostly finds complex salt mixtures, which makes the conservation strategy much more intricate. The environmental conditions to minimize damage of salt-laden porous building materials can be modelled using a computer program ECOS capable of predicting the crystallization behaviour of salt mixtures. To use the model data of quantitative salt analyses are required as input. The program is then able to predict from a thermodynamic point of view which minerals will exist in the solid state under specified climatic conditions. This paper deals with the results of a systematic investigation of the salt contamination of the building materials of the Coudenberg site and a prediction of the behaviour of the salt mixture related to the actual climate, as part of the environmental assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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3. Back to Bali: the effectiveness of using microclimates during a loan of artworks on paper between the Netherlands and Indonesia.
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Scott, Graeme, Fekrsanati, Farideh, MacKinnon, Fiona, Reuss, Margrit, and von Waldthausen, Clara
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FRAMING (Building) , *SEALING (Technology) , *DATA loggers , *CLIMATOLOGY , *STRUCTURAL health monitoring - Abstract
Sixty-two paintings, most of which were on paper, by Balinese artists, were sent on loan to Museum Puri Lukisan in Ubud, Bali, which had been set up in 1956 with help from the collector of the works, the Dutch artist Rudolf Bonnet. The exhibition travelled from Bali to Jakarta. The museum building on Bali had no climate control; so the paintings were sealed in simple, unmodified frames in an unobtrusive manner. Conditions inside and outside the sealed packages were recorded throughout the loan using tiny electronic dataloggers developed for testing within food and drugs packaging. The project demonstrated that relatively simple and inexpensive techniques proved highly effective in protecting the works from warm and humid tropical conditions. Resume «Retour a Bali: l'efficacite de l'utilisation de micro-climats au cours d'un pret d'œuvres sur papier entre les Pays-Bas et l'Indonesie» Soixante deux peintures, dont la plupart realisees sur papier par des artistes de Bali, furent envoyees en pret au musee Puri Lukisan in Ubud de Bali, qui avait ete cree en 1956 avec l'aide d'un collectionneur d'œuvres, l'artiste hollandais Rudolf Bonnet. L'exposition a voyage de Bali a Jakarta. Le batiment du musee de Bali n'avait pas de systeme de controle du climat; les peintures ont donc ete scellees d'une facon discrete dans de simples cadres sans qu'on ait eu a les modifier. Les conditions a l'interieur et a l'exterieur des paquets scelles ont ete enregistrees tout au long du pret en utilisant de petits capteurs electroniques mis au point pour evaluer les emballages de denrees alimentaires et de medicaments. Le projet a demontre que des techniques relativement simples et peu couteuses s'averent tres efficaces dans la protection des œuvres dans un climat tropical chaud et humide. Zusammenfassung „Zuruck nach Bali: Die Effektivitat von Mikroklimaten wahrend einer Leihgabe von Kunst auf Papier aus den Niederlanden nach Indonesien” 62 Gemalde von balinesischer Kunstler, die meisten auf einem Papiertrager, wurden an das Museum Puri Lukisan in Ubud, Bali, verliehen. Diese Museum war 1956 mit Hilfe des Sammlers der Gemalde, dem niederlandischen Kunstler Rudolf Bonnet, aufgebaut worden. Die Ausstellung reiste von Bali nach Jakarta. Das Museumsgebaude auf Bali hatte keine Moglichkeit der Klimakontrolle und so wurden die Gemalde in einfachen, unmodifizierten Rahmen gerahmt. Die Bedingungen innerhalb und ausserhalb der versiegelten Pakete wurden wahrend des gesamten Verleihs mit winzigen elektronischen Dataloggern gespeichert, die fur Test von Nahrungsmitteln und medizinischen Verpackungen entwickelt wurden. Das Projekt zeigte, wie relativ einfache und billige Methoden sich als sehr effektiv erwiesen, um die Werke von den feuchtwarmen tropischen Bedingungen zu schutzen. Resumen “Regreso a Bali: la efectividad en el uso de microclimas durante el prestamo de obras de arte sobre papel entre Holanda e Indonesia” Sesenta y dos pinturas, la mayoria de ellas sobre papel, de artistas balineses, fueron enviadas bajo prestamo al museo Puri Lukisan en Ubud, Bali, que en 1956 habian sido instaladas con la ayuda del coleccionista de los trabajos, el artista holandes Rudolf Bonnet. La exposicion viajo desde Bali a Yacarta. El edificio del museo en Bali no tenia control climatico; por tanto las pinturas fueron selladas en marcos sencillos de la manera menos intrusiva. Se registraron durante todo el proceso las condiciones dentro y fuera del embalaje usando unos minusculos medidores electronicos desarrollados para testar comida o droga empaquetada. El proyecto demostro que unas tecnicas relativamente simples y baratas eran muy efectivas en la proteccion de las obras de las condiciones de calor y humedad tropical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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4. Paper 2: Climatic Study of the Underground Archaeological Site Coudenberg.
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Hayen, Roald, De Clercq, Hilde, and Godts, Sebastiaan
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CLIMATOLOGY , *BIOACCUMULATION , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *ECOLOGY , *CONSERVATION & restoration - Abstract
The excavation and valorization of subterranean archaeological remains, and eventually opening a site to the public, required a proper management and conservation strategy. This strategy was based on the evaluation of the delicate balance between the requirements for public health and safety, and the protection of the archaeological remains from future degradation. Controlling the climate can be essential for a preventive conservation strategy, which can be defined as an indirect action to increase the life expectancy of the archaeological remains, and by doing so keeping them in a preferred state of conservation to mitigate damage and/or deterioration. Potential risks and possible interventions are outlined to avoid climatic conditions which are in conflict with the requirements for the visitors' comfort while preventing damage phenomena to the materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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5. Taking a trauma and adversity perspective to climate change mental health.
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O’Donnell, Meaghan and Palinkas, Lawrence
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CLIMATE change & health ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CLIMATE change ,EMOTIONAL trauma - Abstract
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- 2024
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6. On the links between climate scepticism and right-wing populism (RWP): an explanatory approach based on cultural political economy (CPE).
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Haas, Tobias
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RIGHT-wing populism , *EFFECT of human beings on climate change , *SKEPTICISM , *RIGHT & left (Political science) , *CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
Various analyses show that right-wing populist parties (RWP) tend to be sceptical of climate science and policy. This points to a blank space in the dominant analyses of populism: their blindness towards society-nature relations. This paper aims to develop an approach grounded in Cultural Political Economy (CPE) that can be used to decipher the mediation of RWP within the context of economic, political, and cultural developments as well as society–nature relations. Against this background, the argument is developed that RWP is concerned not only with countering migration and processes of societal liberalisation, but also with defending an existing way of life that is firmly rooted in the destructive appropriation of nature. As a current of right-wing politics, RWP defends the imperial mode of living by expressing scepticism towards the existence of anthropogenic climate change. The paper contributes to a better understanding of the political economy of RWP by linking the dimensions of social domination with the appropriation of nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. Spaceborne satellite remote sensing of tropical montane forests: a review of applications and future trends.
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Altarez, Richard Dein D., Apan, Armando, and Maraseni, Tek
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MOUNTAIN forests ,TROPICAL forests ,SPACE-based radar ,REMOTE sensing ,SYNTHETIC aperture radar ,OPTICAL sensors ,CLIMATOLOGY ,EMERGENCY management - Abstract
While our knowledge of tropical montane forests (TMFs) is limited, human activities continue to damage them. Remote sensing has shown its usefulness for forest investigations with difficult terrain. This study systematically reviewed the applications of spaceborne remote sensing to TMFs with regards to time, spatial distribution, journal publication, methodology, theme, sensor systems, vegetation zones, research needs, and techniques applied. Our review found that the number of papers published between 1997 to 2021 has increased considerably. Experts used optical sensors with low to medium spatial resolution (85.76%), and that the use of synthetic aperture radar received little attention (12.70%). Published articles varied substantially between continents, with the Americas having the most studies (62.26%), leaving Asia, Africa, and Oceania behind. Most research has focused on forestry (42.66%), climate science (11.01%), and disaster management (9.63%). This paper highlighted the challenges and opportunities in the application of remote sensing in TMF conservation and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. ABSTRACTS OF THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 63rd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, APRIL 11-14,1967.
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ECONOMIC development ,ANNUAL meetings ,CLIMATOLOGY ,GEOGRAPHERS ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article presents abstracts of the papers presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Saint. Louis, Missouri. The meeting took place in April 1967. The paper "Defense and the Morphology of Certain Settlements in the Western Mediterranean," discusses economic growth. Another paper "Approach to a Generating Model for Climatic Statistics," discusses a set of probability models for generating climatic statistics. After a brief review of previous work on this subject, a model based on moving waves superimposed, on standing waves in the zonal winds is outlined.
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- 1967
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9. Assessing climate solutions and taking climate leadership: how can universities prepare their students for challenging times?
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Molthan-Hill, P. and Blaj-Ward, L.
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UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,LEADERSHIP ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CLIMATE change ,CURRICULUM ,HIGHER education ,ADULTS - Abstract
Copyright of Teaching in Higher Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2022
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10. Critical realism, the climate crisis and (de)growth.
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Buch-Hansen, Hubert and Nielsen, Peter
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CLIMATE change ,CRITICAL realism ,CONSUMERISM ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CLIMATE research - Abstract
What does it entail to study the climate crisis from – or consistently with – a critical realist perspective? The paper addresses this question in three steps. First, it considers the boundaries of critical realism in relation to climate crisis research. In this context it identifies climate science as a field that in important respects resonates implicitly with critical realism. Conversely, a book by human ecologist Andreas Malm is introduced as an example of a work that, while sympathetic to critical realism, in key respects contradicts core features of it. Second, to illustrate what an analysis of the crisis informed by critical realism can look like, the paper brings into focus the main causes of the climate crisis – including the capitalist growth imperative, neoliberalism, and consumer culture. Finally, the status quo project, the green growth project and the degrowth project are identified as fundamentally different ways of approaching the climate crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. The changing value of Antarctica to Australia's security policy.
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Bond, Isabelle and Mortensen, James
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ANTARCTIC climate ,CLIMATOLOGY ,NATURAL disasters ,EMERGENCY management ,ENVIRONMENTAL security ,CLIMATE change denial - Abstract
Antarctica is a crucial regulator of the world's climate, and as environmental security permeates global security, using Antarctic science to better understand climate is becoming increasingly pressing. Although the Australian Government has recognised that climate change poses 'a current and existential national security' threat and has acknowledged Antarctica's importance regarding the earth's global climate system, the focus of Australia's intelligence community pertaining to Antarctica currently remains restricted to upholding the military-security and diplomatic goals of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). This current focus aims to hedge against the possibility of conflict on, or over, the frozen continent via 'working the ATS', however, this paper argues that Antarctic climate science holds a greater capacity to deliver security outcomes for Australia. Antarctic climate science offers opportunities regarding intelligence for Antarctica, that is, securing Australia's Antarctic interests, as well as regarding intelligence from Antarctica; by enhancing natural disaster preparedness, bolstering broader strategic planning, as well as furthering diplomacy and the legitimisation of Australia's leadership on, and over, the frozen continent. It is recommended that the Commonwealth Government establish a climate intelligence working group to ensure the utility of climate science to security and intelligence is realised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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12. Titles and Abstracts of Papers Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1937.
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GEOGRAPHY ,EARTH sciences ,PHYSICAL sciences ,EROSION ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
Presents abstracts of research papers and speeches on geographic study. Erosion cycle in a rugged mountain region and changes in settlement patterns at the eastern Canadian Arctic; Contributions of U.S. scientists to the geographic knowledge of the Central Pacific; Establishment of a unique climatic study.
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- 1938
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13. The Trouble with Modeling the Human into the Future Climate.
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Harris, Dylan M.
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ATMOSPHERIC models ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CLIMATE change ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,CLIMATE justice - Abstract
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- 2022
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14. Pedagogy of the implicated: advancing a social ecology of responsibility framework to promote deeper understanding of the climate crisis.
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Bryan, Audrey
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SOCIAL ecology ,CLIMATE change ,SOLIDARITY ,GLOBAL warming ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper draws on Deborah Britzman's conceptualisation of 'difficult knowledge' and Michael Rothberg's figure of 'the implicated subject' to advance a Social Ecology of Responsibility Framework (SERF) in relation to the climate crisis.This framework demonstrates the impossibility of disarticulating individual, private actions that contribute to the ecological crisis from state-corporate climate-related harms. While not discounting differences of scale between individual actions and state-corporate crimes, the article highlights difficulties with binaristic approaches to climate responsibility which privilege either personal actions or macro-level norms, practices and ideologies. Foregrounding self-implication, the model serves as a basis for establishing transnational and transgenerational solidarity with human and other-than-human lifeforms who inhabit the Earth. The paper concludes with some examples of visual images and accompanying activities that can be used to prompt critical reflection on one's own positioning as an implicated subject and as a change agent who can contribute to the amelioration of global warming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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15. Scalar dissonances, knowledge-making, sense of urgency, and social narratives about the future. Contours of the climate change debate in Latin America.
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de León Escobedo, Teresa Guadalupe
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CLIMATOLOGY ,HUMAN geography ,SOCIAL sciences education ,DEVELOPING countries ,CLIMATE change ,NARRATIVES - Abstract
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- 2023
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16. Sedimentary Ways.
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Bremner, Lindsay
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CLIMATOLOGY ,DIAGENESIS ,METAPHYSICS ,SEDIMENTS ,CHEMICAL processes - Abstract
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- 2021
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17. Risk Perceptions in UK Climate Change and Energy Policy Narratives.
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Shin, Haeran and Choi, Byung Doo
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RISK perception ,AGENDA setting theory (Communication) ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,NARRATIVES ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper analyses environmental narratives in the legislative stages presented in UK white papers, the Prime Minister's speeches, and the Queen's speeches, all of which were released between 1997 and 2011, during the regimes either of New Labour (1997–2010) or of the currently governing Coalition (2010–). This research acknowledges that the link between risk perception and environmental policy is strong because environmental policy narratives either reflect or influence risk perceptions, or both. The findings of this research demonstrate that the risk of climate change has emerged as a key agenda due to combined risk perceptions on economy and environment. Subsequently, that risk has developed a connection to the risk of energy scarcity and energy facilities. Nuclear power has posed a possible resolution to the energy risk, but at the same time, it has posed another kind of risk too. Under the Coalition government, the risk of natural diversity loss emerged while the risks of climate change and energy continued. The dynamics of the negotiation among different risk perceptions would depend on the power relations among the groups. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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18. Oil and gas just transitions: an introduction to the special issue.
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Jenkins, Kirsten E. H.
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PETROLEUM industry , *PETROLEUM prospecting , *NATURAL gas prospecting , *CLIMATOLOGY , *VALUE chains , *GIBBERELLINS - Abstract
The latest climate science provides stark warnings around the need for a transition away from further oil and gas exploration. Denmark, as a leader in the oil and gas transition, has already cancelled new oil and gas permits and is pursuing the phase-out of existing oil production in the Danish North Sea by 2050. Progress in other areas of the world, however, is more circumscribed, giving rise to a landscape of both 'leaders' and 'laggards' across value chains. This Special Issue unites the need for market-led oil and gas just transitions with net zero emission ambitions, critically analyzing the potential for a just transition (or transitions) by 2040. This editorial provides introductory context to nine articles and summarizes their key policy insights. The nine contributions present interdisciplinary and mixed method perspectives from globally diverse country contexts. Papers explore oil and gas transitions across the value chain and with attention to a range of stakeholders and processes, including public norm development, tribunals, and industry investments. Whilst there is growing consensus across various actors and institutions in society around the need to phase-out oil and gas, the papers also showcase that care must be taken to avoid perverse incentives, engage the public, steer investment, engage with controversies, account for emerging producers, consider country phase-out sequencing, account for indirect and direct job losses, and consider investor compensation caps. Across all contributions, and alongside reflections of the various barriers and enablers for obtaining just outcomes, considerations of just transitions thinking appear in several different ways. They appear conceptually, empirically (in terms of research findings), as guidance for decision-making, and as an aspirational outcome or target to be obtained; that is, just transition is treated in the same way as the phase-out of oil and gas - as a process and a goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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19. Norwegian climatology, the Republic of Letters and the Nordic Enlightenment.
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Moira Ryan, Siobhan
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CLIMATOLOGY , *ENLIGHTENMENT , *PHILOSOPHY of nature , *KNOWLEDGE transfer , *CIVIL service - Abstract
Although natural philosophers of Enlightenment Europe shared common ideals, like reliance on reason and natural philosophy, to promote what they deemed to be progress; there were national differences in attitude and disciplinary focus. This paper takes various eligibility criteria as a starting point from which to define a Nordic Enlightenment science; and situates endeavours in climate science within visions of useful science and international conventions for scientific practice. Two perspectives are explored: the make-up of the Nordic Enlightenment science; and the Nordic natural philosopher's various platforms for work and knowledge transfer. While historians differ as to what constitutes Enlightenment thought and spirit, I establish the existence of a Nordic Enlightenment science by identifying and examining several of its indicators. The paper concludes with a more specific discussion of climate science in Norway in which I show how climate observations performed during the eighteenth century by a sample of Norway's clergymen and civil servants bear testimony to an internationally-oriented science, through articles produced for science journals and conventions followed for data presentation and instrumentation. The findings corroborate existing knowledge of a progress-driven, Enlightenment science in Nordic countries; reveal differences between countries, and present Norway's early-modern climate science in an international light. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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20. Process skeptical populist framing of climate change in right-leaning media.
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Jett, Janel, Raymond, Leigh, and Hennes, Erin P.
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CLIMATE change denial , *RIGHT-wing populism , *CLIMATOLOGY , *CLIMATE change , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *POLICY sciences - Abstract
Scholars have noted the compatibility of right-wing populism—centering on belief in an antagonistic relationship between 'the people' and 'the elite' – with climate change skepticism. In this paper, we examine process skepticism, a type of criticism that we argue is especially well-aligned with populism. Process skepticism focuses not on denying evidence of climate change (evidence skepticism) nor on critiquing policy responses (response skepticism), but on directly attacking the scientific and political processes underlying climate science and policy decision-making. We examine the prevalence of populist ideas in climate skeptical frames disseminated in U.S. media between 2008 and 2020. As expected, we find robust evidence of populist skepticism, particularly in far-right outlets. More importantly, the majority of populist messages were process skeptical in nature. The emergence of process skeptical populist frames may critically impede climate policy efforts by promoting distrust that is especially resistant to increasing scientific evidence or policy advancements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 1948 ANNUAL MEETINGS IN MADISON, WISCONSIN DECEMBER 27, 28, 29, 30, 1948.
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GEOGRAPHY , *CENSUS , *CITIES & towns , *HUMAN settlements , *CLIMATOLOGY , *METEOROLOGY - Abstract
Presents abstracts to articles presented at the 1948 annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Madison, Wisconsin. "Geographical Work in the Bureau of the Census," by C. E. Batschelet; "Delimitation of Urban Areas for the 1950 Census," by Margery D. Howarth and August J. Nogara; "Some New Climate Maps of China," by Charles Y. Hu.
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- 1949
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22. The role of climate on Covid-19 spread in France.
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Aboura, Sofiane
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COVID-19 ,HUMIDITY ,REGRESSION analysis ,WEATHER ,CLIMATOLOGY ,RISK assessment ,SEASONS ,INFECTIOUS disease transmission ,DEATH ,COVID-19 pandemic ,COLD (Temperature) ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of climate on the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in France. Ordinary, time-varying, and threshold regressions of the number of cases and deaths are run on weather and government variables. The main findings support the role of climate in Covid-19 spread. The results reveal that a rise in temperatures is negatively associated with reported deaths, while an increase in relative humidity or wind and a decrease in precipitations are negatively associated with confirmed cases. These weather variables appear statistically significant only during the winter season. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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23. The impact of COVID-19 on academic aeromobility practices: Hypocrisy or moral quandary?
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Tseng, Sherry H. Y., Lee, Craig, and Higham, James
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GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,STUDENT mobility ,COVID-19 pandemic ,HYPOCRISY ,COVID-19 ,CLIMATOLOGY ,AERONAUTICAL safety measures - Abstract
Academics have long regarded air travel as vital to pursuing a successful career. Meanwhile, many academics are at the frontline of climate change science and advocate the urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The conflict between combating global warming and high aeromobility practices traps academics in a loop of hypocrisy. However, COVID-19 presents an opportunity for academics to advance their research and careers with reduced aeromobility. This research investigates how academics have adapted to virtual working experiences during COVID-19 and the implications for establishing changes in aeromobility practices. Informed by the theory of practice change, this paper reports the findings of a comprehensive survey and interview programme in New Zealand. It provides insights into the prospects for reduced aeromobility and the institutional policy frameworks required to embed a new normal, considering the unique circumstances faced by academics working at geographically remote institutions. The findings reveal that instead of being trapped in a loop of hypocrisy, New Zealand academics face a moral quandary in being concerned about climate change and wishing to reduce aeromobility practices, while wanting to avoid compromising career success. Recommendations for academics to face this moral quandary and their institutions to support practice change are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. Unmasking difference: intersectionality and smallholder farmers' vulnerability to climate extremes in Northern Ghana.
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Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Hanson
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CLIMATE extremes ,INTERSECTIONALITY ,BINARY gender system ,POWER (Social sciences) ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper examines intersectionality and climate vulnerability in Ghana's Upper West Region. Located within the southern fringe of the West African Sahel, and inhabited largely by smallholder farmers, the Upper West faces recurring climate extremes. This paper asks, how do the intersections between different inequalities and power relations shape vulnerability to climate extremes? Evidence for the paper comes from intensive qualitative fieldwork. Focusing especially on lived experiences from four case studies, the paper demonstrates the textured ways in which masculinity ideals, health status, religion, gender, age, marital status, and poverty intersect to deepen farmers' vulnerability to dry spells, flash floods, and after-storm recovery. Overall, the paper advances two interrelated arguments. Firstly, it argues that vulnerability analysis that focuses independently on gender, class, religion, and other characteristics, is insufficient because it risks homogenizing entire groups. Secondly, the paper argues that climate extremes do not always affect women more adversely than men. Indeed, dominant ideals of threatened masculinity can make men highly vulnerable during extreme climatic events. In the end, the paper concludes that if vulnerability analysis fails to unmask difference or move beyond binary gender categories, ensuing interventions may miss the real needs of countless individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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25. Warm bodies in the Chinese borderlands: architecture, thermal infrastructure, and territorialization in the arid continental climate of Ürümchi, Xinjiang.
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Kobi, Madlen
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DOMESTIC architecture ,BORDERLANDS ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CONSTRUCTION materials ,THERMAL comfort - Abstract
Architectural research often considers buildings as local material adaptations to climate, particularly when it comes to the analysis of architecture in rural and small-scale settlements. Based on ethnographic data from the rapidly urbanizing oasis metropolis Ürümchi in China's northwestern borderlands, this paper goes beyond such a localized view of climate responsiveness. It analyzes how individual thermal practices of residents are linked to the interests of the state and to socio-cultural notions of thermal comfort. Through the classification of Xinjiang as part of China's northern "Heating Zone," the keeping warm of individual bodies becomes part of a territorializing strategy. There are, however, clear seasonal differences in how indoor residential spaces are regulated to maintain bodily comfort. In winter, apartment owners and residents enjoy the amenities of the state-financed heating infrastructure. In summer, cooling strategies depend on more neoliberalized, individual, social, and architectural ways to lower indoor temperatures. This paper unfolds the diversity of thermal discourses and practices that characterize Ürümchi citizens' creation of comfortable residential spaces throughout the seasons. The data outlines that houses as infrastructures are far from being simple containers that keep residents' bodies warm. Instead, the socio-technical organization of thermal spaces interferes with territorial strategies and ethnic place-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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26. Organisational safety climate and occupational accidents and injuries: an epidemiology-based systematic review.
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Leitão, Sara and Greiner, Birgit A.
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ACCIDENT prevention ,CINAHL database ,CLIMATOLOGY ,COMMUNICATION ,DATABASES ,DECISION making ,EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,MANAGEMENT ,MEDLINE ,META-analysis ,ONLINE information services ,QUALITY assurance ,SAFETY ,OCCUPATIONAL hazards ,DATA analysis ,LITERATURE reviews ,ACQUISITION of data - Abstract
It is widely accepted among practitioners and researchers that a good safety climate results in improved safety. However, there is a lack of systematic and detailed reviews summarising and evaluating the scientific evidence underpinning the relationship between safety climate and injuries and accidents in a company. The current research addresses this gap and studies the association of safety climate with accidents and injuries at work. Nine databases were searched for quantitative studies. After eligibility and quality selection, 17 peer-reviewed papers were analysed. Quality assessment was developed applying the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies (STROBE) guidelines, together with 9 appraisal criteria from Berra and colleagues (2008), Downs and Black (1998) and the appraisal tool from the University of Cardiff Weightman, Mann, Sander, & Turley, (2004). An evaluation summary statement was then constructed analysing the strength of the evidence provided by each study. Although 15 of the 17 studies included in this review provided full or partial support for the association of safety culture with accidents/injuries at work, scientific evidence is still unclear on the causal relationship between these two variables. Research is needed, especially longitudinal and intervention studies, to demonstrate in detail this association, which has been widely accepted in the area of occupational health and safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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27. Stories from the Global South: the interplay of climate science, 'action' and the implications for development.
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Vogel, Coleen and Naidoo, Nadia Shah
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CLIMATOLOGY , *CLIMATE change mitigation , *CLIMATE change , *POVERTY areas ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
Calls for humanity to act on environmental changes are becoming increasingly critical. The growing polycrisis including the impact of ongoing conflicts in contested geopolitical spaces and the struggles for ways to sustain a livelihood in areas of precarity and poverty, are just some of the intersecting challenges which have given rise to a Code Red alarm by the United Nations surrounding issues related to climate change. Rich narratives and stories of climate actions from Africa offer examples of potential paths. This paper explores how such narratives inform local development and climate action. A key message is that stories and narratives, created by various peoples, disciplines, and systems of knowledge, can all be powerful genres and sources for agentic change that can inspire and embolden development practice and action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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28. Climate risk assessment in the MDB – a review.
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Alexandra, Jason
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RISK assessment ,WATER supply ,WATERSHEDS ,CLIMATOLOGY ,SYSTEMIC risk (Finance) - Abstract
Climate change introduces greater complexity to water resources planning, requiring techniques suited to increased future uncertainties. In Australia's Murray Darling Basin, governments formally recognised climate risk in 2002 and legislated science-based climate risk assessment in 2007. Since then, research has helped clarify the significance of climate change impacts on catchments, riverine ecosystems and water resources. This paper offers a review of climate risk assessments undertaken over the past two decades and outlines research needs and policy options while noting there are no simple solutions given the systemic nature of climate risks. Water resource planning and climate risk assessment need to handle non-stationarity and post-natural Anthropocene conditions. These methods should integrate biophysical and socio-economic modelling, increase stakeholder participation in developing and testing policy options and codify standards and procedures for transparency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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29. Advocating inaction: a historical analysis of the Global Climate Coalition.
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Brulle, Robert J.
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HISTORICAL analysis ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,COALITIONS ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CARBON emissions ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
Ever since climate change became a political issue in the late 1980s, a number of industry coalitions have formed to oppose mandatory carbon emissions reductions. One key coalition was the Global Climate Coalition (GCC). This paper conducts a historical and empirical review of the activities of this coalition. This review shows that the GCC engaged in four distinct activities to obstruct climate action: 1) monitoring and contesting climate science, 2) commissioning and utilizing economic studies to amplify and legitimate their arguments, 3) shifting the cultural understanding of climate change through public relations campaigns and 4) conducting aggressive lobbying of political elites. Through these activities, the GCC played an important role in obstructing climate action, both in the U.S. and internationally. Further analysis of similar coalitions can aid in our understanding of the organized opposition to climate action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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30. Discussion of “A comparison of local and aggregated climate model outputs with observed data” A black eye for the Hydrological Sciences Journal.
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Huard, David
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STATISTICAL correlation ,CLIMATOLOGY ,MATHEMATICAL models ,SIMULATION methods & models ,HYDROLOGIC models ,GREENHOUSE gases ,SOLAR radiation - Abstract
A paper published by Anagnostopoulos et al. in volume 55 of the Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) concludes that climate models are poor based on temporal correlation between observations and individual simulations. This interpretation hinges on a common misconception, that climate models predict natural climate variability. This discussion underlines fundamental differences between hydrological and climatological models, and hopes to clear misunderstandings regarding the proper use of climate simulations. Citation Huard, D. (2011) A black eye for the Hydrological Sciences Journal. Discussion of ‘A comparison of local and aggregated climate model outputs with observed data’ by G.G. Anagnostopoulos et al. (2010, Hydrol. Sci. J. 55 (7), 1094–1110). Hydrol. Sci. J. 56(7), 1330–1333. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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31. Climatology in American Geography.
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Skaggs, RichardH.
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CLIMATOLOGY ,PHYSICAL geography ,WORLD War II ,ENVIRONMENTAL sciences ,EARTH sciences - Abstract
In this essay, I attempt to chronicle and assess the position of climatology in American geography during the past one hundred years with emphasis on the role of papers published in the Annals. The approach I take is influenced by my interest in the decline of physical geography, including climatology, beginning in the last half of the 1800s ( ) to its resurgence in the 1950s and 1960s, and reviews of the climatology literature that have appeared recently (e.g., ). I discuss climatology in American geography in three loosely defined periods. The first is the formative era in which physical geography, including climatology, was a dominant part of our discipline, and physical geographical conditions such as climate were considered determinants of human affairs. In the middle (regional) era, the physical geographic environment, including climatology, was largely taken to be a static physical milieu or “stage” on which human activity occurred, simply to be described by geographers as part of regional analyses. The modern era, which begins just after the Second World War, is a period of increasing diversity of subject matter and method in climatology within geography and in American geography generally. Today climatology enjoys a “growth industry” status that hardly could be imagined forty years ago. These changes did not occur in isolation but in the context of the scientific, technological, social, economic, and political conditions, and changes in which they were embedded, and the status of climatology as a field of study was an important part of the context. I also comment on the number of climatology papers published in the Annals, including a curious anomaly in the last decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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32. Between conflation and denial - the politics of climate expertise in Australia.
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Tangney, Peter
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CLIMATE change ,CLIMATOLOGY ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,EVIDENCE-based law enforcement ,POLICY sciences - Abstract
Scientific warnings about impending climate disaster and experts' advocacy for more and better climate science have been largely unsuccessful for advancing evidence-based policy in Australia. Continuing expectations to the contrary stem from a reliance on the supposed ability of science to prime political understandings of climate change. This paper shows how scientists undermine this 'deficit model' ideal by conflating types and uses of evidence and expertise in policymaking. These tactics are unconvincing for conservative opponents, for whom climate science is far from the last word on what climate change means. This paper examines experts' rhetorical tactics through the eyes of conservative policymakers and, thereby, proposes a strategy more likely to effect resilient climate adaptation and mitigation policies in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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33. Spiritual exercises in times of climate change.
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Gibboney, Daniel P
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SPIRITUAL exercises ,CLIMATE change ,ACTIVISM ,SPIRITUALITY ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
'Facts remain robust only when ... supported by a common culture,' observes Bruno Latour. Current debates over the veracity of climate change are, in actuality, crises of facts. Questions of facticity have, moreover, precipitated a deeper issue – the prospects of unshared, 'alternative' worlds. Climate science believers have one world, climate change deniers another, creating what Latour calls 'epistemological delirium.' Following Latour, the paper turns to Pierre Hadot's description of Stoic physics and understanding of philosophy as spiritual exercise. Finally, taking up both Latour's claims of 'alternative worlds' and Hadot's notion of spiritual exercise, this paper explores the possibilities of shared practices in light of unshared realities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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34. Educating in and for uncertainty. climate science, human evolution and the legacy of Arne Naess as guidance for ecological practice.
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García-Notario, Margarita
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CLIMATOLOGY ,HUMAN evolution ,CLIMATE change ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,NEUROSCIENCES - Abstract
This paper reflects on how the issue of climate change and the general state of our planet is, among other causes, a main factor in the paralyzing divisions ailing Western societies. This situation, while unsettling to democracies, is promoting a kind of education in and through fear and I question if education can succeed under these circumstances without becoming indoctrination. This paper does not try to diminish the urgency and the importance of current environmental problems but rather expands today´s perspectives and incorporates research in more constructive ways of thinking and doing. I use scientific contributions in climatology, evolution, environmental conservation, economics, and neuroscience to bring new light to today's investigations about the human and the non-human world. Finally, I propose Deep Ecology's principles of deep questioning, deep experience and deep commitment, as a guide for new educational and ecological practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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35. A study about the impact of energy saving climate on college students' energy saving behavior: based on analysis using the hierarchical linear model.
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Wang, Yanan and Zhang, Wenkun
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COLLEGE environment , *PLANNED behavior theory , *COLLEGE students , *BEHAVIORAL assessment , *CHINESE-speaking students , *CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
College students, as a new force in energy saving and emission reduction, play an important role in environmental protection. However, there is a lack of empirical research on the factors that affect college students' energy-saving behaviors at the individual and organizational levels. In this study, an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model is employed to narrow this gap. A total of 661 valid data points collected from 51 Chinese universities were used to test related hypotheses. The findings reveal that attitude, perceived responsibility, perceived behavior control and subjective norms are significantly related to energy-saving intention. Meanwhile, energy-saving intention is the most decisive factor for Chinese college students' energy-saving behavior. More importantly, this paper verified the positive effect of organizational factors (energy-saving climate) on students' energy-saving intentions and behaviors. Finally, implications for improving students' energy-saving intention and theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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36. Studying employee well-being: moving forward.
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Pluut, Helen, Ilies, Remus, and Aw, Sherry S. Y.
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WELL-being ,PERSONALITY ,CLIMATOLOGY ,DYNAMIC models - Abstract
In this article, we attempt to integrate the commentaries to our position paper on intra-individual models of employee well-being (EWB; Ilies, R., Aw, S. S. Y., & Pluut, H. (2015). Intraindividual models of employee well-being: What have we learned and where do we go from here?European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Advance online publication) of Bakker (2015. Towards a multilevel approach of employee well-being.European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Advance online publication) and Cropanzano and Dasborough (2015. Dynamic models of well-being: Implications of affective events theory for expanding current views on personality and climate.European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Advance online publication) with our original suggestions into a discussion and a set of recommendations aimed at moving theory and research on EWB forward. We hope that this effort, along with our position paper and the two commentaries, will lead to the development of a more comprehensive model of EWB and will stimulate new and interesting research on the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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37. Does climate drive tourism seasonality in cultural destinations? A comparative study.
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Qiang, Mengmeng
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HERITAGE tourism ,CLIMATOLOGY ,COMPARATIVE studies ,SOCIOCULTURAL factors - Abstract
Climate is considered to be an important driver of tourism seasonality in climate-dependent destinations. However, what role climate plays in the seasonality of cultural destinations remains unclear. Through the matching of seasonal factors and tourism climate index, this paper found that cultural destination has a weak seasonality and climate still regulates recurrent fluctuations in tourism demand. However, unlike climate-dependent destinations, climate is no longer the dominant factor in cultural destinations. The findings indicate that strategies for mitigating seasonality should be different for climatic and cultural destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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38. Climate Risk Analytics.
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Sain, Steve
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EXTREME weather ,CLIMATOLOGY ,RISK assessment ,STATISTICS ,STATISTICIANS - Abstract
With the increasing recognition of the impacts and growing costs due to climate change, there is a growing demand for actionable assessments of climate risk from business, industry, and governments. The assessment of climate risk is at the heart of climate risk analytics, and these assessments can be used in a variety of use cases. This article explores the use cases such as the impact of extreme weather events and regulatory response and disclosure. The paper also explores the critical impact of the statistical sciences on climate analytics as a growing field and discusses the opportunities for statisticians and data scientists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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39. Caribbean Small-Scale Fishers' Strategies for Extreme Weather Events: Lessons for Adaptive Capacity from the Dominican Republic and Belize.
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Karlsson, Marianne and Mclean, Elizabeth L.
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SMALL-scale fisheries ,WEATHER ,CLIMATE change ,LOCAL knowledge ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
Understanding how Caribbean small-scale fishers can adapt to climate change is critical to sustaining coastal communities and livelihoods in the region. Fishers continuously adapt their practices to climate variability and recurring extreme weather events, such as hurricanes. However, it remains unclear how their "everyday" responses contribute to building their adaptive capacity for future changes and unpredictable extreme climate events. This paper identifies and analyzes strategies used by fishers in the Dominican Republic and Belize to deal with extreme weather events and climate variability. We draw on two separate case studies to identify their current autonomous adaptive strategies and explore how these align with broader dimensions of adaptive capacity. We find that fishers in both countries respond to changes and climate variability by relying on three strategies: (1) storing, saving and borrowing resources, (2) using experiential knowledge, flexibility and mobility, and (3) diversifying livelihoods and intensifying fishing. We show that fishers build their adaptive capacity on flexibility to sustain their livelihoods and on local knowledge to mitigate risk and damage from extreme weather events. The paper argues that the adaptive responses used by fishers in the Dominican Republic and in Belize can sustain their livelihoods but cannot enable a long term and transformative adaptation to ongoing and cumulative climate changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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40. Work Discussion in English nurseries: reflecting on their contribution so far and issues in developing their aims and processes; and the assessment of their impact in a climate of austerity and intense audit.
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Elfer, Peter, Dearnley, Katy, and Wilson, Dilys
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PLANT nurseries ,EMPLOYEE reviews ,EMOTIONAL experience ,AUDITING ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
In this paper, we argue for the past and continuing relevance of Work Discussion, as a model of professional reflection for nursery practitioners, which is attentive to emotional experience in work relationships. The development of Work Discussion in English nurseries is described with illustrations, from a psychoanalytic perspective, of aspects of the processes of discussion and their underlying dynamics; and we also explore the introduction of Work Discussion to the training regimen of early years' teachers. Finally, the paper summarises the key findings arising from an evaluation of Work Discussion sessions, with nursery practitioners working with vulnerable two-year -olds, held at weekly intervals for a year, and facilitated jointly by early years' care and education specialists together with child psychotherapists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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41. Who drives climate-relevant policies in the rising powers?
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Schmitz, Hubert
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CLIMATOLOGY ,POLITICS & government of India ,CHINESE politics & government ,CARBON & the environment ,PARIS Agreement (2016) ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The future of human life on our planet is influenced increasingly by what goes on in the rising powers. This paper provides a political economy analysis of the climate-relevant policies of China, India, Brazil and South Africa. It shows that alliances play a key role in driving such policies. However, most actors who support such policies have priorities other than climate change mitigation. Their support for such policies comes from concerns with securing energy, building competitive green industries, creating jobs or providing a basis for future public revenue. This insight is not just of analytical but also of political importance. It means that climate-relevant policies can draw on support from a wide constituency -- not just those with green convictions. Such analysis provides the stepping-stone for understanding the political feasibility of low-carbon transformations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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42. What is COVID capitalism?
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Nail, Thomas
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CORONAVIRUS diseases ,CAPITALISM ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,CLIMATOLOGY ,EQUALITY - Abstract
The term 'COVID capitalism' designates the ways capitalism and the novel coronavirus alter and amplify one another. In this paper, I look at four major features that characterize this relationship so far. (1) Capitalist extraction and urbanization increase exposure to new viruses. (2) Capitalism increases the spread of infectious disease. (3) COVID amplifies inequalities that benefit capitalists. (4) COVID has led to profits, bailouts, and deregulation for capitalists. The increasing frequency of COVID and other pandemics not only amplifies existing capitalist structures but feeds back into those structures and becomes an advantage to capitalism. I argue here that COVID is not a threat to capitalism but rather a mutagen altering and magnifying it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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43. Climate policy expertise in times of populism – knowledge strategies of the AfD regarding Germany's climate package.
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Boecher, Michael, Zeigermann, Ulrike, Berker, Lars E., and Jabra, Djamila
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,SCIENTIFIC knowledge ,CLIMATOLOGY ,RIGHT & left (Political science) ,EXPERTISE - Abstract
Climate policy is expected to consider the current state of science. As populist radical right parties (PRRP) become elected members of parliaments, they have a greater influence on integration processes between science and politics. The aim of the paper is to show that instead of generally rejecting climate science, PRRPs appeal to 'alternative expertise' and politicize scientific knowledge. With our empirical analysis of public hearings, plenary meetings and press statements discussing Germany's Climate Package between 2018 and 2020, we show that the AfD uses expertise that suits their political interests very selectively and arbitrarily supporting either scientific outsider positions or positions that only pretend to be scientific. We argue that populist strategies weaken trust in scientific expertise by undermining democratic institutions for knowledge integration in climate governance. Therefore, a clear separation between research and politics together with transparent and formal scientific knowledge integration processes are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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44. Linking climate targets and investment portfolios: exploring the utility of cross-sectoral emission intensity indicators.
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Harnisch, J., Enting, K., and Ruffing, M.
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VIABILITY (Biology) ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper explores the viability and practical utility of sectoral and cross-sectoral emission intensity thresholds in enhancing the consistency of individual investment decisions with global climate targets expressed as CO2emission budgets. It compares historic global emission intensity values to levels consistent with climate targets and to current emission intensity levels typical for selected technologies and sectors. The authors discuss the practical application of these indicative portfolio emission intensity thresholds for financial institutions and governments in the context of a global transformation to low-carbon development. In taking the investor's perspective the paper points at a number of critical uncertainties and shortcomings of emission intensity based investment criteria for portfolios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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45. Socio-hydrology with hydrosocial theory: two sides of the same coin?
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Ross, Alexander and Chang, Heejun
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QUANTITATIVE research ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This paper reviews socio-hydrology and hydrosocial research, finding a sophisticated relationship with emergent syntheses. We examined 419 papers by topic, region of study, theories implemented, journal, and year published to ascertain trends in both subfields. We found important overlap and considerable difference between subfields. Whereas hydrosocial research took years to develop, socio-hydrology commenced with an inaugural paper in 2012. While the former focuses on power and scale in studying water demand, the latter concentrates on practical responses to climate extremes. Hydrosocial research usually relies on qualitative methods, and socio-hydrology research the quantitative. In the geographic regions where the former does not focus, the latter does. The former often relies on post-structuralist theory, whereas the latter uses positivist approaches. Our review concludes that socio-hydrology and hydrosocial research exist in a complex epistemological relationship, offering fertile grounds for lively discussions from which both will continue to benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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46. Pushing on the Paywalls: Extending Licensed Resource Access to External Partners to Enhance Collaborative Research.
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Swanson, Juleah and Brown, Steven W.
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ATMOSPHERE ,CLIMATOLOGY ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,LIBRARIES ,RESEARCH methodology ,PUBLISHING ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,ACCESS to information ,PROFESSIONAL licenses ,DATA security - Abstract
Definitions of authorized users in license agreements not only dictate who is allowed to access licensed resources, but also define who can be considered part of an institution's user community. Researchers engage in collaborative research, sometimes holding multiple affiliations that, at times, may extend beyond a definition of authorized user. This paper examines how libraries play a role in supporting or inhibiting collaborative research by exploring a strategic partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to further collaboration related to atmospheric research and climate studies. While the goals of the partnership sought to enhance research and collaboration through access to licensed resources, the authors found that the paywalled model of access through license agreements, authentication, and access and discovery methods has complicated the effectiveness of creating a collaborative research environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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47. Balinese dancer wearing a gas mask: climate change and the tropical imaginary.
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Lundberg, Anita
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CLIMATE change ,METEOROLOGICAL charts ,TROPICAL climate ,CLIMATOLOGY ,ICE sheet thawing - Abstract
Inspired by a street art image of a Balinese dancer wearing a gas mask, this paper maps climate change systems and their impacts on the Tropics. Beginning with global expanses of melting ice sheets, it rides the currents of oceanic and atmospheric systems, explores rainforests and coral reefs, wanders the seas of the Indonesian archipelago, until it comes to rest on the island of Bali. Complementing climate science with climate imagination, the paper draws on the classic elements and ecological images of thought to demonstrate tropical imaginary, jungle imaginary and archipelago imaginary as ways for perceiving the complexities of climate change. As it draws to a close, the paper pictures Slinat's street art images, musing on how their Balinese cultural-environmental messages resonate globally and act as a poignant reminder of how humans are implicated within climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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48. Trump, US climate politics, and the evolving pattern of global climate governance.
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MacNeil, Robert and Paterson, Matthew
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,CLIMATOLOGY ,CLIMATE change ,PRACTICAL politics ,CLIMATE change denial ,GEOPOLITICS - Abstract
This paper argues that the Trump administration's position on climate change should be understood more in terms of continuity than disjuncture. It develops this argument in four principal ways. First, it situates Trump in the US's paradoxical relationship to the UNFCCC, as a would-be leader that struggles to commit itself to substantive action, and the evolving geopolitics within the UNFCCC. Second, the paper focuses on an on-going struggle between pro-fossil fuel interests and a 'decarbonising' bloc, interpreting Trump (like George W. Bush) as a pro-fossil fuel backlash. Third, it explores the pattern of climate politics within the US, where stalemate in Congress has been often offset by action at the state, city, and corporate levels. Fourth, it should be understood in relation to the emergence of a 'global climate governance complex', where the UNFCCC has to be understood in relation to multilevel and transnational governance initiatives on climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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49. 'Heading for Extinction': how the climate and ecological emergency reframes mortality.
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Walter, Tony
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GRIEF , *SURVIVAL , *NUCLEAR warfare , *MORTALITY , *PHENOMENOLOGICAL biology , *MOTIVATION (Psychology) , *MEDICAL emergencies , *ECOSYSTEMS , *CLIMATOLOGY , *INTELLECT , *ANXIETY , *DEATH , *COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
The discourse of a climate and ecological emergency (CEE), especially as articulated in 2019 by Extinction Rebellion, impinges on two major features of western death mentalities. First, in order to motivate action, CEE discourse induces mortality awareness, death anxiety and grief, and thus furthers the de-sequestration of death and grief. Second, the CEE redirects attention from the death of personally known individuals, to species death; and even if humans survive as a species, it may only be after many billions of humans have died. This anxiety about future collective death arguably comprises a new death mentality. The paper compares and contrasts the CEE with other harbingers of mass mortality such as nuclear war and the Covid pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. The effect of decent work on employee boundary spanning behaviour: a moderated mediation model of promotion focus and supportive organizational climate.
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Zhao, Jinjin and Liu, Bo
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INSTITUTIONAL environment ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
To comprehend the mechanism of decent work's impact on employee boundary-spanning behaviour, this paper constructs a research framework that includes promotion focus and a supportive organizational climate as a mediating factor and moderating variable. A two-stage survey is used to examine these assumptions with data collected from 346 frontline employees. The findings reveal that decent work has a significant positive impact on employee boundary-spanning behaviour and promotion focus has a partial mediating effect on this relationship. A supportive organizational climate plays a positive moderating role in the relationship between decent work and promotion focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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