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This article discusses representations of climate change in contemporary realistic fiction from Norway. I first focus my attention on the depiction of extreme weather and “risk society” in Brit Bildøen’s Sju dagar i august (Seven days in august, 2014) and then explore the concept of “ecological masculinities” and expressions of care in Agnar Lirhus’s Liten kokebok (Little cookbook, 2016). Although the two novels I discuss thematise climatic disruptions in different ways, they are similarly intertwining characters’ experiences of the natural world with personal feelings of loss and grief. I thus suggest that climate change imagery in Norwegian realistic fiction is often interwoven with an affective dimension. Finally, the aim of this article is to illustrate how the climate crisis has pervaded Norwegian literature, while providing some examples of how texts that lay outside of what is typically considered the cli-fi novel have the potential to engage with this theme.

If Morocco is a country with low emissions of greenhouse gases, it remains vulnerable to the impact of climate change due to its geographical position and its dependence on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture. By 2050, it is estimated that wheat yield could fall by 7,3 % (IPCC, 2018). The objective of this study is to evaluate the trend of extreme weather events recorded in various Moroccan regions to determine their impact on water resources and agriculture. Five meteorological stations, representative of the different types of climate in Morocco, were the subject of a statistical analysis of the evolution of the indices of extreme temperatures and the daily precipitations over 44 years (1960-2004) and for the four seasons of the year. To predict future projections of these trends, the MAGICC software, coupled with SCENGEN, was used. The temperature trend curves indicate an upward trend in the number of hot days and a strong downward trend in the number of cold days, reflecting a slight warming (1.7 to 2.6 ° C) of the Moroccan climate. As for precipitations, the analysis of the indices retained in our study showed a nonsignificant declining trend (less than 0.05) for the majority of the stations except that of Oujda, where a significant reduction was noted. This downward trend in precipitation (15 to 22% in the north, 9 to 16 % in the south), translates a shift of the semi-arid climate towards the north. The warming of the climate and the decrease in precipitation have resulted in a reduction of 20 % of the inflow of water to dams over 65 years (1940-2005) and by 2050, this reduction could reach 31 %. The result was a significant reduction in irrigated area (7 to 10 %), leading to a potential 15 to 20 % decrease in agricultural production in the north-west region.

Global warming has had an important impact on China’s agricultural production, especially the intensified uneven distribution of water and heat resources and the increased frequency of extreme weather, resulting in a significant increase in the risk of agricultural production. Alleviating a series of negative effects of climate warming on agricultural production has always been the focus of governments and scholars, and it is also the basis of realizing agricultural sustainable development. This paper summarizes the impact of climate warming on China’s agricultural production from five aspects: agricultural planting system and structural layout, agricultural diseases and pests, agricultural management, agricultural ecosystem and agricultural production potential. Based on the above specific impacts, the urgent problems faced by China's agricultural production are pointed out, and the countermeasures to reduce the impact of climate warming are put forward from the aspects of policy, technology, research and cooperation, in order to provide references for other governments to deal with the negative impact of global warming, and promote the sustainable development of agriculture.

At present, the global effects of climate change have already gone beyond economic globalization. Man affects climate, and climate affects man. As an important part of the natural environment on which human beings live, any change of climate will have an impact on the natural ecosystem, social economic system and human health. Today, in the information age, human health is considered to be a combination of ecological, socio-cultural, economic and institutional decisions, and climate change has had an extremely important impact on human health. Therefore, this paper summarizes the trends of global climate change and the potential threats to human health, and proposes expectations for future development.

Extreme weather events (EWE) are the most direct and visible example of how climate change threatens human health. Notwithstanding the diversity of EWEs, they all have recurrent impacts on mortality, morbidity and mental health. These impacts largely depend on exposure conditions, on the response measures implemented, and on socio-economic determinants. Forest fires and heat waves are the EWEs in all likelihood presenting the highest risks for respiratory health, and they are likely to rapidly evolve over the coming years. Since 2004, more than 10,000 excess deaths have been recorded during heat waves in France, 76 % of them after 2015. Pronounced synergies between extreme heat and air pollution are now documented in the literature. In addition to appropriate behaviours and medical care during EWEs, adaptation must now focus on long-term interventions, the objectives being to reduce exposure, to improve the quality of our environment and to reinforce social ties., (Copyright © 2022 SPLF. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Climate change literary criticism calls for fundamental re-evalutions of our critical tools. In representations of extreme weather events, Vance Palmer’s Cyclone set in North Queensland meets many of the new criterion with its story about the impact of the cyclone on individuals, community and plot. The genesis and inspiration of the novel, its writing, its publication, review and reception can be addressed. The cyclone is seen through the perceptions of different characters. Vance and Nettie Palmer knew many of the people drowned in the 1934 cyclone. Palmer drew on the historical record in his novel, which was published over a decade later. The reception of Cyclone was very limited given it was published locally by Angus & Robertson and had no serious critical response. The environmental imagination has been a powerful force in Australia creative writing and is undervalued in contemporary debates.

Le Pipit à gorge rousse est une espèce nicheuse très nordique, dont la distribution européenne ne touche que l'extrême nord de la Scandinavie (tyler 2020). Ces populations hivernent en Afrique subsaharienne et traversent donc deux fois par an l'Europe de l'Ouest, de manière très concentrée chez nous en avril-mai et en septembre-octobre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Communicating risk to the public continues to be a challenge for public health practitioners working in the area of climate change. We conducted a scoping literature review on the evaluation of risk communication for extreme weather and climate change to inform local public health messaging, consistent with requirements under the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), which were updated in 2018 to include effective communication regarding climate change and extreme weather., Methods: Search strategies were developed by library information specialists and used to retrieve peer-reviewed academic and grey literature from bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, Scopus and CINAHL) and Google country specific searches, respectively. The search strategy was validated through a workshop with experts and community stakeholders, with expertise in environment, health, emergency management and risk communication., Results: A total of 43 articles were included. These articles addressed issues such as: climate change (n = 22), flooding (n = 12), hurricane events (n = 5), extreme heat (n = 2), and wild fires (n = 2). Studies were predominantly from the US (n = 14), Europe (n = 6) and Canada (n = 5)., Conclusion: To meet the OPHS 2018, public health practitioners need to engage in effective risk communication to motivate local actions that mitigate the effects of extreme weather and climate change. Based on the scoping review, risk communication efforts during short-term extreme weather events appear to be more effective than efforts to communicate risk around climate change. This distinction could highlight a unique opportunity for public health to adapt strategies commonly used for extreme weather to climate change., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.