Framing and context of the report

N Abram, JP Gattuso, A Prakash, L Cheng… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body
for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular …

Sociology and the climate crisis

E Klinenberg, M Araos, L Koslov - Annual Review of Sociology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
What would it mean for sociology to make climate change a core disciplinary concern? This
article reviews research on a selection of trends brought on by the climate crisis:(a) …

The social construction of systemic risk: towards an actionable framework for risk governance

A Maskrey, G Jain, A Lavell - Disaster Prevention and Management …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper explores the building blocks of risk governance systems that are
equipped to manage systemic risk in the 21st century. Whilst approaches to risk governance …

Managed retreat as a strategy for climate change adaptation in small communities: public health implications

AL Dannenberg, H Frumkin, JJ Hess, KL Ebi - Climatic change, 2019 - Springer
In coming decades, sea level rise associated with climate change will make some
communities uninhabitable. Managed retreat, or planned relocation, is a proactive response …

Racial inequities in the federal buyout of flood-prone homes: a nationwide assessment of environmental adaptation

JR Elliott, PL Brown, K Loughran - Socius, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
One way the US government is responding to the challenges of climate change is by funding
the purchase of tens of thousands of flood-prone homes in more than 500 cities and towns …

Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management

M Ding, P Lin, S Gao, J Wang, Z Zeng, K Zheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Levees constrain roaring floodwater but are blamed for reducing people's perception of
flood risks and promoting floodplain human settlements unprepared for high-consequence …

Urbanization, migration, and adaptation to climate change

WN Adger, AS Crépin, C Folke, D Ospina, FS Chapin… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Climate change is reshaping the comparative advantage of regions and hence driving
migration flows, principally toward urban areas. Migration has multiple benefits and costs in …

Implementing pre-emptive managed retreat: constraints and novel insights

J Lawrence, J Boston, R Bell, S Olufson, R Kool… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Managed retreat will be inevitable where other adaptation
options, such as protective structures or building restrictions, provide only temporary respite …

Meeting user needs for sea level rise information: A decision analysis perspective

J Hinkel, JA Church, JM Gregory, E Lambert… - Earth's …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite widespread efforts to implement climate services, there is almost no literature that
systematically analyzes users' needs. This paper addresses this gap by applying a decision …

Voluntary immobility and existential security in a changing climate in the Pacific

C Farbotko, C McMichael - Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With the expectation of adverse climate change impacts, some (often majority) Indigenous
populations of the Pacific are expressing a preference to remain on Indigenous lands for …