Nature-based disaster risk reduction of floods in Urban Areas

P Ghosh, JS Sudarsan, S Nithiyanantham - Water Resources Management, 2024 - Springer
Floods in urban areas have become more frequent globally, with catastrophic impacts. The
cause is not only a natural event of extensive rain but is also artificial. The artificial cause of …

A national‐scale coastal flood hazard assessment for the atoll nation of Tuvalu

M Wandres, A Espejo, T Sovea, S Tetoa… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atoll nations such as Tuvalu are considered to be amongst those most vulnerable to the
effects of climate change. Here we present a national‐scale coastal flood hazard …

Politics of a Just Transition: lessons from the UK coal mines

S Kaizuka - Contemporary Social Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of a Just Transition [JT] gained considerable international interest as
exemplified by a dedicated pavilion set up for the JT by the European Commission and the …

[HTML][HTML] On the Bruun Rule suitability for modelling shoreline change

A Seenath, J Dale - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Modelling and understanding shoreline response to sea-level rise over decadal to
centennial timescales is crucial for managing sandy coasts. Globally, the Bruun Rule is one …

Environmental risk assessment of coastal dredging based on clustering of meteocean forcing

C He, F De Leo, A Stocchino, ZY Yin, AJ Abascal… - Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dredging and dumping in-situ sediments is a fundamental operation for most coastal
engineering projects and coastal defense projects, such as the construction of breakwaters …

Tropical cyclone storm surge‐based flood risk assessment under combined scenarios of high tides and sea‐level rise: A case study of Hainan Island, China

Z Zhou, S Yang, F Hu, B Chen, X Shi, X Liu - Earth's Future, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of climate change, coastal flood risk is intensifying globally, particularly in
China, where intricate coastlines and frequent tropical cyclones make storm surges a major …

The impact of global warming on obesity

K Huang, Q Hong - Journal of Population Economics, 2024 - Springer
This study identifies obesity as an important channel through which global warming affects
human capital. By analyzing plausibly exogenous year-to-year temperature fluctuations in …

Perceived changes in the quality of terrestrial, coastal, marine environment and natural resources in coastal communities in the Caribbean

DO Yawson, GO Boateng, K Payne, A Joyette… - Local …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Economies and livelihoods in the Caribbean strongly depend on the terrestrial and marine
natural resource base. There are critical gaps in quantitative data and the contextual and …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon majors trillion dollar damages

CF Schleussner, M Andrijevic, J Kikstra, R Heede… - 2023 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
In 2022 Aramco announced what its CEO called “probably the highest net income ever
recorded in the corporate world.” Supply disruptions resulting from the illegal invasion of …

From vulnerability to vitality: Climate change as a catalyst for economic transformation in small island developing states

H Chen, R Tang - Development and Sustainability in Economics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
As climate change intensifies, its associated risks become increasingly important to societal
well-being, with small island developing states (SIDS) being particularly susceptible. The …