Beyond technology transfer: Innovation cooperation to advance sustainable development in developing countries

N Pandey, H de Coninck… - … Reviews: Energy and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While technology continues to be seen as a key element in the move to sustainable
development, international efforts around technology to support sustainable development …

Climate change impacts on forestry

AP Kirilenko, RA Sedjo - Proceedings of the National …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Changing temperature and precipitation pattern and increasing concentrations of
atmospheric CO2 are likely to drive significant modifications in natural and modified forests …

[PDF][PDF] Human security

WN Adger, JM Pulhin, J Barnett, GD Dabelko… - 2014 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Human security will be progressively threatened as the climate changes (robust evidence,
high agreement). Human insecurity almost never has single causes, but instead emerges …

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the managed Canadian boreal forest

S Gauthier, P Bernier, PJ Burton… - Environmental …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate change is affecting Canada's boreal zone, which includes most of the country's
managed forests. The impacts of climate change in this zone are expected to be pervasive …

Adaptive capacity for climate change in Canadian rural communities

E Wall, K Marzall - Local environment, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
It is widely acknowledged that promoting the long-term sustainability of rural areas requires
an assessment of their capacity to handle stress from a host of external and internal factors …

The social values at risk from sea-level rise

S Graham, J Barnett, R Fincher, A Hurlimann… - Environmental Impact …, 2013 - Elsevier
Analysis of the risks of sea-level rise favours conventionally measured metrics such as the
area of land that may be subsumed, the numbers of properties at risk, and the capital values …

Pathways of adaptation to external stressors in coastal natural-resource-dependent communities: Implications for climate change

AP Fischer - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Adaptation to climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing coastal communities
today. Coastal communities are subject to a wide range of stressors related to climate …

Remote sensing the vulnerability of vegetation in natural terrestrial ecosystems

AMS Smith, CA Kolden, WT Tinkham… - Remote sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Climate change is altering the species composition, structure, and function of vegetation in
natural terrestrial ecosystems. These changes can also impact the essential ecosystem …

Social impacts of occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of workers: A narrative synthesis of the literature

VF Nunfam, K Adusei-Asante, EJ Van Etten… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dimensions of risks and impacts of occupational heat stress due to climate change on
workers' health and safety, productivity, and social well-being are significantly deleterious …

Assessing community vulnerability: a study of the mountain pine beetle outbreak in British Columbia, Canada

JR Parkins, NA MacKendrick - Global Environmental Change, 2007 - Elsevier
Arguing that community-based assessments of vulnerability to climate change are congruent
with the scale at which policy action takes place, this paper presents an assessment of …