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Assessment of rainfall and climate change patterns via machine learning tools and impact on forecasting in the City of Kigali
Rainfall is changing in intensity and abundance for much of the world as a result of global climate change. Rwanda has been negatively affected by a...
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Fanning the flames or burning out? Testing competing hypotheses about repeated exposure to threatening climate change messages
Despite a wealth of scholarship on threat-based climate change messages, most research has examined the effects of a single exposure to them. This is...
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Climate change perception in Romania
In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change has...
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Climate communication and storytelling
As part of its Assessment Reports (ARs), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes Summaries for Policymakers (SPMs) that review...
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Climate change, hailstorm incidence, and livelihood security: a perspective from Kashmir valley India
The North-Western Himalayas are becoming the hotspots for hydro-meteorological catastrophes due to climate change implications. Present study aims to...
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From many futures to one: climate-informed planning scenario analysis for resource-efficient deep climate uncertainty analysis
Water resources managers face decisions related to building new infrastructure to increase water system resilience to climate and demand changes. To...
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The Potential for Valorisation of Archaeo-geosites Through Climate Change: Exploratory Study of the Nora Site (Sardinia, Italy)
In the study of past cityscapes, the inclusion of geodiversity and geomorphological dynamics can help in understanding the history of a settlement...
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Planning for Climate Change Impacts on Geoheritage Interests in Protected and Conserved Areas
Climate change presents challenges for the management of geoheritage at all scales from individual geosites to whole landscapes, and affecting all...
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Livelihood vulnerability of char land communities to climate change and natural hazards in Bangladesh: an application of livelihood vulnerability index
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. In general, Char land (Riverine Island) communities are frequently...
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Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Their Linkages with Sustainable Development over the Past 30 Years: A Review
The severe damage and impacts caused by extreme events in a changing climate will not only make the sustainable development goals difficult to...
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Disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and the role of spatial and urban planning: evidence from European case studies
This paper advances knowledge and understanding of the relationships between risk management, climate change adaptation and spatial planning as good...
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From local knowledge to decision making in climate change adaptation at basin scale. Application to the Jucar River Basin, Spain
Climate change is challenging the conventional approaches for water systems planning. Two main approaches are commonly implemented in the design of...
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Beyond the local climate change uplift – The importance of changes in spatial structure on future fluvial flood risk in Great Britain
Widespread spatially coherent flood events can cause severe damage and disruption. Climate change has the potential to change the severity and...
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Moving statistic method (MSM) for quantification of changes in precipitation intensity and dry periods caused by climate change and demonstration on major U.S. cities
Climate change is predicted to (1) increase the magnitude of precipitation over time, and (2) lengthen the time between significant precipitation...
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Gendered Vulnerability, Perception and Adaptation Options of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Change in Eastern Ethiopia
Climate change has become a global phenomenon, but its impact is unevenly distributed among regions, economic classes, age classes and genders....
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Climate Change and Its Impacts
In addition to a general description of climate change, the chapter summarises the natural hazards associated with inland ice sheets, glaciers,...
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Innovation in water education programs in the Eastern Mediterranean to enhance security and socio-economic development under climate change
A high-quality university-level education and strengthening the collaboration of stakeholders are essential issues for water security, particularly...
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Simulation and Evaluation of Water Resources Management Scenarios Under Climate Change for Adaptive Management of Coastal Agricultural Watersheds
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of climate change on water resources management and groundwater quantity and quality in the...
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Response to climate change in a rain-fed crop production system: insights from maize farmers of western Kenya
Climate change poses a threat to crop production and livelihoods of rural farming communities in Kenya, a majority of whom are mainly dependent on...
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Effect of climate change on the flooding of storm water networks under extreme rainfall events using SWMM simulations: a case study
Urban areas are becoming more susceptible to severe storms, flash floods, and drainage system failures due to climate change, population growth, and...
