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Communities of Alaska’s North Slope are affected by concurrent, rapid changes due to climate change and industrial activities. Because these impacts are expected to shape community planning agendas into the foreseeable future, increased attention has been paid to decision-making processes that support adaptation. The planning and development decisions that shape adaptation outcomes in North Slope

Tim Flannery has been speaking about climate change for decades – but he’s finding it harder and harder to be the bearer of bad news Being a bearer of bad news is never easy. I’ve been writing and talking about climate change for decades now. Constant exposure hardens one to even the most horrific reality,

A sense of despair and outrage among young people over global heating is being met with indifference and dismissal among some older relatives The climate crisis lingers in the back of Gemma Gutierrez’s mind, a gnawing anxiety that blossoms fully when she reads about wildfires, flooding or other climate-related disasters. It’s a nagging concern that

Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing urban populations. Urban gardens managed with agroecological practices and higher plant diversity support more biodiversity and may support higher crop production. Plant selection in gardens is a function of temperature and environmental conditions and

If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy Australia’s economy will be 6% smaller, there will be 880,000 fewer jobs and $3.4tn in economic opportunities will be lost if the climate crisis goes unchecked for the next 50 years, a report says.

Publication date: February 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 180 Author(s): Imane El Ouadghiri, Khaled Guesmi, Jonathan Peillex, Andreas Ziegler