How do children cope with global climate change? Coping strategies, engagement, and well-being

AbstractIn response to global climate change, managed retreat has emerged as a controversial adaptation strategy. The purposeful movement of people and communities away from hazardous places raises numerous social and environmental justice concerns that will become even more pressing as retreat occurs more frequently and at larger scales. This special issue contributes to an emerging body of literature on managed retreat by providing a range of perspectives and approaches to considering justice in managed retreat. The assembled papers represent diverse voices (including perspectives from individuals whose communities are currently relocating or considering relocation), disciplines (including oral histories, legal analyses, and cultural heritage considerations), and lenses through which to consider the justice implications of managed retreat. They describe completed, in-progress, and foiled relocations. They suggest opportunities for improvement through improved evaluations and broader collaborations. While each presents a unique lens, key themes emerge around the need for transparent and equitable policies, self-determination of communities, holistic metrics for assessing individual and community well-being, the importance of culture both as something to be protected and an asset to be leveraged, and the need to address historical and systemic injustices that contribute to vulnerability and exposure to risk.

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A review of the adaptation and mitigation of global climate change using sustainable drainage in cities

Journal of Water and Climate Change ◽

10.2166/wcc.2010.035 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 165-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

S. M. Charlesworth

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Global Climate ◽

Green Roofs ◽

Well Being ◽

Island Effect ◽

Engineered Structures ◽

Quality Water ◽

The Uk

Sustainable drainage (SUDS) is well known for its equal emphasis on water quality, water quantity, amenity and biodiversity. What is now beginning to be realised is that this approach can also help mitigate the impacts of global climate change (GCC) and provide assistance to city dwellers in adapting to the changes which have already occurred. By using case studies from around the world, this paper illustrates how vegetated SUDS devices can sequester and store carbon, cool urban areas and increase perceptions of health and well-being in the populace. Both vegetated and hard-engineered structures can evaporate water contained within them and are thus being used in cities to cool the overlying air. Also shown is the extent to which SUDS devices such as green roofs and wet pavements are being used to mitigate the urban heat island effect, which, while not caused by climate change, exacerbates its impacts. Of the houses needed by 2040 in the UK, 80% already exist. In order to take advantage of the ability of SUDS to tackle some of the impacts of GCC, the emphasis must be placed on retrofitting technologies to existing buildings and this review proposes a simple hierarchy of suitable measures based on the density and land-use of the built-up area.

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Lessons from the pandemic: climate change and COVID-19

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-07-2020-0360 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

David Heath Cooper ◽

Joane Nagel

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Global Climate ◽

Well Being ◽

Natural World ◽

Future Climate ◽

Content Type ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Future Policy ◽

Health And Well Being

PurposeThis article examines US official and public responses to the COVID-19 pandemic for insights into future policy and pubic responses to global climate change.Design/methodology/approachThis article compares two contemporary global threats to human health and well-being: the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. We identify several similarities and differences between the two environmental phenomena and explore their implications for public and policy responses to future climate-related disasters and disruptions.FindingsOur review of research on environmental and public health crises reveals that though these two crises appear quite distinct, some useful comparisons can be made. We analyze several features of the pandemic for their implications for possible future responses to global climate change: elasticity of public responses to crises; recognition of environmental, health, racial, and social injustice; demand for effective governance; and resilience of the natural world.Originality/valueThis paper examines public and policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic for their implications for mitigating and adapting to future climate crises.

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