scholarly journals Africa and global climate change: critical issues and suggestions for further research and integrated assessment modeling

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
PV Desanker ◽  
CO Justice
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Integrated Assessment Modeling ◽  
Critical Issues

Knowledge management and global climate change regime negotiations

foresight ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Climate Change Negotiations ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the important factors that negotiators and policy-makers need to take into account while putting their strategies to negotiate global climate change regimes. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on qualitative research using the deductive approach. Integrating the theoretical and empirical material in the analysis is used to enhance the readers’ value and interest in the paper. Findings – Without deep understanding of why some international negotiations related to climate change have previously failed, it is difficult to successfully negotiate them in the future. Flexibility and openness during negotiations and to consider the views and concerns of all global actors in finding optimum solutions and cooperation are among the many essential factors that bring the world leaders into a compromise agreement and a global climate change regime. Knowledge management including taking into account the discussed factors may help the negotiators and public to be more prepared to understand the obstacles that may complicate negotiating the international climate change regimes. Research limitations/implications – This paper is not intended for those who have years of experience in climate change negotiations nor for those seeking deep theoretical knowledge about this topic. Practical implications – This paper has practical implications as it combines the theories of international relations with practical evidences from previous Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Social implications – This paper is an essential read to students and young scientists, as well as to young policy-makers within the environmental politics. Originality/value – The paper deals with a very important and current issue and little has been published on the process of preparation for negotiating climate change negotiation. It covers some critical issues and determining factors in such negotiations.

scholarly journals Evaluating integrated assessment models of global climate change - From philosophical aspects to practical examples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Jana Schwanitz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Model Validation ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Integrated Assessment Models ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Integrated Assessment Models of Global Climate Change are an established tool to explore possible pathways of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The models are a quantitative backbone for IPCC reports. But can the models be trusted? This manuscript discusses how the models can be scrutinized and where limits to model validation exist.

Marine Environmental Epigenetics

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose M. Eirin-Lopez ◽  
Hollie M. Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Epigenetic Inheritance ◽  
Environmental Stressors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Epigenetics ◽  
Epigenetic Effects ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Marine Environmental

Marine organisms’ persistence hinges on the capacity for acclimatization and adaptation to the myriad of interacting environmental stressors associated with global climate change. In this context, epigenetics—mechanisms that facilitate phenotypic variation through genotype–environment interactions—are of great interest ecologically and evolutionarily. Our comprehensive review of marine environmental epigenetics guides our recommendations of four key areas for future research: the dynamics of wash-in and wash-out of epigenetic effects, the mechanistic understanding of the interplay of different epigenetic marks and the interaction with the microbiome, the capacity for and mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, and the evolutionary implications of the interaction of genetic and epigenetic features. Emerging insights in marine environmental epigenetics can be applied to critical issues such as aquaculture, biomonitoring, and biological invasions, thereby improving our ability to explain and predict the responses of marine taxa to global climate change.

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