scholarly journals The Economic Impacts of Climate Change

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (08) ◽  
pp. 257-269
Author(s):  
Himatesh Cirikonda ◽  
◽  
Vishnu Kethan Nath Gopu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Marginal Cost ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Reduction ◽  
Health Loss ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Quantifiability of the pecuniary change regarding the climatic change is foreseen yet the ignorable fact of the century. This did not lead to a catastrophic change; however, it paved the path to the change in the governance of the conditions which led to moderate methodologies. This research contrasts directly with the immediate public discussion and greenhouse gas reduction expenditures. These forecasts demonstrate that climate change initially improves economic stability. But these advantages are declining. In the later century, the effects will be more negative. The global average effects will be equivalent in poorer economies to the health loss of a few percent of income. The marginal cost of carbon dioxide pollution is estimated at over two hundred. The social costs of carbon are quite elusive. The estimated price of $50/tc is somewhat lower than in the EU but far higher than the price for carbon elsewhere for a normal discount rate. Current forecasts are incomplete, with optimistic and negative prejudices on harm costs from climate change. The indirect consequences of climate change on economic growth, large-scale destruction of habitats, low chance, the effects of global change on violence and war are among the most important of the lost impacts. The effect of climate change is troublesome from the welfare point of view because it has an endogenous population, and because policy assessments can divide impatience, risk aversion, and inequality within and within nations.

scholarly journals Biodiversity and climate change in relation to the Natura 2000 network

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Harley ◽  
Y. de Soye ◽  
B. Dickson ◽  
G. Tucker ◽  
G. Keder
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Natura 2000 Network ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Abstract. This project will provide the European Commission (EC) with an overview of the likely impacts of climate change on biodiversity in the European Union (EU), particularly within the Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas, and indications of how the design and implementation of current policy might need to be adapted to ensure that the EU delivers its commitment to halt biodiversity loss by 2010 and beyond. The study will identify those species and associated habitats that are likely to be most vulnerable to climate change and the steps required to protect the integrity of the network from negative effects. The study will also assess the impacts of large-scale renewable energy schemes (wind parks, hydroelectric schemes and tidal barrages) on biodiversity and produce guidelines on the sorts of measures that might be used to maintain and protect N2K sites.

scholarly journals Addressing climate change from a social development approach: Small cities and rural communities’ adaptation and response to climate change in British Columbia, Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Lynne Drolet ◽  
Tiffany Sampson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Climate change is having a very real impact, affecting not only ecosystems but also the socio-economic systems of small cities and rural communities. Globally, climate change is a consequential concern, since it is contributing to an increase in global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, raising sea levels, and natural hazards. Locally, the effects of climate change vary, depending upon the region, with communities experiencing the impacts of climate change differently and at various degrees. This article presents research findings from a study on climate change, disasters, and sustainable development that provide insight into the diverse perspectives of community members on climate change in six communities in the Interior and Northern regions of British Columbia, Western Canada. A common denominator between these six communities is how social development is being applied to address climate change. The concept of social development encompasses social and economic well-being. The social development approach involves processes, activities, and institutions working together to develop the social and economic capacities of individuals and communities. In particular, for social workers working with individuals, families, and communities impacted by climate change, the social development approach is effective in addressing social and economic needs. This article will examine the differing perspectives and attitudes of affected community members and the role of social development with respect to climate change adaptation and response. It will also provide suggestions on how social workers can support and apply the social development approach in communities experiencing the impacts of climate change.

Climate change catastrophes and social intersections

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Rob White
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Related Issue ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the consequences of climate change from the point of view of disasters and their consequences for specific interest and population groups. A key focus is the social intersections that become apparent in such events. For example, the climatic and weather events that form the backdrop to present conflicts in places such as Syria are discussed, as are the gendered vulnerabilities evident in disaster situations such as cyclones and tsunami. Social conflicts stemming from climate change are then elaborated as a more general and increasingly likely scenario. In response to real and perceived threats and risk linked to climate change, issues of security are already generating angst among policy-makers and military planners. Indeed, the securitisation of natural resources, to the detriment of others, is emerging as an important climate-related issue, especially in regard to food, water, land, and air quality.

International leadership re-/constructed?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Krzyżanowski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Policy Discourses

This article analyses European Union policy discourses on climate change from the point of view of constructions of identity. Articulated in a variety of policy-related genres, the EU rhetoric on climate change is approached as example of the Union’s international discourse, which, contrary to other areas of EU policy-making, relies strongly on discursive frameworks of international and global politics of climate change. As the article shows, the EU’s peculiar international – or even global – leadership in tackling the climate change is constructed in an ambivalent and highly heterogeneous discourse that runs along several vectors. While it on the one hand follows the more recent, inward-looking constructions of Europe known from the EU policy and political discourses of the 1990s and 2000s, it also revives some of the older discursive logics of international competition known from the earlier stages of the European integration. In the analysis, the article draws on the methodological apparatus of the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) in Critical Discourse Studies. Furthering the DHA studies of EU policy and political discourses, the article emphasises the viability of the discourse-historical methodology applied in the combined analysis of EU identity and policy discourses.

scholarly journals China-Europe Relations in the Mitigation of Climate Change: A Conceptual Framework

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Berger ◽  
Doris Fischer ◽  
Rasmus Lema ◽  
Hubert Schmitz ◽  
Frauke Urban
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Multiple Relationships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Main Message ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
The Eu

Despite the large-scale investments of both China and the EU in climate-change mitigation and renewable-energy promotion, the prevailing view on China–EU relations is one of conflict rather than cooperation. In order to evaluate the prospects of cooperation between China and the EU in these policy fields, empirical research has to go beyond simplistic narratives. This paper suggests a conceptual apparatus that will help researchers better understand the complexities of the real world. The relevant actors operate at different levels and in the public and private sectors. The main message of the paper is that combining the multilevel governance and value-chain approaches helps clarify the multiple relationships between these actors.

scholarly journals Leishmaniasis and Climate Change—Case Study: Argentina

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Daniel Salomón ◽  
María Gabriela Quintana ◽  
Andrea Verónica Mastrángelo ◽  
María Soledad Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Vector Borne

Vector-borne diseases closely associated with the environment, such as leishmaniases, have been a usual argument about the deleterious impact of climate change on public health. From the biological point of view interaction of different variables has different and even conflicting effects on the survival of vectors and the probability transmission of pathogens. The results on ecoepidemiology of leishmaniasis in Argentina related to climate variables at different scales of space and time are presented. These studies showed that the changes in transmission due to change or increase in frequency and intensity of climatic instability were expressed through changes in the probability of vector-human reservoir effective contacts. These changes of contact in turn are modulated by both direct effects on the biology and ecology of the organisms involved, as by perceptions and changes in the behavior of the human communities at risk. Therefore, from the perspective of public health and state policy, and taking into account the current nonlinear increased velocity of climate change, we concluded that discussing the uncertainties of large-scale models will have lower impact than to develop-validate mitigation strategies to be operative at local level, and compatibles with sustainable development, conservation biodiversity, and respect for cultural diversity.

scholarly journals FRONTLINE: Climate change reporting in an Australian context: Recognition, adaptation and solutions

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Context Recognition ◽  
Advocacy Journalism ◽  
Local Impacts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Journalism Research ◽  
Journalistic Practice ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Exegesis: This exegesis is based on the production of three features that explore local impacts of climate change. The features are part of a journalism research project that investigated the question: how can journalistic practice generate an accurate, balanced account of climate change issues in Australia? The journalist rejects an approach that positions environmental reporting—or the ‘green beat’—as a form of advocacy journalism. In contrast, the researcher positions her journalism practice within mainstream Australian journalism. The researcher sets out to produce reports, which adhere to the conventional journalism norms, including those of ‘balance’ and ‘accuracy’. She explicitly critiques and rejects the phenomenon known as ‘balance as bias’, explored by Boykoff and Boycoff (2004) which, by over accessing climate sceptic sources, obstructs the reporting of climate change as an important economic, social, political and environmental issue. This exegesis explains and defends a different approach that focuses on local reporting rather than large-scale events in distant places. Robert Entman’s definition of framing is used to explain how climate change issues were addressed in each narrative.

scholarly journals Towards understanding hydroclimatic change in Victoria, Australia – why was the last decade so dry?

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 6181-6206 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Kiem ◽  
D. C. Verdon-Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Seasonal Rainfall ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Hydroclimatic Change ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Abstract. Since the mid-1990s Victoria, located in southeast Australia, has experienced severe drought conditions characterized by streamflow that is the lowest on record in many areas. While severe decreases in annual and seasonal rainfall totals have also been observed, this alone does not seem to explain the observed reduction in flow. In this study, we investigate the large-scale climate drivers for Victoria and demonstrate how these modulate the regional scale synoptic patterns, which in turn alter the way seasonal rainfall totals are compiled and the amount of runoff per unit rainfall that is produced. The hydrological implications are significant and illustrate the need for robust hydrological modelling, which takes into account insights into physical mechanisms that drive regional hydroclimatology, in order to properly understand and quantify the impacts of climate change (natural and/or anthropogenic) on water resources.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY: SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-115
Author(s):  
Inna V. Kolodeznikova ◽  
Roman V. Kondurov ◽  
Diana V. Galitskayа
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Mechanisms ◽  
German Model ◽  
Russian Model

Social insurance occupies a special place in the entire social policy of the state. Developed system of social insurance in the country provides citizens with effective protection mechanisms and thereby ensures economic stability and creates an atmosphere of social cohesion in society. At present, social insurance systems in Russia and Germany have significant differences that include both the structure and functioning of each type of insurance separately. These differences in the organization of social insurance systems in Russia and Germany are traceable from the very beginning. System of social insurance in modern Russia has been developing to a certain extent inconsistently and to the present time still is not completely formed. The German system developed gradually and improved with regard to the features of the interests of society at various stages of its development. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany as a social state determined the modern model of the social insurance system. Therefore, the study of the German model is interesting from the point of view of the subsequent possible introduction of its elements into Russian insurance practice. The article compares social insurance systems of Russia and Germany. The components of the systems are studied; their similarities and differences are revealed. Opinions of experts of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment on the prospects and problems of the development of the Russian model of the social insurance system and the possibility of using the German insurance experience in Russian practice are given.

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