Review
Forestry
Noah T. Shephard, Lana Narine, Yucheng Peng, Adam Maggard
Summary: This article provides an overview of Climate Smart Forestry (CSF) by focusing on loblolly pine plantations in the United States. The main objective of CSF is to increase forest carbon storage to combat climate change. Traditional plantation practices and forest product carbon have played a positive role in increasing carbon storage, but data collection methods need to be improved.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Walter Leal Filho, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro, Abdul-Lateef Balogun, Andreia Faraoni Freitas Setti, Serafino A. R. Mucova, Desalegn Ayal, Edmond Totin, Adeleke Mosunmola Lydia, Felix Kanungwe Kalaba, Nicholas Otienoh Oguge
Summary: Climate change is a major challenge facing societies globally, with Africa being particularly vulnerable. Ecosystems play a crucial role in climate change adaptation processes by providing services that can mitigate the impacts of extreme events and disturbances. Efforts to enhance ecosystem services in Africa may support climate change adaptation initiatives and protect endangered ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Christian Unterberger, Roland Olschewski
Summary: Forest ecosystems in mountainous regions play a crucial role in providing protection services against disasters. However, there is still limited knowledge about the demand for insurance services provided by forests. Research shows that households are willing to pay a significant amount for forest management that enhances insurance services, which can inform decision making and operationalize the insurance value of ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Diana Reckien, Alexandre K. Magnan, Chandni Singh, Megan Lukas-Sithole, Ben Orlove, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Erin Coughlan de Perez
Summary: Reducing the risk of maladaptation is crucial for successful climate adaptation. The authors propose a framework, Navigating the Adaptation-Maladaptation continuum (NAM), to assess adaptation outcomes. The NAM framework includes criteria related to ecological, climate, and social outcomes, as well as equity-related outcomes for disadvantaged groups. By applying the framework to different adaptation options, variations in potential adaptation and risk of maladaptation are identified. Decision-makers are encouraged to prioritize responses that minimize the risk of maladaptation based on the NAM framework.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nelson Chanza, Walter Musakwa
Summary: Based on data from rural communities in Zimbabwe, this research investigates the role of indigenous knowledge systems in managing ecosystems and enhancing climate change responses. The study emphasizes the significance of indigenous practices in conservation efforts and the importance of maintaining traditional ecosystem conservation practices. Indigenous communities play a critical role in ecosystem management and adaptation to climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jiasheng Li, Xiaomin Guo, Xiaowei Chuai, Fangjian Xie, Feng Yang, Runyi Gao, Xuepeng Ji
Summary: Land use changes and climate change have significantly impacted the terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance in China. Research found that from 2000 to 2015, there were noticeable regional variations in carbon balance, with North and Northwest China acting as carbon sources while other regions were carbon sinks. Net Ecosystem Productivity (NEP) showed an increasing trend throughout the regions, except for the Mid-South region.
Article
Ecology
Pablo Herreros-Cantis, Timon McPhearson
Summary: Urban green infrastructure is crucial for climate change adaptation, but the distribution of its benefits in cities like New York City is influenced by socio-demographic factors, leading to environmental injustices in access to these climate-regulating services. An analysis of supply-demand mismatches in ecosystem services reveals spatial inequalities in climate resilience across the city.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Bettina Steuri, Elisabeth Viktor, Juliane El Zohbi, Daniela Jacob
Summary: Climate service has emerged as a new field to connect climate data providers and users, aiming to transform information into customized products. GERICS, as an early climate service provider, has identified three main roles and established four styles of user engagement. Successful user interaction is crucial for the effectiveness of service products.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jack Daly, Christine Knott, Poppy Keogh, Gerald G. Singh
Summary: Climate change poses challenges to sustainable ocean development, especially for coastal states and users. International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda, are being made to address these challenges. Countries like Canada are realigning their ocean programs with global blue economy strategies.
Review
Forestry
Joshua J. Puhlick, Thomas L. O'Halloran, Gregory Starr, Rebecca B. Abney, Lauren Pile S. Knapp, Robert A. McCleery, Kier D. Klepzig, Steven T. Brantley, R. Kevin McIntyre, Bo Song
Summary: Longleaf pine ecosystems provide various ecosystem services while also offering opportunities for managing carbon dynamics. Approaches such as extending rotations, converting plantations to multi-aged stands, and incorporating pyrogenic carbon can enhance carbon accumulation and storage. Targeted browsing or grazing with domesticated livestock can be used to reduce carbon emissions from burning, while mastication and frequent prescribed burning can reduce the risk of substantial carbon emissions from wildfires. However, further research is needed to validate these approaches and improve estimates of carbon stocks.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Noppol Arunrat, Sukanya Sereenonchai, Can Wang
Summary: The study compared the carbon footprint intensity, SOC stocks, and VCSES between organic rice farming and conventional rice farming. Results showed that organic rice farming had lower carbon footprint intensity, significantly higher SOC stocks increase, and nearly two times higher VCSES compared to conventional rice farming. Under future climate change scenarios, rice yields are expected to increase in most cases but decline under the worst scenario. Organic farming is predicted to have less impact on SOC and VCSES compared to conventional farming.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
A. S. Mathys, A. Bottero, G. Stadelmann, E. Thurig, M. Ferretti, C. Temperli
Summary: This study presents an assessment framework of climate-smart forestry (CSF) based on national forest inventory (NFI) data, quantifying mitigation, adaptation, and ecosystem service provision pillars using forest indicators. Results from Swiss NFI data and future forest development projections under different management scenarios show an increase in national carbon stock with current practices, but trade-offs between mitigation, adaptation, and provision of ecosystem services. Increasing harvesting intensities lead to short-term timber supply gains but decreased carbon stock, biodiversity, and forest protection functions. The indicator framework can support policy making to balance different forest services in the context of CSF.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Review
Forestry
Gabriela Elena Baciu, Carmen Elena Dobrota, Ecaterina Nicoleta Apostol
Summary: Forests have high levels of biodiversity and provide various economic, ecological and social functions; the tangible and intangible services they offer contribute to people's quality of life in terms of social, cultural, health and scientific benefits. An integrated assessment approach is needed to evaluate the complex nature of ecosystem goods and services, considering trade-offs between costs and benefits and the impact on economic, social and cultural development.
Article
Ecology
Diane E. Pataki, Marina Alberti, Mary L. Cadenasso, Alexander J. Felson, Mark J. McDonnell, Stephanie Pincetl, Richard V. Pouyat, Heikki Setala, Thomas H. Whitlow
Summary: Research shows that urban trees provide benefits such as local cooling, stormwater absorption, and health benefits for residents, but have limited potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Due to space constraints, urban trees are more promising for climate and pollution adaptation strategies rather than mitigation strategies.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Andreas Nikodemus, Miroslav Hajek
Summary: Rural communities near forest ecosystems are severely affected by climate change. The Colophospermum mopane woodlands play a vital role in supporting their livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. However, there is limited research on implementing policy instruments for climate change adaptation in the mopane woodlands in northern Namibia.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Laura L. de Sosa, A. Prysor Williams, Harriet G. Orr, Davey L. Jones
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
W. Neil Adger, Iain Brown, Swenja Surminski
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Iain Brown
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
N. Bachiller-Jareno, M. G. Hutchins, M. J. Bowes, M. B. Charlton, H. G. Orr
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Iain Brown
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chen Wang, Jingming Hou, David Miller, Iain Brown, Yang Jiang
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carolin Vorstius, John S. Rowan, Iain Brown, Zoe Frogbrook, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2019)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Iain Brown
Article
Environmental Sciences
Iain Brown
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Thomas Stanton, Paul Kay, Matthew Johnson, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Rachel L. Gomes, Jennifer Hughes, William Meredith, Harriet G. Orr, Colin E. Snape, Mark Taylor, Jason Weeks, Harvey Wood, Yuyao Xu
Summary: Mismanaged plastic waste threatens the environment, but the focus on plastic issues may overshadow greater threats. Changes in consumption practices and product design are key to reducing plastic environmental impact.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hayley J. Fowler, Haider Ali, Richard P. Allan, Nikolina Ban, Renaud Barbero, Peter Berg, Stephen Blenkinsop, Nalan Senol Cabi, Steven Chan, Murray Dale, Robert J. H. Dunn, Marie Ekstrom, Jason P. Evans, Giorgia Fosser, Brian Golding, Selma B. Guerreiro, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Abdullah Kahraman, Elizabeth J. Kendon, Geert Lenderink, Elizabeth Lewis, Xiaofeng Li, Paul A. O'Gorman, Harriet G. Orr, Katy L. Peat, Andreas F. Prein, David Pritchard, Christoph Schar, Ashish Sharma, Peter A. Stott, Roberto Villalobos-Herrera, Gabriele Villarini, Conrad Wasko, Michael F. Wehner, Seth Westra, Anna Whitford
Summary: Recent studies have focused on understanding short-duration rainfall extremes and their impacts on flash floods, landslides, and debris flows. With global warming, the intensity of long-duration heavy precipitation increases, with rare events and localized short-duration intensities potentially scaling at higher rates. Further research and international coordination are needed to better detect and understand changes in intense short-duration rainfall.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Conrad Wasko, Seth Westra, Rory Nathan, Harriet G. Orr, Gabriele Villarini, Roberto Villalobos Herrera, Hayley J. Fowler
Summary: Research on the implications of climate change on flood hazard has progressed significantly in the past decade, but efforts to translate this research into practical guidance for flood estimation are still in their early stages. Although climate science involves varying levels of uncertainty, many jurisdictions worldwide have started incorporating climate change into their flood guidance, signaling the need for more flexible design and planning approaches.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
H. G. Orr, M. Ekstrom, M. B. Charlton, K. L. Peat, H. J. Fowler
Summary: The UK Climate Change Act mandates the Environment Agency to report climate change risks and actions taken, with derived information critical from projections. High-resolution model simulations were published in 2019 in the UK, offering new insights into water management, but there is a need for further adaptation and support in development.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Oceanography
Iain Brown
Summary: Habitat compensation schemes are policy tools used to offset coastal squeeze of intertidal habitats caused by development. This article evaluates the effectiveness of these schemes in conservation and highlights barriers and issues regarding monitoring and transparency. The article also suggests the need for climate change adaptation planning to be more flexible and emphasize ecological functioning, integrity, and coherence.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Iain Brown, Pam Berry
Summary: National Climate Change Risk Assessments play a crucial role in informing adaptation policy priorities, but face significant challenges due to the complexity of risks and adaptation. An open and reflexive approach from a knowledge systems perspective can help redefine interpretations of risk and adaptation, enhancing collective science-policy adaptive capacity and engaging wider society in the process.