Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Changcheng Wang, Liuna Geng, Julian D. Rodriguez-Casallas
Summary: Higher levels of climate change risk perception are associated with less climate change inaction, mediated by enhanced climate change belief and heightened environmental efficacy. The sequential mediating effect of climate change belief and environmental efficacy is stronger among those with higher levels of mindfulness. These findings contribute to advancing research on climate change inaction and extend existing models in the field.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Walter Leal Filho, Yusuf A. Aina, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Wendy Purcell, Gustavo J. Nagy
Summary: Higher education is crucial in the global fight against climate change as it contributes to research, education, and skills development for leaders and professionals to address the necessary systemic changes. However, the full extent of higher education's contribution to climate change challenges has not been articulated, leading to a lack of interdisciplinary focus in organizational structures, curricula, and research programs. This paper highlights the role of higher education in supporting climate change education and research, while identifying areas that require urgent action.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Masahiro Tanoue, Ryo Taguchi, Haireti Alifu, Yukiko Hirabayashi
Summary: Residual flood damage (RFD) remains high in certain Asian and African regions, indicating limitations to flood adaptation. The risk of river flooding is expected to increase with climate change and socio-economic development, necessitating additional protection measures. China, India, and Latin American countries can achieve higher levels of flood protection to reduce RFD, but high risks remain in certain regions like eastern China, northern India, and central Africa.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sven Eggimann, Robin Mutschler, Kristina Orehounig, Massimo Fiorentini
Summary: The original purpose of daylight saving time (DST) was to save energy for lighting. However, DST also affects the heating and cooling demand of buildings, which has not been thoroughly studied. In this research, the impact of DST on heating and cooling demand in archetype offices across the United States was simulated for different climate trajectories. It was found that DST reduces cooling demand more than it increases heating demand. Although climate change increases future cooling demand, it does not significantly affect the overall energy demand reduction potential when DST is introduced. Evaluating the impact of work hour shifts on building energy demand is important, and it is necessary to determine whether saving cooling or saving heating energy can achieve greater CO2 emission reductions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Business
Sumit Agarwal, Yu Qin, Luwen Shi, Guoxu Wei, Hongjia Zhu
Summary: This study reveals that higher temperature in China is associated with an increase in hospital admissions, leading to a significant rise in medical expenses. The public insurance system bears a substantial portion of these additional costs.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biology
James A. deMayo, Reid S. Brennan, Melissa H. Pespeni, Michael Finiguerra, Lydia Norton, Gihong Park, Hannes Baumann, Hans G. Dam
Summary: Phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation can help populations cope with global change, but the limits and costs of adaptation under multiple stressors are not well understood. This study found that a copepod species, Acartia hudsonica, initially experienced a decline in fitness under the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification, but fully recovered within four generations, indicating an adaptive response and synergy between stressors. However, in the long term, the fitness of the adapted lineage was lower compared to the ambient conditions, suggesting a cost to producing phenotypes adapted to both warming and acidification. The study also found sustained phenotypic plasticity in the adapted lineage, even when exposed to different environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marc J. Alessi, Maria A. A. Rugenstein
Summary: By convolving Green's functions with SST pattern scenarios different from those produced by AOGCMs, it is found that future SST pattern uncertainty has a significant impact on global-mean temperature projections, potentially increasing total model uncertainty. The reversal of the current cooling trend in the East Pacific could lead to a period of global-mean warming with a higher rate than currently projected.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ranjit Deshmukh, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschenes, Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Tia Kordell, Ruiwen Lee, Christopher Malloy, Tracey Mangin, Measrainsey Meng, Sandy Sum, Vincent Thivierge, Anagha Uppal, David W. Lea, Kyle C. Meng
Summary: Oil supply-side policies, including setbacks, excise taxes, and carbon taxes, are being increasingly used to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector. This study evaluates the impacts of these policies on oil extraction, emissions reduction, and the distribution of health benefits and labor-market impacts in California. The findings demonstrate that setbacks generate the greatest benefits in terms of reduced air pollution and health effects, but also result in the highest lost worker compensation. However, current setbacks policies may not be sufficient to achieve California's greenhouse gas reduction targets and additional measures may be needed. Understanding the effects of oil supply-side policies on extraction, emissions, and communities is crucial for designing effective decarbonization pathways.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bernardo A. Bastien-Olvera, Frances C. Moore
Summary: This study expands an integrated assessment model to include natural capital as a form of wealth, showing large implications for climate policy. Climate change is damaging ecosystems worldwide with serious implications for human well-being, and understanding the benefits of reducing emissions requires grasping these costs.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Caine Rolleston, Jackline Nyerere, Luciana Brandli, Rosiana Lagi, Tristan McCowan
Summary: This article explores students' expectations and perceptions regarding higher education institutions' policies and practices on climate change. Results from a large-scale survey reveal that satisfaction among students in the sampled institutions is often low, while expectations are high. Students frequently expect to learn more about climate change than they currently are, and express some dissatisfaction with the wider activities of institutions in addressing climate change.
Article
Ecology
Jacinta Guirguis, Luke E. B. Goodyear, Catherine Finn, Jack V. V. Johnson, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Summary: The risk of extinction increases with elevation in amphibians, even after considering factors such as geographic range size, life histories, and infectious disease. This pattern is unique to amphibians and suggests that physiological or life-history features may explain the increased extinction risk at higher elevations.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
T. A. L. I. A. TAMARIN-BRODSKY, K. E. V. I. N. HODGES, B. R. I. A. N. J. HOSKINS, T. H. E. O. D. O. R. E. G. SHEPHERD
Summary: An approximate linear relationship is found between the kurtosis and the squared skewness of the atmospheric temperature. A simple model is presented to describe this relationship and predict the response of temperature variability changes to climate change.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zoi Vrontisi, Ioannis Charalampidis, Ulrike Lehr, Mark Meyer, Leonidas Paroussos, Christian Lutz, Yen E. Lam-Gonzalez, Anastasia Arabadzhyan, Matias M. Gonzalez, Carmelo J. Leon
Summary: Island communities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change, with climate change projected to cause significant economic losses in southern European islands. The tourism sector and increasing electricity demand are identified as key factors contributing to these economic damages.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Lucas Woodley, Philip Rossetti, Ashley Nunes
Summary: Electric vehicles are seen as a solution to achieve a more energy efficient and less polluting transportation system. Existing public policies, such as procurement incentives, have been adopted to stimulate EV sales. However, the effectiveness of these policies in reducing emissions depends on the cost-to-emissions advantage of EVs compared to gasoline vehicles.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2023)