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Adapting to climate change in cities

Frank Thomalla — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:52:29 +0000

Procedural vulnerability: Understanding environmental change in a remote indigenous community

Frank Thomalla — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:14:07 +0000

Procedural vulnerability: Understanding environmental change in a remote indigenous community

Miljöpolitikens spelplan

Annika E. Nilsson — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Agriculture and development: Can Africa feed itself in a changing climate?

Marion Davis — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:40:53 +0000

SEI Africa Centre Director Stacey Noel and Senior Research Fellow Francis X. Johnson reflect on the fourth annual Climate and Development in Africa Conference, held 8-10 October in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Javier Godar; Toby Gardner — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:52:48 +0000

This study examines the role of different-size landowners to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, combining agricultural census data with fine-scale remote sensing data on deforestation and forest degradation.

Impacts of drainage and climate change on keystone insects and upland breeding birds

Andreas Heinemeyer — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:06:02 +0000

Have Brazil’s deforestation policies hit the limits of their effectiveness?

Marion Davis — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:02:32 +0000

A new paper in PNAS shows that Amazon deforestation is becoming harder to detect and control, and the measures that slowed deforestation to date need to be supplemented by new approaches, including for smallholders.

Adaptation: going from theory to practice, even as we learn

Rajesh Daniel — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:38:03 +0000

The 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, held 1-3 October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, highlighted the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships and knowledge-sharing.

Q&A: Åsa Gerger Swartling and Gregor Vulturius on communicating climate change to foresters

Caspar Trimmer — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:24:15 +0000

Åsa Gerger Swartling and Gregor Vulturius discuss the work they presented at the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress 2014 on learning from recent research under the Mistra-SWECIA programme.

New study highlights impacts of road developments on Amazon bird species

Caspar Trimmer — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 04:34:23 +0000

A new study applying the ‘roadless volume’ shows it is not just how many roads you build but the spaces left between them that determines biodiversity loss.

Governing the transition away from fossil fuels: The role of international institutions

Harro van Asselt — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:58:33 +0000

This paper, part of the project ‘Risks of, and Responses to, the New Fossil Fuel Economy‘, examines the potential role of international institutions in governing a transition away from fossil fuels.

Climate change adaptation a hot topic for the Swedish forestry sector

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:11:44 +0000

A new study by SEI shows that over a third of forest owners believe that they lack the knowledge and capacity to adapt their forestry to climate change. Collaboration between researchers, authorities, forest companies and forest owners is necessary to raise the level of knowledge, find appropriate solutions for increasing adaptation capacity, and so avoid unnecessary costs for both society and the industry.

Q&A: Olle Olsson on forestry and the indirect impacts of climate change

Caspar Trimmer — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:44:34 +0000

Commercial forestry in several countries has been badly hit by fires, storms and infestations that have been linked to climatic change in recent years. Conversely, forest productivity in some areas could rise with a warming climate. But are these direct impacts all we should be thinking about when it comes to climate change and forestry? Olle Olsson shares some insights from his presentation at this week’s 2014 IUFRO World Congress.

‘Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People’: SEI at the 24th International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress

Caspar Trimmer — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:20:27 +0000

What can researchers do to boost sustainability for forests and the people who depend on them? That is the question being posed by the 24th World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, this week.

Road networks predict human influence on Amazonian bird communities

Toby Gardner — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

This study uses a road network metric and data on forest bird species richness and composition in two municipalities in the eastern Brazilian Amazon to gauge the impact of road-building.

Cyclone Gudrun and the future of Swedish forestry: thoughts from the Swedish Forestry Association’s Annual Excursion 2014

Olle Olsson — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:52:34 +0000

SEI researcher Olle Olsson provides thoughts from the Swedish Forestry Association’s Annual Excursion 2014.

SEI at the 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

Rajesh Daniel — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:08:59 +0000

More than 500 adaptation practitioners, experts and public- and private-sector officials are gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for one of the top adaptation events in the region.

Understanding the ‘hot spots’ in cities that affect older people’s mobility

Howard Cambridge — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:08:38 +0000

Older people living in cities could enjoy better quality of life thanks to new research that brings them together with the next generation of urban designers and charts their emotional responses to their surroundings.

Advancing climate ambition: How city-scale actions can contribute to global climate goals

Peter Erickson; Kevin Tempest — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000

This paper, which complements a brief by UN Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg, quantifies the potential contributions of urban areas to global climate change mitigation, with a focus on sectors over which city leaders have particular influence.

Advancing climate ambition: Cities as partners in global climate action

Peter Erickson; Kevin Tempest — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:08:56 +0000

This briefing paper examines how cities can contribute to bridging the global emissions gap. It finds significant emission reduction potential – up to two-thirds the impact of recent national policies and actions.