Older people and climate change — Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

Gary Haq

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2

Yellow rapeseed field with shadows of trees under blue sky and white clouds, Ukraine

Conflicts threaten food security and biodiversity. How can we overcome these challenges?

Perspective / The consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on food security and biodiversity go beyond the countries' borders. How can we overcome these challenges?

13 May 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals

Aerial view of oil processing facility, Cabimas, Venezuela, near Maracaibo Lake, where an enormous deposit of oil discovered in the 1910s made Venezuela one of the world's major oil exporters

Q&A: What is carbon lock-in? SEI scientists give a primer

Feature / SEI researchers offer a deep dive into the concept of carbon lock-in and its effects in Latin America, where economies are entwined with fossil fuel production.

11 May 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Finance, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables

Young African woman picks coffee cherries at coffee farm, Kenya, East Africa

Improving Kenya’s coffee value chain: integration of sustainable consumption and production practices

SEI brief / Climate change threatens Kenya's coffee industry. These reforms across coffee's value chain can make the crop part of the solution.

4 May 2022 / About Business, Food and agriculture, Public policy, Supply Chains and Sustainable Development Goals

What the climate crisis needs: the world’s youth

Perspective / This piece by SEI's Robin Hocquet argues that changes are needed to integrate the world's youth in policymaking processes on climate and sustainability issues.

29 April 2022 / About Climate policy, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

Green and yellow coffee cherries hang from the branch of a coffee plant

The coffee supply chain illustrates transboundary climate risks: Insights on governance pathways

SEI brief / When a crop like coffee links countries together, they also share associated climate risks. This brief details options for managing transboundary climate risks.

26 April 2022 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply Chains

Hand holding pile of raw white coffee beans

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

21 March 2022 / About Business, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing

3D aerial rendering of mountains, cities and freshwater bodies in Butte County, California

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

Project / A NASA-funded project explores whether satellite imagery can help Indigenous tribes in California conserve land and water in ways that meet their needs.

2022 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Wind farm on mountains surrounded by clouds, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

New IPCC report presents much greater sense of urgency on climate change

Media advisory / According to the latest IPCC Working Group II report released on 28 February 2022, immediate action is needed to prevent severe climate change impacts.

28 February 2022 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Fossil fuels, Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

Stepping up knowledge exchange between climate adaptation platforms: synthesis report from the KE4CAP project

Other publication / This report synthesizes the findings of the Knowledge Exchange for Climate Adapations Platforms (KE4CAP) project.

8 February 2022 / About Adaptation

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