A discapito di un’attenzione crescente da parte sia della comunità scientifica che del panorama mediatico, le implicazioni che il cambiamento climatico potrebbe esercitare sulla sicurezza globale rimangono, ad oggi, incerte. ...

Besides climatic change, current demographic trends, economic development and related land use changes have direct impact on increasing demand for freshwater resources. Taken together, the net effect of these supply and ...

This work is structured into three chapters, each one exploring the effectiveness of climate policies considering the formulation of endogenous technical change (ETC) from different perspectives. Including ETC in a computable ...

L'Africa Occidentale, e in particolare la regione del Sahel, ha vissuto un grave periodo di siccità nel corso degli ultimi tre decenni del ventesimo secolo. Questo ha avuto drammatiche conseguenze sulle esigenze economiche ...

The human-nature interaction is threatened by a changing climate. Innovative solutions are needed to limit the global warming, while promoting a sustainable future. Policy and action require new approaches that represent ...

In the quest for adaptation to climate change, Ecosystem-based Adaptation is being distinguished for its integrated approach to reduce vulnerability to global changes and strengthen adaptive capacity of communities. Despite ...

Volcanic eruptions are widely used in ice core science to date or synchronize ice cores. Volcanoes emit large amounts of SO2 that is subsequently converted in the atmosphere into sulfuric acid and finally into sulphate. ...

Today there is new and stronger evidence that global warming is likely to have profound impacts on coastal communities and ecosystems. Accelerated sea-level rise, increased storminess, changes in water quality and coastal ...

This doctoral dissertation is inspired by the major environmental and socio-economic challenges faced by biologists, climate scientists, economists and policymakers today, and is dedicated to the state-of-the-art literature ...

Climate change and migration are closely interconnected in many parts of the world. Migration is a key way by which households cope with and adapt to rapid and slow environmental changes. Under extreme conditions of drought, ...