“Social Vulnerability to Climate in the ‘Little Ice Age’: An Example from Central Europe in the Early 1770s”
A study of social vulnerability to climate in Switzerland and in the Czech Lands during the early 1770s.
A study of social vulnerability to climate in Switzerland and in the Czech Lands during the early 1770s.
This article seeks to shed light on some of the many possible interactions between changes in rainfall regime, one of the climatic factors with the greatest bearing on the history of human society, and the economic and socio-environmental dynamics of Costa Rica.
The authors seek to ascertain if ASEAN can respond to regional human-induced environmental problems given existing problems of national sovereignty and the interest-based character of ASEAN-type associations, since ASEAN’s goal, in contrast to that of the EU, has been regional cooperation rather than regional integration. The aim is to highlight the status of the respective policy frameworks and exemplify areas in which the regions can learn from one another in the field of air pollution, given its global relevance for climate change.
Chisholm’s article explores how contemporary music cultivates ecological thinking and climate-change awareness. Her essay investigates the music of John Luther Adams and his style of composing with climatic elements and natural forces.
Elizabeth Callaway analyzes scientific literature on climate change, specifically from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to consider how scientific representations structure, articulate, and inform our experience of time.
From an analysis of 1500 articles published from 2005 to 2013, Anshelm and Hansson distill four storylines representing geoengineering advocacy in the public discourse in mass media.
Libby Robin compares two major museum exhibitions on climate change that rely heavily on the IPCC models: Uppdrag Klimat (Mission: Climate Earth), at the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet), Sweden; and EcoLogic, at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Through an ethnographic account about the use of an electromagnetic water system in the Amish community, Nicole Welk-Joerger explores the conceptual meeting ground between sacred and secular worldviews in efforts that address the Anthropocene.
Whereas scientific evidence points towards substantial and urgent reduction in greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions, economic analysis of climate change seems to be out of sync by indicating a more gradual approach.
In this article, Steven Yearley writes about the problems and possibilities of scholars and scientists issuing warnings to leaders and policy-makers.