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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"barriers to adaptation"”.
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Drowning in Development Discourse: The Effects of Climate Finance and the Development Industry on Ability to Adapt to Climate Change in Kiribati
… other Pacific Island nations, is poised to receive a substantial increase in climate finance. This finance, pledged under the UNFCCC, is intended to help vulnerable countries not responsible for the problem of climate change to adapt to its impacts. Much current climate finance literature …
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Revisiting barriers to climate change adaptation in coastal municipalities in Massachusetts
… has positioned itself as a leader in climate adaptation and mitigation action. However, there is little knowledge about how exactly climate adaptation is occurring at the local level and what barriers municipalities in the state face in implementing adaptation strategies. In response to a 2011 …
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Linking Disability and Intercultural Studies: the adaptation journey of the visually impaired migrant in Ireland
… migrant in Ireland and this is the first study to document the lives of these members of Irish society. It examines how visually impaired migrants are simultaneously adapting to their disability and a new cultural environment while living in Ireland. In so doing this study aims to link the two …
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Coastal Climate Change Adaptation: the Influence of Perceived Risk, Uncertainty, Trust, and Scale
<p>Understanding barriers to adaptation and revealing how these barriers differ across scales of management and decision making has emerged as a major theme within the literature on climate change adaptation (CCA). However, research that analyzes the process of adaptation in order to inform …
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An appraisal of experiences of climate change and adaptive response to heat stress by farmers in rural Ghana
… occupational and health issues. Periods of high to extreme temperatures are becoming more common and are a leading cause of weather-related deaths in many countries. In agricultural settings of African countries, heat stress is a major concern as many smallholder farmers work outdoors with …
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Social impacts of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
Excessive heat exposure due to rising temperatures associated with climate change adversely affects workers’ health, safety, productivity, and psychosocial well-being in occupational settings. In the hot and tropical regions of developing countries, long hours of physically demanding work, coupled …
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An Actor-Centred Approach to Overcoming Barriers in Regional Climate Change Adaptation Decision-Making
Ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutukset voivat huomattavasti vaihdella eri alueiden välillä, mikä vaatii alueellista päätöksentekoa liittyen parhaisiin tapoihin hillitä niiden haitallisia seurauksia ja tavoitella mahdollisia hyötyjä. Tästä huolimatta, toimijat voivat kohdata lukuisia esteitä …