Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i03/1-13
L. Olsson
To meet the Paris agreement, CO2 emissions from road transport need to be severely lowered. In Sweden, as in many other countries, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing rapidly. This has led to a recurring debate on whether EVs will help reduce climate impact or not. The aim of this paper is to analyze the Swedish debate on the climate impact of EVs with respect to framing and validity of the arguments. Thirty-one opinion pieces published between 2010 and 2018 are studied. Two discourse coalitions are identified; supporters and opponents of EVs. The opponents’ main argument is that EVs use imported, coal-fired electricity with high CO2 emissions. The supporters argue that EVs use Swedish, fossil-free electricity, thereby causing no CO2 emissions. Neither coalition’s arguments are wholly valid, but nor are they wholly false. Swedish electricity production is largely fossil free, but, at times of high electricity demand, fossil-based electricity is imported. Thus, Swedish EVs often use fossil-free electricity, but sometimes they do not. This is likely to continue with a large-scale transition to electromobility. Both discourse coalitions motivate their positions with a desire to reduce climate impact. EV supporters are optimistic about technology development and frame EVs as fundamental for future carbon-neutral possibilities. While EV opponents are pessimistic, their framing of the issue implies a need for society to assume responsibility for sustainability in a wide system perspective. This should be acknowledged and used by policy-makers, to ensure that EVs’ full potential for climate change mitigation be realized.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i04/1-13
Mohammed Gali Nuhu, K. Matsui
{"title":"Climate Change and Farmers’ Coping Strategies in the Upper East Region of Ghana","authors":"Mohammed Gali Nuhu, K. Matsui","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i04/1-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i04/1-13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73613518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i03/35-52
T. D. Adjin-Tettey
{"title":"Coverage of Climate Change: Graduate Students’ Climate Change Policy Awareness and Assessment of Ghanaian Media","authors":"T. D. Adjin-Tettey","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i03/35-52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v11i03/35-52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83847760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I01/15-24
Ryan Cornell
{"title":"The Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Electric Vehicles as a Function of Renewable Energy","authors":"Ryan Cornell","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I01/15-24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I01/15-24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77408977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I02/1-20
B. DeDominicis
{"title":"Indo-Pacific Grand Strategy: Power Politics and Sustainable Development","authors":"B. DeDominicis","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I02/1-20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I02/1-20","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"186 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72568708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I03/15-33
D. Bardati
{"title":"Participatory Agroecological Assessment of Farmers’ Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Malawi","authors":"D. Bardati","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I03/15-33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V11I03/15-33","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91298064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.1186/s40665-018-0038-y
J. Gardner, E. Rowley, Perry de Rebeira, Alma de Rebeira, L. Brouwer
{"title":"Associations between changing climate and body condition over decades in two southern hemisphere passerine birds","authors":"J. Gardner, E. Rowley, Perry de Rebeira, Alma de Rebeira, L. Brouwer","doi":"10.1186/s40665-018-0038-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40665-018-0038-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76570496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-11-14DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V10I04/25-39
J. Udie, S. Bhattacharyya, L. Ozawa-Meida
The impacts of climate change arising from flooding, the intrusion of high saline tidewater, rising temperature, wind storms, and rising Atlantic level are exacerbating significant threats to oil and gas critical installations in the Niger Delta. Understanding the hierarchies of vulnerable critical infrastructure could help assets managers in the industry to adopt sustainable adaptation measures against the looming impacts of climate change–induced stress on systems. In this article, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is implemented in prioritising vulnerable critical oil and gas infrastructure in the Niger Delta for effective and sustainable adaptation planning and response. A mix of an exploratory investigation involving interdisciplinary participants' engagement in focus groups were conducted in four multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta to elicit data for analysis. Participants in the study compared seven selected critical installations using an AHP questionnaire. A Mi-AHP spreadsheet analysis of stakeholders' perceptions revealed infrastructure vulnerability in hierarchical form: pipelines, terminals, roads/bridges, flow stations, loading bays, transformers/high voltage cables, and wellheads. The study shows that the vulnerability in the region is influenced by exposure, the presence of climate burdens, and proximity to inundated coastal areas below 4.5 meters above sea level. It also shows that critical systems are vulnerable due to interdependence and level of linkages that exist between directly vulnerable and non-directly vulnerable assets. Results also show that vulnerability in the region is due to critical perception, age and obsolescence, and weak adaptive capacity. This study furnished decision-makers in the oil and gas sector with information on which infrastructure is to be protected in terms of adaptation planning, investment, and implementation with particular attention on climate change.
{"title":"Vulnerability Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Critical Oil/Gas Infrastructure: A Decision-Maker’s Perception in the Niger Delta","authors":"J. Udie, S. Bhattacharyya, L. Ozawa-Meida","doi":"10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V10I04/25-39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/V10I04/25-39","url":null,"abstract":"The impacts of climate change arising from flooding, the intrusion of high saline tidewater, rising temperature, wind storms, and rising Atlantic level are exacerbating significant threats to oil and gas critical installations in the Niger Delta. Understanding the hierarchies of vulnerable critical infrastructure could help assets managers in the industry to adopt sustainable adaptation measures against the looming impacts of climate change–induced stress on systems. In this article, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is implemented in prioritising vulnerable critical oil and gas infrastructure in the Niger Delta for effective and sustainable adaptation planning and response. A mix of an exploratory investigation involving interdisciplinary participants' engagement in focus groups were conducted in four multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta to elicit data for analysis. Participants in the study compared seven selected critical installations using an AHP questionnaire. A Mi-AHP spreadsheet analysis of stakeholders' perceptions revealed infrastructure vulnerability in hierarchical form: pipelines, terminals, roads/bridges, flow stations, loading bays, transformers/high voltage cables, and wellheads. The study shows that the vulnerability in the region is influenced by exposure, the presence of climate burdens, and proximity to inundated coastal areas below 4.5 meters above sea level. It also shows that critical systems are vulnerable due to interdependence and level of linkages that exist between directly vulnerable and non-directly vulnerable assets. Results also show that vulnerability in the region is due to critical perception, age and obsolescence, and weak adaptive capacity. This study furnished decision-makers in the oil and gas sector with information on which infrastructure is to be protected in terms of adaptation planning, investment, and implementation with particular attention on climate change.","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"196 1","pages":"25-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77461851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-26DOI: 10.1186/s40665-018-0037-z
Archana Raghavan Sathyan, C. Funk, T. Aenis, P. Winker, L. Breuer
{"title":"Sensitivity analysis of a climate vulnerability index - a case study from Indian watershed development programmes","authors":"Archana Raghavan Sathyan, C. Funk, T. Aenis, P. Winker, L. Breuer","doi":"10.1186/s40665-018-0037-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40665-018-0037-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"43 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82024039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-04DOI: 10.1186/s40665-018-0039-x
M. Forister, J. Fordyce, C. Nice, J. Thorne, D. Waetjen, A. Shapiro
{"title":"Impacts of a millennium drought on butterfly faunal dynamics","authors":"M. Forister, J. Fordyce, C. Nice, J. Thorne, D. Waetjen, A. Shapiro","doi":"10.1186/s40665-018-0039-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40665-018-0039-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37650,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses","volume":"292 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75645301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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