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Improving Environmental Communication and Adaptation Decision-making in the Humanitarian Sector

ENVS 5909-902/CSTP 5909
University of Colorado
Spring Semester 2017

Course Themes and Readings
Week 5

Climate Change, Vulnerability, & Disasters - Late March Date TBD

 

Readings

Brugnach, M., Craps, M., and Dewulf, A. (2014). Including indigenous peoples in climate change mitigation: addressing issues of scale, knowledge and power. Climatic Change.

O’Brien et al. (2006). Climate Change and Disaster Management. Disasters 30(1): 64-80.

Miller et al. (2011). Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts? Ecology and Society15(3): 11.

van Aalst, Maarten (2006). The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. Disasters 30(1): 5-18.

Smit, B. and J. Wandel (2006). Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity, and Vulnerability. Global Environmental Change 16 (2006): 282-292.

Ribot, J. (2009). Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky: Toward Multi-scale Pro-poor Climate Policy. In Robin Mearns and Andrew Norton (eds.), Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

Preston, et al. (2011). Putting Vulnerability to Climate Change on the Map: A Review of Approaches, Benefits, and Risks. Sustainability Science 6(2011):  177-202.

Schipper, Lisa (2009). Meeting at the Crossroads?: Exploring the Linkages Between Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. Climate and Development 1(2009): 16-30.

Carr, E. and K. Osuwu-Daaku (2015). The shifting epistemologies of vulnerability in climate services for development: The case of Mali’s agrometeorological advisory programme. Area. DOI: 10.1111/area.12179

Toole, S., Klocker, N. and Head, L. (2015). Rethinking climate change adaptation and capacities at the household scale. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-015-1577-x

 

Optional:
IPCC (2012) Summary for Policymakers, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. In Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3-21.

(It’s worth skimming the full Special Report when you have time. There are useful executive summaries at the beginning of each chapter to help you decide which sections might be most relevant to your projects.)