Climate Change and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 574
Special Issue Editor
Interests: climate change; ecosystem-based adaptation; natural resource policy and management evaluation; project development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impacts of global environmental changes, including climate change, on humans and the ecosystem are emerging more frequently than expected. Climate change impacts such as floods (including glacial lake outburst floods), drought, heat and cold waves, and increased intensity and frequency of storms have exacerbated economic losses and reduced our resilience and that of ecosystems. Socioeconomic developments expedited by increasing population continue to increase vulnerability and disaster risks.
The natural ability of ecosystems and biodiversity to provide services that are essential for helping people to adapt to the impacts of climate change and disaster risks has led to the emergence of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). Convention on biological diversity (CBD) has defined EbA as the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. EbA is quickly emerging as a popular form of improving social and ecological resilience and avert risks. It builds upon the ecosystem and biodiversity’s natural capacity to restore and conserve ecosystems.
We welcome scholars to publish scientific studies that attempt to deepen our understanding of the human–nature interface, especially from an EbA perspective, which results in:
- Improving policy solutions for ecosystem-based adaptation to the impacts of climate change;
- Identifying innovative technological solutions for efficient management of eBA;
- Identifying social and environmental justice issues in climate change impacts and adaptation;
- Developing methods to test EbA to improve socioecological resilience, reduce disasters, etc.
Prof. Sonam Wangyel Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecosystem-based adaptation
- climate change
- disaster
- resilience
