Despite several decades of research on more effectively communicating climate change to
the general public, there is only a limited amount of knowledge about how young people …

Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals
and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent …

Fossil fuel-based development has resulted in climate change and biodiversity loss,
threatening the ability of the biosphere to sustain civilization. However, despite the …

The oceans face a range of complex challenges for which the impacts on society are highly
uncertain but mostly negative. Tackling these challenges is testing society's capacity to …

Abstract Design is essential to fulfil unmet or under-served needs of resource-poor societies,
supporting their social and human development. A great deal of design research has been …

Its importance for understanding social dynamics notwithstanding, the concept of agency is
one of sociology's more controversial ideas. The debate around this concept has mostly …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has gained traction as one of the effective strategies in
tackling the climate crisis. Many CSA practices have been promoted by development …

There has been a consistent rise in urban disasters, particularly in developing countries
located in tropical areas. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and …

This paper introduces the terminology of (mal) adaptation opportunism–a situation in which
projects undertaken in the name of climate change adaptation (CCA) are overrun by …

The sustainable use of environmental resources is an important tenet guiding future
governance and management in the Anthropocene. However, the concept of sustainability is …