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From Communities to Landscapes: Multi-Scale Approaches to Climate Adaptation in Nepal

Posted: 06 Mar 2018 09:01 PM PST

"Some people are more vulnerable than others" to climate change, said Judy Oglethorpe, senior director of Multilateral Program Development of the World Wildlife Fund-US (WWF) at a recent event on climate change, biodiversity, and livelihoods. Oglethorpe is the chief of party for the Hariyo Ban (Green Forests) Program, which seeks to increase ecological and community […] Related posts: Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation In Tanzania,...

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The Sophomore Curse: Sampling Bias and the Future of Climate-Conflict Research

Posted: 06 Mar 2018 07:29 AM PST

Recently, Nature Climate Change published a new study demonstrating significant sampling bias in the research that informs our understanding of whether climate change will accelerate human conflict. I was a peer reviewer of "Sampling bias in climate–conflict research," and I wrote an accompanying "News and Views" piece summarizing it. I am fascinated by the issue […] Related posts: On Streetlights and Stereotypes: Selection Bias in the Climate-Conflict Literature Governance in Focus:...

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