Blar i Publikasjoner fra CRIStin på emneord "klimaendringer"
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Assessing the impact of the securitization narrative on climate change adaptation in Nigeria
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)In Nigeria, the threat posed by climate change is leading policymakers and the media to frame climate change as a security threat that warrants support for adaptive actions. We draw upon securitization theory to examine ... -
Availability of fresh water in cold climate regions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Challenges related to the availability of fresh water in cold climate regions are discussed with emphasis on possible degradation of the quality of drinking water. The permafrost in this region has been consistent in making ... -
The challenges experts face during creeping crises: the curse of complacency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The policy literature has generally conceptualised crises as urgent public threats with clearly demarcated ‘focusing events’. Consequently, most studies have identified the main challenges faced by expert agencies involved ... -
Climate change risk perception in the USA and alignment with sustainable travel behaviours
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)In an online survey of 1071 Americans conducted in October 2016, we found technological optimism, environmental beliefs, and gender to be better predictors of climate change concern than respondents’ perceived ability to ... -
Climate targets as more than rhetoric: Accounting for Norway's Zero Growth Objective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Climate-related targets for cities abound, but it is unclear how important they are in driving actual transformations. Scholars have often taken a skeptical view of official climate discourses, including their ambitious ... -
Coastal Erosion Due to Decreased Ice Coverage, Associated Increased Wave Action, and Permafrost Melting
(Chapter, 2018-11)It is broadly recognized that the Arctic area has become highly popular for hosting new activities and new infrastructure. This is due to the combination of the need of exploring new areas to satisfy the ever increased ... -
Commodity prices and robust environmental regulation: Evidence from deforestation in Brazil
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Increasing international agricultural commodity prices create pressure on tropical forests. We study the effectiveness of three regulatory policies implemented by Brazil in reducing this pressure: blacklisting of municipalities, ... -
Design and Early Age Performance of Sustainable One-Part Geopolymers for Well Cementing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)One-part geopolymers, known as “just add water” (JAW), alkali-activated formulation is presented in this work. This work reveals the design and development of short-term properties of JAW geopolymers for use in oilwell ... -
Does the science criterion rest on thin ice?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)This paper explores whether a central plank of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) – the science criterion – is threatened by anthropogenic climate change. It begins by situating the origins of the ATS within the context of ... -
The Effect of Climate on the Solar Radiation Components on Building Skins and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Materials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)The business model of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is developing expeditiously and BIPV will soon be recognised as a building envelope material for the entire building skins, among other alternatives such as ... -
Equity and justice in climate change adaptation : Policy and practical implication in Nigeria
(Chapter, 2020-11)Over the past decade, justice and equity have become a quasi-universal answer to problems of environmental governance. The principles of justice and equity emerged as a useful entry point in global governance to explore ... -
Impact of and solutions to effects of climate changes for Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Climate changes forces us to make significant mitigation and adaptation measures. As temperature rises and the environmental conditions changes, a variety of challenges occur. Across the whole globe, harming consequences ... -
Politics of climate risk management in local government: A case study of the municipality of Stavanger
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)The case study presented in this paper was conducted to study the politics of local-level climate risk management and discuss these politics' implications for responses to climate change and democratic deliberation. Local ... -
Progress, traditions and future directions in research on disasters involving slow-onset hazards
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)Purpose The importance of onset speed has been stressed by disaster researchers and inter-governmental bodies for some time, but its meaning and knowledge frontier has not been explored in depth. The purpose of this paper ... -
Redescribing fossil-fuel investments: how hegemony challengers ‘invert’ arguments in the Norwegian public discourse on climate risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article introduces the concept of inversion as a rhetorical-political strategy used to redescribe climate concerns from being sacrificed in favour of profitability to seeing that profitability necessitates climate ... -
Scales of energy justice: Solar power and energy poverty alleviation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)The threats climate change poses require rapid and wide decarbonization efforts in the energy sector. Historically, large-scale energy operations, often instrumental for a scaled and effective approach to meet decarbonization ... -
Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: securitization in focus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-12)Climate change is recognized today not just as a pressing and prominent issue on government agendas but also one that has been increasingly ‘securitized’ in a variety of national and global settings. We know little, however, ... -
What happens if …? Uncertainty in games and climate change education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Uncertainty complicates the issue of climate change. Climate change education should therefore help students to address uncertainty. The question, then, is how to educate students about that which is ‘in the dark’. Here, ...