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Topical Advisory Panel Collection Series: Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Multi- and Inter-disciplinary Implications of the Relationship

A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 6039

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Dr. Talib E. Butt

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Interests: contaminated land; risk assessment and management; climate change; sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); water; energy; waste; carbon footprint
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Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability is one of the most multi- and inter-disciplinary fields of study because it encapsulates both the technical and non-technical subject matters cutting through its three principal dimensions: the social/ethical, economic and environmental. These three dimensions can also be found within the context of climate change with similar implications. One demonstration of this is that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduced by the United Nations particularly emphasize climate change in the 13: Climate Action SDG. On the other hand, climate change as a process has drivers/inputs (which are causing it) and the impacts/outputs of the process manifests in the environment all around us, either directly and indirectly. Controlling the drivers/inputs is referred to as climate change mitigation, while adjusting to the impacts/outputs is known as climate change adaptation. The sustainability philosophy, along with its three fundamental dimensions, is applicable to both climate change processes, i.e., in terms of being the drivers and mitigators of climate change as well as considering the impacts of this and the adaptations which will have to be made. There are knowledge gaps regarding the relationship between sustainability and climate change, particularly along the three fundamental dimensions, both individually and collectively, and yet on both sides of the climate change ‘equation’ or process. Manuscripts that cover the diverse implications of the relationship between climate change and sustainability are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue. Due to the wide diversity in the multi- and inter-faceted nature of the topic, authors/researchers are expected to be from any background and field of study.

Dr. Talib E. Butt
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Keywords

  • climate change
  • sustainable development
  • sustainability
  • SDG 13: climate action
  • climate change mitigation
  • climate change adaptation
  • social/ethical sustainability
  • environmental sustainability
  • economic sustainability
  • CSI (corporate social responsibility)
  • triple bottom line

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Effects of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Events on Daily CO2 Fluxes in the Tropics
by Daria Gushchina, Maria Tarasova, Elizaveta Satosina, Irina Zheleznova, Ekaterina Emelianova, Elena Novikova and Alexander Olchev
Climate 2023, 11(6), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11060117 - 25 May 2023
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The effects of anomalous weather conditions (such as extreme temperatures and precipitation) on CO2 flux variability in different tropical ecosystems were assessed using available reanalysis data, as well as information about daily net CO2 fluxes from the global FLUXNET database. A [...] Read more.
The effects of anomalous weather conditions (such as extreme temperatures and precipitation) on CO2 flux variability in different tropical ecosystems were assessed using available reanalysis data, as well as information about daily net CO2 fluxes from the global FLUXNET database. A working hypothesis of the study suggests that the response of tropical vegetation can differ depending on local geographical conditions and intensity of temperature and precipitation anomalies. The results highlighted the large diversity of CO2 flux responses to the fluctuations of temperature and precipitation in tropical ecosystems that may differ significantly from some previously documented relationships (e.g., higher CO2 emission under the drier and hotter weather, higher CO2 uptake under colder and wetter weather conditions). They showed that heavy precipitation mainly leads to the strong intensification of mean daily CO2 release into the atmosphere at almost all stations and in all types of study biomes. For the majority of considered tropical ecosystems, the intensification of daily CO2 emission during cold and wet weather was found, whereas the ecosystems were predominantly served as CO2 sinks from the atmosphere under hot/dry conditions. Such disparate responses suggested that positive and negative temperature and precipitation anomalies influence Gross Primary Production (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (ER) rates differently that may result in various responses of Net Ecosystem Exchanges (NEE) of CO2 to external impacts. Their responses may also depend on various local biotic and abiotic factors, including plant canopy age and structure, plant biodiversity and plasticity, soil organic carbon and water availability, surface topography, solar radiation fluctuation, etc. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Topical Advisory Panel Collection Series: Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Multi- and Inter-disciplinary Implications of the Relationship)
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Impact of Climate Change on the Stability of the Miacher Slope, Upper Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
by Mehboob ur Rashid, Waqas Ahmed, Ihtisham Islam, Petros Petrounias, Panagiota P. Giannakopoulou and Nikolaos Koukouzas
Climate 2023, 11(5), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11050102 - 8 May 2023
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Especially in recent years, the study of landslide phenomena is considered as very important because of the effects of climate change. The aim of this paper is to examine the stability of the slope located in Miacher Nagar village along the Hunza River [...] Read more.
Especially in recent years, the study of landslide phenomena is considered as very important because of the effects of climate change. The aim of this paper is to examine the stability of the slope located in Miacher Nagar village along the Hunza River (HR), using the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM). The Miacher slope rises to a height of 900 m from the foot of the Hunza River and has a base angle of 50 degrees. Meta-sediments and quaternary recent glaciated deposits make up the majority of the slope’s composition. The slope movement of Miacher was first triggered in 1995, and was further triggered in 2010 and 2013. The slope was geologically, geomorphologically, geotechnically and geochemically investigated as well as modeled by Slope/w to determine the safety factor. Soil samples were analyzed for their geotechnical, geological and geomorphological properties. The Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) was employed in this study to analyze the Factor of Safety (FOS) of the slope, based on assumptions of the Morgenstern and Price, Ordinary, Janbu and Bishop Methods, using the Slope/w software. Various factors, including pore water pressure, unit weight, cohesion, angle of internal friction and overburden, were examined by analyzing different scenarios. The findings showed that an increase in cohesion and angle of internal friction resulted in an increase in FOS, whereas an increase in unit weight and overburden caused a decrease in FOS. The influence of pore water pressure was positive to a certain extent, but a further increase led to a significant reduction in FOS. The results showed that the Miacher slope is currently stable, as all FOS values were greater than one, based on the existing strength parameters and simulated results obtained using Slope/w. Full article
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