International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management: Volume 10 Issue 1 , Open Access

Guest editorial

Franco Salerno

Who takes responsibility for the climate refugees?

Bayes Ahmed

“No climate change, no climate refugees”. On the basis of this theme, this paper aims to propose a method for undertaking the responsibility for climate refugees literally…

Does FDI affect carbon intensity? New evidence from dynamic panel analysis

Yanmin Shao

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and carbon intensity. This study uses the dynamic panel data model to study and provide fresh…

Social protection as a strategy to address climate-induced migration

Susanne Schwan, Xiaohua Yu

This paper aims to discuss the roles of social protection in reducing and facilitating climate-induced migration. Social protection gained attention in the international climate…

Human mobility in the context of climate change and disasters: a South American approach

Lilian Yamamoto, Diogo Andreola Serraglio, Fernanda de Salles Cavedon-Capdeville

This paper aims to assess to what extent South American countries have integrated recommendations of the international agenda to address human mobility in the context of disasters…

Policies and mechanisms to address climate-induced migration and displacement in Pacific and Caribbean small island developing states

Adelle Thomas, Lisa Benjamin

This study aims to assess policies and mechanisms in Caribbean and Pacific small island developing states (SIDS) that address climate-induced migration and displacement. The…

Displacement and climate change: improving planning policy and increasing community resilience

Tijana Crnčević, Violeta Orlović Lovren

The purpose of this paper is to present the major gaps in the field of planning policy and its implementation regarding climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR), with…

Migration as adaptation strategy to cope with climate change: A study of farmers’ migration in rural India

Chandan Kumar Jha, Vijaya Gupta, Utpal Chattopadhyay, Binilkumar Amarayil Sreeraman

This study aims to evaluate the link between climate/weather change and farmer migration in Bihar, India. The influence of cognitive conditions and climate-related stress on…

Meteorological drought assessment in north east highlands of Ethiopia

Yimer Mohammed, Fantaw Yimer, Menfese Tadesse, Kindie Tesfaye

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the patterns and trends of drought incidence in north east highlands of Ethiopia using monthly rainfall record for the period 1984-2014.

The study of potential evapotranspiration in future periods due to climate change in west of Iran

Ahmad Rajabi, Zahra Babakhani

This study aims to present the climate change effect on potential evapotranspiration (ETP) in future periods.

Migrants’ remittances: A complementary source of financing adaptation to climate change at the local level in Ghana

Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Albert Ahenkan, Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Samuel Antwi Darkwah

The much-trumpeted Green Climate Fund and several other official financial mechanisms for financing adaptation to climate change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate…

Increasing vulnerability to floods in new development areas: evidence from Ho Chi Minh City

Phan N. Duy, Lee Chapman, Miles Tight, Phan N. Linh, Le V. Thuong

Flooding is an emerging problem in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, and is fast becoming a major barrier to its ongoing development. While flooding is presently of nuisance…