Category: Policy

Green-Grey Infrastructure Planning

Green-Grey Infrastructure Planning

Green-Grey Infrastructure Planning

01/18/21

“How can we combine green and grey infrastructure planning together?”

Green infrastructure and grey infrastructure are often thought of as being in direct conflict with one another. However, given the ferocity of climate change, both will be needed to build disaster-adapted infrastructure. Therefore, Green-Grey Infrastructure Planning will need to be done. One example is restoring a mangrove forest on the outer banks of a delta while building a porous street to flush out extraneous water.

Environmental Pollution Burden Review

Environmental Pollution Burden Review

Environmental Pollution Burden Review

01/17/21

“How can we review the environmental pollution burden that a new project may bring to an already-polluted community?”

Certain infrastructure projects such as power plants and waste dumps are known to bring pollution along with them. Usually these are placed in communities that have little to no structural power to fight back. As a result, some states and countries are crafting Environmental Pollution Burden Review legislation that will force companies and municipalities to review if a community has been burdened by prior pollution and potentially deny the request to construct it. This will be vital for implementing environmental justice reforms and healing the world.

Why Climate Change Will Make People More Exhausted

Why Climate Change Will Make People More Exhausted

Why Climate Change Will Make People More Exhausted

01/16/21

“Why will climate change make people more exhausted?”

Climate Change is going to change the environment immensely. One of the things it will do is make things more unpleasant, such as hotter weather, more humidity or droughts, and destabilized economies. This will increase stress in and exhaust people, leading to even more problems in the world. This is Why Climate Change Will Make People More Exhausted.

Why Mass Deforestation Will Lead to More Global Pandemics

Why Mass Deforestation Will Lead to More Global Pandemics

Why Mass Deforestation Will Lead to More Global Pandemics

01/15/21

“Why will mass deforestation lead to more global pandemics?”

Mass deforestation is a worldwide phenomenon. As our resource demands grow, so does the area of nature shrink. This will put humans more in contact with various kinds of animals, leading to the increased likelihood that novel coronaviruses are to break out. This is Why Mass Deforestation Will Lead to More Global Pandemics.

Social-Physical Vulnerability Adaptation Index

Social-Physical Vulnerability Adaptation Index

Social-Physical Vulnerability Adaptation Index

01/12/21

“How can we combine social and physical vulnerability indexes into one metric for adaptation?”

In adaptation research and planning, social and physical vulnerability indexes are often used discretely from one another. However, this need not always be the case. Using the proper statistical methodologies, both of these can be combined into a single Social-Physical Vulnerability Adaptation Index. With this, we can get a complete picture of how vulnerable a geographic territory or population may be to climate events. For example, a wealthy city in the WUI may be highly physically vulnerable to wildfire but not socially, while the opposite may be true for a port town.

How Economic Migration Will Become Tied With Climate Migration in the Future

How Economic Migration Will Become Tied With Climate Migration in the Future

How Economic Migration Will Become Tied With Climate Migration in the Future

01/11/21

“How will economic migration be tied with climate migration in the future?”

Economic and climate migration is often talked about as if they are two separate phenomena. However, in the future climate change will affect every aspect of our economic structure. Places that were once prosperous may become flooded or drought-ridden, ruining the local economy and forcing whole populations to move en-masse in search of new opportunities. This is How Economic Migration Will Become Tied With Climate Migration in the Future.

Climate Migrant Visas

Climate Migrant Visas

Climate Migrant Visas

01/10/21

“What will climate migrant visas look like?”

Climate migration is going to become one of the most prominent topics of discussion in the future. However, nations will need to find ways to accommodate this influx. One way to handle this will be through Climate Migrant Visas, or special programs to help get climate migrants into a country.

Why Most Climate Migration Will Not be International

Why Most Climate Migration Will Not be International

Why Most Climate Migration Will Not be International

01/09/21

“Why will most climate migration not be international?”

When people talk about climate migration, images of masses of refugees leaving their homeland and entering a new country are often conjured up. However, this will not be the dominant case. Moving to a new country takes a lot of investment, and many refugees will not have the funds to do so. Instead, they will most likely move to a new place nearby where they live before. As a result, Why Most Climate Migration Will Not be International.

Climate Migrant Enclaves

Climate Migrant Enclaves

Climate Migrant Enclaves

01/08/21

“How will climate migrants form their own community enclaves in the future?”

Climate migration is going to ramp up in the future. To keep their community and culture intact as well as survive economically, distinct Climate Migrant Enclave communities are going to be formed.