Imagining the unimaginable: Synthesis of essays on abrupt and extreme climate change
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In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 2, No. 5-6, 12.2010, p. 347-355.
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T1 - Imagining the unimaginable
T2 - Synthesis of essays on abrupt and extreme climate change
AU - Martens, Pim
AU - Aerts, Jeroen C.J.H.
AU - Amelung, Bas
AU - Bouwer, Laurens M.
AU - Chang, Chiung Ting
AU - Huynen, Maud
AU - van Ierland, Ekko C.
AU - van Koppen, CSA S.A.K.
AU - McEvoy, Darryn
AU - Mol, Arthur P.J.
AU - van Tatenhove, Jan
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - With a shutdown or slowdown of the oceanic thermohaline circulation, which acts as a conveyor belt that transports warmer waters northwards to the maritime regions of Western Europe, many parts of Europe could face abrupt decreases in temperature, with potentially serious social and economic consequences. What do we know about the potential impacts and society's vulnerability to them, how can we best prepare, and what is the cost of action likely to be? How well prepared are we for abrupt and extreme climate change? This paper reflects on five essays, each looking at the issue through a different lens: legal, institutional, sectoral, multi-sectoral, and economic.
AB - With a shutdown or slowdown of the oceanic thermohaline circulation, which acts as a conveyor belt that transports warmer waters northwards to the maritime regions of Western Europe, many parts of Europe could face abrupt decreases in temperature, with potentially serious social and economic consequences. What do we know about the potential impacts and society's vulnerability to them, how can we best prepare, and what is the cost of action likely to be? How well prepared are we for abrupt and extreme climate change? This paper reflects on five essays, each looking at the issue through a different lens: legal, institutional, sectoral, multi-sectoral, and economic.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649876848&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.10.005
M3 - Scientific review articles
AN - SCOPUS:78649876848
VL - 2
SP - 347
EP - 355
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
SN - 1877-3435
IS - 5-6
ER -