Handbook of Climate Change Management

Research, Leadership, Transformation
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-57280-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 5311 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 11352 g

Climate change is one of the major challenges of modern times. Its impacts are manifold and vary from sea level rise (especially relevant to those living in coastal areas), to the increased frequency of extreme events such as cyclones and storm surges, which not only poses problems to property and infrastructure, but also to human health. Climate change is also associated with damages to the physical and natural environment, as well as to biodiversity. According to the 5th Assessment Report produced by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many geographical regions across the world are moderately or highly vulnerable to climate change, whose impacts may be further exacerbated by other human-induced pressures. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries and regions on the one hand, but also on how the many problems it causes may be managed on the other, vis-a-vis a better ability to adapt. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic and political problems posed by climate change around the world, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful ones. It is against this background that the Handbook of Climate Change Management has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working with communities across all geographical regions. The Handbook focuses on "Research, Leadership, Transformation", meaning that it serves the purpose of showcasing the role these key areas play in respect of applied research, field projects and best practices to foster climate change adaptation worldwide.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leal Filho, Walter

Luetz, Johannes M.

Ayal, Desalegn

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Agricultural Climate Atlas for Kajiado and Kiambu Counties, Kenya

Agricultural Extension in Environmental Issues Discourse: Case of Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Agricultural Resilience to Climate Change in Burkina Faso: New Methodological Tools for Innovative Approaches

Analysis of international yield modelling approaches to ensure adaptation under different climate futures and spatiotemporal scales for semi-arid developing countries

Antioxidant Defense System and Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Interplay in Plants Under Drought Condition

Biochar Deployment Drivers and Barriers in Least Developed Countries

Biochar Enhances the Capacity of Climate-Smart Agriculture to Mitigate Climate Change

Biotechnology Role in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Sustainable Crop Production

Brachiaria Grass for Sustainable Livestock Production in Rwanda under Climate Change

Challenges and Prospects for Sugarcane Biorefineries in Mitigating Climate Change

Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Building Through Small Grains Production in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe

Climate Change Adaptation and Transformation of Smallholder Farming System in Mid-Ghana

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Food Security of Smallholder Farmers in the Rural Adansi North District of Ghana

Climate Change and Food Security in Smallholder Farming Households of Kogi State, Nigeria

Climate change extent and dipteran pollinators diversity in Africa

Climate Change-Driven Postharvest Losses and Household Food Security in Kayonza District, Rwanda

Climate Change Mitigation: Understanding the Distribution, Stock and Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon in the Ethiopian Highlands

Climate Variability and Its Impacts on the Performance of Elite Uganda Maize Parental Lines

Climate variability and rice yeild: Climatology approach to food security

Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): An Integrated Approach for Climate Change Management in the Agriculture Sector

Climate-Smart DSS for Future Crop Water Demand in Malaysia

Co-Benefits of CDM’s Renewable Energy Projects in India and Their Contribution to SDGs

Coping and Adapting to Climate Risks and Impacts: The Role of Assets and Institutions in Agricultural Livelihoods in Semiarid Ghana

Corporate Social Responsibility Online: Designing High-Performance Websites Simultaneously Reducing Their CO2 Emission Impact

Determinants of choice of climate change adaptation strategies amongst small-scale crop-livestock farmers: Case study of limpopo province, South Africa

Dynamic Modeling of Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Lands and Water Resources

Ecological Agriculture’s Potential in Building the Resilience of Smallholder Agricultural Soils Under a Changing Climate

Ecological engineering to mitigate eutrophication in the flooding zone of the river Nyong, Cameroon

Effects of Climate Change on Yam Production in South-South Nigeria

Enhancing Food Security Through Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Policy in Nigeria

Fate of Coastal Aquifers under the Changing Climate and Hydrologic Extremes: Review and Modeling Scenarios

Frugal Eco-innovation for Addressing Climate Change in Emerging Countries: Case of Biogas Digester in Indonesia

Global Warming and Drought, Agriculture, Water Resources, and Food Security: Impacts and Responses from the Tropics

Impact Assessment of Rainfall Variability on Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Yield in Southwestern Nigeria

Impact of Animal Origin Food Production on Climate Change and Vice Versa: Analysis from a Meat and Dairy Products Perspective

Impact of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies Practiced by Small-Scale Farmers

Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in Serbia

Impacts of Floods and Riverbank Erosions on the Rural Lives and Livelihoods Strategies in Bangladesh: Evidence from Kurigram

Indigenous Weather Forecasting Systems: Implication to Agricultural Activities in Gog District, Southwest Ethiopia

Inequalities in Access to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies, Infrastructure, and Institutional Services in Africa: Evidence from Malawi and Ethiopia

Integrated Soil Fertility Management Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Enhanced Crop Productivity

Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Irrigation Through Diffusion of Solar Energy Technology: A Case from the Northwest Bangladesh

Irrigation Practices in Moderately Warm Arid Areas of Sub-Sahara Africa

Lacking Policies and Legal Rules on Bio and Agrobiodiversity for adapting Globalized Climate Change: Case Study of Chile

Management of Agricultural Lands for Sustainable Crop Cultivation and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Micro-level Dynamics of Climate Risks Adaptation in a Semi-arid Agroecology

Mobile Apps and Digital Games for Young People to Bridge the Knowledge Gap in Climate Change Adaptation Measures

Monitoring Adaptation Using Earth Observations in View of the “Global Stocktake”

Organic Carbon in Tropical Soils: Current Trends and Potential for Carbon Sequestration in Nigerian Cropping Systems

Pioneering Anticipatory Climate Change Management: A Pilot Study on World Vision’s Early Warning Early Action System (EWEAS)

Reducing Vulnerability of Rain-fed Cereal Production through Crop Simulation Modelling

Responses of Cereal Farmers to Drought in Guinea Savannah Ecological Zone of Nigeria

Rural Renaissance, Multifunctional Landscapes, and Climate Adaptation: Trilogy Proposal from Grassroots Innovation and Participatory Action Research Projects

Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture Through Interdisciplinary Research-for-Development: Learning from South and Southeast Asia’s Rice-Based Systems

Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies and Determinants of Climate Change Adaptation: Perspectives from the Middle Zambezi Biosphere Reserve, Zimbabwe

Strengthening Smallholder Farmers’ Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change: Roles of Community Seedbanks

Sustainable Agricultural Practices as a Response to Climate Change in Northern Ethiopia

Sustainable Rural Development Model to Face Climate Changes, and Sustain Cashew Production, in Mozambique

Techno-Economic Assessment of Biochar Production from Sewage Sludge as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy

Transitioning to a Low GHG Emissions Future for Agriculture in India: A Daunting Challenge

A Time Series Analysis of the Nexus Between Climate Change and Cassava Production in Southwest Nigeria

Accelerating Climate Action Beyond Company Gates

Adaptation and Drafting of International and National Legal Rules at the National Level: Latin American Contribution

Addressing Climate Change Risks: Importance and Urgency

Analysis of How International Finance is Supporting Planned Adaptation Priorities in Least Developed Countries

Analysis of International Climate Change Agreements in the Context of Latin America and the Caribbean

Assessment of Climate Change-Induced Migration of Crop Farmers in Northern Nigeria

Between Making Money and Driving Change: How Impact Investors Are Cultivating Middle Ground in Climate Finance

Causality Between Temperature, Precipitation, and Civil Disorder in the Mediterranean Countries: Comparative Analysis

Characteristics and Determinants of the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers: Lessons from Application of the RIMA II Methodology in Eastern Africa

Climate Adaptation by International Multidisciplinary Knowledge Exchange: Sharing Challenges and Solutions in ClimateCafés in the Philippines and Peru

Climate Change and Depopulated Rural Areas in the Global North: Geographical Socio-political Processes and Resistances

Climate Change and Performance in Brazilian Industrial Companies

Climate Change Governance: Customary Law and Rural Women

Climate Change Impact on Rural-Urban Inter-Dependence and Community Adaptation Response: Case Study with Aba City and its Environs

Climate Change Implications on Food Security: The Case of the Fisheries Sector in Cameroon

Climate Change Leadership in the Logistics Industry

Climate Change Management in the Dairy Production Sector

Climate Change, Cultural Manifestation and the Principle of Hope, Based on Ernst Bloch’s Theoretical Proposal

Climate Change, Water Security, and Conflict Potentials in South Africa: Assessing Conflict and Coping Strategies in Rural South Africa

Climate Change-Induced Migration in Bangladesh: Existing Research and Research Gap

Climate Change: Land Use and Water Management Practices by Small Holding Farmers in Kayunga District, Uganda

Climate vulnerability and the perceived impact on the Namibian Rock Lobster Fishery

Climate-Induced Displacement and Human Migration Landscape in Bangladesh

Combating climate change with solar power while facilitating economic and social development: A case study from Bihar, India

Community Adaptation to Climate Change in Malawi: Conceptual and Strategy Ambivalences

Economic impact of climate change on agriculture: Case of Africa

Environmental Disasters Induced Climate Refugees in Bangladesh

Escaping the Climate Wrath, COVID-19: Case of Transformative Climate Adaptation Planning in Nuapada, Odisha

Evaluating costs and benefits of farm-level disaster and climate risk management good practices

Evaluating the Development Trend of Flood Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Nigeria

Exploring Synergies Between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Policies in Pakistan

Factors Affecting Rural Communities’ Adaptation Choices to Climate Change Effects in Southwest Bangladesh

Factors Influencing Extension Agents’ Competence on Climate Smart Practices in South West Nigeria: Implication for Rendering Effective Resilient Advisory Services

Financial Inclusion, Financial Resilience, and Climate Change Resilience

Flood and Erosion Risk Assessment Mapping

From the Underwater to City Slums

Gender Differences in Perceived Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Effects on Arable Crop Production in Enugu State, Nigeria

Households’ Willingness to Pay for the Use of Improved Cookstove as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy in Nigeria

Impacts of climate change on domestic water and population's adaptation strategies in the semi-arid region of Kenya

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Situating Culture, Identity, and Place in Climate Change Risk Mitigation and Resilience

Induced impacts of climate change on livelihood and migration in upper Himalayas: Case of Mustang, Nepal

Influence and mitigation to climate changes for local territorial communities

Interdisciplinary Approach to Climate Change: Intersecting Environmental Social Work and Sociology in Climate Change Interventions from an Afrocentric Perspective

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guidelines for Emissions Estimation Among Lagos Commercial Vehicles

Leveraging Private Finance for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Policy Insights from the One-Planet Network

Livelihood and Pluvial Flood: Case of Urban Poor in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Local Adaptation Strategies in Combating Flooding in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Nigeria

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Pro-Poor Development Initiatives: Evidence from Local Economic Development Programmes in Ghana

Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Roads Infrastructure in the City of Tshwane

Managing Urban Traffic Emissions with Focus on People and Atmospheric Impacts

Migration as a Determinant for Climate Change Adaptation: Implications on Rural Women in Muzarabani communities, Zimbabwe

Municipalities in Transition: Experimenting a New Governance System for Tackling Climate Change

Nexus between providers and users of green finance: Case study of commercial banks in Mauritius

Precaution with Added Value: Climate Adaptation in Small- and Medium-Sized Towns in the Stuttgart Region

Protection for “Climate Migrants”: Global Challenges and a Call for Political Leadership

Psychosocial Dimensions of Culture-Climate Connect in India and France

Renewable Energy Potential, Energy Access, and Climate Change Mitigation in Ethiopia

Sectorial Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Benin

Selecting Appropriate Climate Adaptation Interventions: The Case of Cash Transfers for Rural Smallholders

Social challenges of the climate-induced migration in Maldives

Solar Power as Climate Change Management Option in Sierra Leone: Drivers and Barriers for Deployment

Sovereign Green Bonds in Poland

Sustainable Life Culture for Climate Change, or What Everyone Can Do to Counteract Climate Change and to Adapt to It

Understanding the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on Women Through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

Venezuela, Oil and Climate Change: Overcoming Nostalgia

A Least Regrets Framework for Coastal Climate Change Resiliency Through Economic Development

Adaptation Approaches for Conservation in Protected Areas’ Management: Altai-Sayan Ecoregion (Russia)

Adaptation in São Paulo Coastal Zone: Climate Change Management and Anticipatory Governance

Adapting to Climate Change: Green Areas in Cities as Cooling Safeguards

Coastal Dynamics and Polder Management in the Context of Climate Change in the Southern Part of Bangladesh

Forest Resource Use and Management in Nigeria: Implications for Implementation of REDD+ for Climate Change Mitigation in West Africa

Impact of climate change induced salinity alteration on ichthyoplankton diversity of Indian Sundarbans

Impacts of climate and land use change on surface water content and quality in low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh

Long-Term Species Diversity and Climate Change: An Intimate Relationship Over the Last Ten Decades: Case Study in Egypt

Overview of Climate Change Management in a Developing Country, India

Participatory Process for Implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptation in a Mountainous District of Nepal

Political Economy of Forest Degradation and Climate Changes in Kenya: Case Study of the Maasai Mau Forest

Projection of the Effectiveness of Alternative Forest Management Strategies in Climate Change Mitigation in Malawi

Protection and Restoration of Ecosystems: Restoring the Carbon Cycle Balance

Regional Law and Policy Responses to Ocean Acidification in the South Pacific

Rehabilitation and Relocation Program for Climate Displaced People of Bangladesh

Resilience Building Solutions for Mountain Smallholders: Catalyzing Transformations with an Integrated Modular Approach in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Soil Contamination in an Urban Low-Income Community in Ibadan, Nigeria: Climate-Driven Changes

Stored Carbon in Urban Trees: Ground Zero Observation from the Konnagar Area of West Bengal, India

Subnational Governance of Climate Change

Tale of Two Barrier Islands: Climate Change Management Challenges and Opportunities in Miami Beach FL and Shishmaref AK

Thermal Comfort and Vulnerability of Residents to Heat Stress in Ikare, Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

Toward Modeling Flood Risk-Related Decisions That Deal with Climate Changes in Urban Areas: A Multidimensional Approach

Transitioning from Vulnerability to Resilience Building: Climate Change in Africa

Unconventional Local Climate Change Niche in Mauritius

Understanding Alteration to Surface Cover in developing Urban Heat Island: Enhancing City Climate Change Adaptation Capacity, Quezon City, Philippines

Urban and Building Rules and Climate Change Planning: Case Study of Zlatibor Nature Park

Urban Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Chennai City, India

Valuation of Ecosystem Service to Adapting Climate Change: Case Study from Northeastern Bangladesh

Adaptation Requires Participation: Criteria and Factors for Successful Stakeholder Interactions in Local Climate Change Adaptation

Applying Systems Thinking in Education to Foster Adaptive Capacity and Move Toward Resilient Rural Communities in Mexico

Assessment of Disaster Risk Reduction Practices in Mauritius

Attitudes Towards Climate Change in a Rural District in Zimbabwe: Indications from Guruve District

Awareness About Climate Change: The Case of Forestry Students in a Greek University

Barriers and Limits to Climate Change Management for Locally Developed Adaptation Strategies: Case Study of Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe District, Zimbabwe

Barriers and Limits to Climate Change Management in Developing Countries: Case Study of Kenya, Eastern African Region

Beliefs and Concerns About Global Warming Among Higher Education Students

Beyond “Expert Knowledge”: Locals and Experts in a Joint Production of Weather App and Weather Information for Farming in the Volta Delta, Ghana

Building Capacity Through Deliberative Discussion

Building Climate Resilience of Smallholder Family Farms by Implementing Integrated Soil and Water Management Strategies in Trinidad and Tobago

Building Resilience in African Hotspots: Learning from Collaborative Research

Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, Asia and Europe with the citizen science ClimateScan Platform promoting Nature-Based Solutions

Climate Change Adaptation Option Research with Big Data: Results from a Choice Experiment Conducted in Tahoua State, Niger Republic

Climate Change and Awareness of the I-World Relationship from Erwin Schrödinger’s Non-dualist Conception

Climate change and immovable cultural heritage in kenya: Impact and response strategies

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals Program in Indonesia

Climate Change and the Fulani: Reducing Vulnerabilities of Herders to Climate Change through Climate Change Adaptation Planning in rural Ghana

Climate Change Mitigation Through Grass Roots Level Execution Strategy by Developing a Value Chain of Chir Pine Forest Bio Residue Briquettes in the Western Himalayan Region

Climate Change, Climate Informatics, and AI: Information Analysis

Climate Change, Debate and Dimensions of Coping Strategies

Climate Change, Perceptions, and Adaptation Responses Among Farmers and Pastoralists in the Cameroon Highlands

Climate Change: A New Literary Education for a New Look at Our Environment

Climate Sentinels Program: Meeting the Challenge of Regional Biodiversity Conservation Adaptation to Climate Change

Climate Services for Urban Planning and Urban Eco-Audit in Germany

Community-Based Human Ecological Research for Climate Change Adaptation: Taking Faith and Culture Seriously

Creatively Dealing with Multiple Stressors from the Rural Grassroots: Case Study in Spain

Critical Factors that Hinder Integration of CCA and DRR: Global Perspective

Cuba’s Response to Climate Change: Mitigation Lessons from Caribbean SIDS

Decolonizing REDD+ for Climate Change Mitigation: Case Study of Costa Rica’s Cultural Mediators Program

Determinants of Maize Farmers’ Access to Climate Information Services in Ghana

Developing Future Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation Policy: Case study of Farming Community in Japan

Development, Current Status, and Outlook for the Residential Solar Market in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico

Driving Climate Change into the Devolution and Transformation Agenda: Some Insights from Zimbabwe

Enabling Reflexive Decision-Making Towards Transformative Adaptation

Enhancing Self-determined/Socio-Ecological Resilience to Flooding in marginalised communities of Ecuador and Peru

Enhancing the Role of Indigenous Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change in Borana Pastoral and Agropastoral Systems, South Ethiopia

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: Community Driven, Low Cost and Scalable Reforestation Approach for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Farmers’ Perceptions and their Implications to Climate-Proof Food Security Programmes

From Commissioned Reports to Co-production Processes: The Evolution of Urban Climate Policy-Making Through the Case of Barcelona

How Youth Brought Their Water Back and Built Long-Term Community Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study from Costa Rica

Impacts, Drivers, and Future Adaptation Opportunities for a Warming Pakistan: Learnings from an Industrialized City

Incorporating Just Transition Strategies in Developing Countries Nationally Determined Contributions

Innovations in Behavioral Science to Accelerate Transformative Climate Change Management

Insights for Building Institutional Capacities for Climate Change Adaptation: Evidence from Mexico

Institutional Arrangements in Changing Climate: Case of Zimbabwe

Institutional Barriers and Transformation to Climate Change Management in Emerging Coastal Megacities: A Case Study from Guangzhou, China

Institutional Barriers to Low-Carbon Development in Developing Countries

Interrogating Emergent Climate Communication Discourses in India

Knowledge, Visions, and Responses to Climate Change in a Ch’ ol Indigenous Community in Chiapas, Mexico

Learning for Change During the Global Climate Crisis: Exploring the (Noneconomic) Impact of Education for Sustainability Using the Eden Project as a Case Study

Living with Climate Change in ASALs: Integrating Scientific Forecasts with Indigenous Knowledge

Local Perception of Climate Change in the Pacific Islands: fetogi i te natula on Wallis Island

Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation in Moroccan Companies: Tools, Teachings, and Perspectives

Making Meaning from Reality: Uncovering the Paradox of Human Mobility as Climate Change Adaptation Response

Managing Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Latin America and the Caribbean: Institutions, Challenges, and Opportunities

Managing Climate Migrants’ Inflows: Case Study of Greece

Mapuche Spirituality and Its Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation

Multi-stakeholder dialogue to co-design anticipatory adaptation: Lessons from Participatory Scenario Planning in Africa

Networks for Resilience: Role of Social Capital in Climate Change Adaptation in Chishawasha, Zimbabwe

Ozone and Climate Change Communication: Belarus Experience

Perceptions of Citizens Regarding the Danger Posed by Climate Change: The Case of Greece

Perceptions of Climate Threats of 21 Municipal Authorities Compared to the Disasters Observed in Puebla, Mexico

Projects Implemented and Lessons Learnt from the New Water Paradigm

Public health early warning system responses to extreme weather events in Lesotho: Experiences, lessons and the future

Rural Climate Change Experiences in Nigeria and Africa: Post-Millennia Methods and Findings

Smallholder Farmers’ Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change in Tropical African Rural Communities: A Primer for Collaborative Policy Intervention

Social Media Management by Climate Change Organizations for Public Relations

Strengthening Women’s Right to Participation in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Africa

The Role of Latin American Universities in the Face of the Environmental Crisis and Climate Change

Training and Managing Local Coastal Mangrove Dwellers for Climate Change Solutions

Transformative Leadership and Transdisciplinary Research: Synergies to Address Climate Change

Trauma-Informed Approach to Climate Change

Vulnerability to Climate Change and Indigenous People in the Amazon Region

Women Self-Help Groups and Climate Change in the Grassroots: Evidences from Thiruvarur District, South India

Young People and Their (Mis)conceptions on Climate Change Adaptation

Über Autor(innen)

Walter Leal Filho holds the chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainability Development and Climate Change Management.” His main research interests are in the fields of sustainable development and climate change, also including aspects of climate change and health. He has over 30 years’ experience on climate change projects and directs the International Climate Change Information and Research Programme.



Johannes M. Luetz is the research chair at Christian Heritage College (CHC), an independent higher education provider in Brisbane, Australia. He has consulted extensively for World Vision International on research projects raising awareness of the growing effects of demographic, environmental, and climate change on vulnerable communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He was raised in Sierra Leone and Switzerland; cares deeply about poverty reduction, holistic education, justice, and equity; and has researched and published conceptually and empirically in these areas. He is a big-picture thinker and has interdisciplinary research interests at the science-faith and science-policy interface. This interest has resulted in several authored and edited books, including Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands (Springer, 2021), Innovating Christian Education Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Springer, 2021), and Planet Prepare (WVI, 2008), among others. He was also involved as an author and section editor on Quality Education: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Springer, 2020), the largest editorial project on sustainable development ever undertaken, and the world’s most comprehensive publication on the United Nations SDGs – Vol. 4. addresses SDG 4: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” Dr. Luetz is an adjunct academic in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. There he also completed his PhD (environmental policy and management) in human xxxiii climate migration. His PhD research has featured in national news and documentaries (Bolivia, Bangladesh, Maldives). He has spoken at the UNSW Town & Gown annual signature dinner and has been a guest on ABC Radio National The Science Show. His research has attracted grants, prizes, scholarships, awards, and distinctions, including best thesis prize (2006), UNSW UIP Award (2009), UNSW ASPIRE Award (2012), and best paper awards (2017, 2018). Dr. Luetz convenes the Master of Social Science Leadership program at CHC, which through its research and teaching activities on change leadership seeks to give rise to equitable social transformation. Dr. Luetz is also adjunct fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), deputy editor of Emerald journal IJCCSM, member of the academic board at CHC, and member of the editorial board of Springer Nature journal Discover Sustainability. He maintains an active website at www.luetz.com.

Dr. Desalegn Yayeh Ayal is an Associate Professor of Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development at the Center for Food Security Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University. Desalegn holds a PhD degree in Geography. Desalegn serves as the Deputy Editor of International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. He has published more than 40 publications including books, book chapters, and referred journal articles. He is East Africa vice president for Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable Initiative. He is a founder and director of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) Ethiopian Chapter. He has also presented papers on climate adaptation and related issues at many international and national conferences. His principal areas of research interest include climate change vulnerability, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation and related issues, indigenous weather forecasting, integrated natural resources rehabilitation and management, livelihoods and food security nexus, among others. He thoroughly understands the link between natural and human induced hazards with sustainable development, and works hard to familiarize with current tools of climate change impact assessment on livelihood and the wider environment. He has been actively involved in climate resilience and integrated natural resources rehabilitation and management research, and development interventions to improve food security.