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How do government climate authorities and citizens interact through social media?
The practice-based study on data from 5 authorities, 10k posts and 5k replies from 2k citizens over a year characterises how climate authorities and citizens interact in social media for climate preparedness and resilience and discusses the suitability of social media for climate communication.
Australia's Urban Evolution: Understanding Population, Climate, and Housing Dynamics
Urban areas worldwide are undergoing rapid population expansions, which drive not only economic growth but also lead to higher housing costs. In this paper, we propose a novel estimation approach to estimate the impact of population growth on housing costs using Australian city-level panel data.
Emerging climate change risk on energy system security
Dr. Laibao Liu, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at ETH Zurich, email: laibao.liu@env.ethz.ch
The story behind a simple idea: rethinking headache care as a way to improve population health globally
In an era of changing landscape in global population health, improving the overall health of people suffering from headache disorders will be a feasible way to improve global population health.
Concentration of asset owners exposed to power sector stranded assets may trigger climate policy resistance
Many fossil-dependent assets stand to lose value due to the implementation of climate policies. Policymakers should not ignore that owners of these stranded assets will likely oppose climate policies. In this post, you can find out which owners across the globe may find their power plants stranded.