Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100774
Kristin VanderMolen , Yeongkwon Son , Terri Foster , Ariel Hamburger , Alexander Tardy
{"title":"Capacity building for community heat risk education: Insights from San Diego County, California, peer-trainers","authors":"Kristin VanderMolen , Yeongkwon Son , Terri Foster , Ariel Hamburger , Alexander Tardy","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100774","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100774","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Capacity building is increasingly recognized as important for facilitating climate action, yet both the concept and practice have gone largely unquestioned. A primary critique of capacity building in this and other contexts is that it is often the capacitators alone who determine how it is enacted. In response to this critique, there are calls for alternative, solidarity-based approaches to capacity building that include beneficiaries as collaborators. This study relates the employment and outcomes of one such approach to capacity building in the context of heat risk education in San Diego County, California. Across 2022–2023, the authors worked with a local advisory group to co-develop a heat risk education curriculum for peer-trainers to teach to community audiences, as well as an instructional (or capacity building) workshop to prepare them for its use. There were three exploratory capacities of focus: knowledge, preparedness, and confidence. Through review of and reflection on video recordings and notes from meetings between the authors and the advisory group, and analysis of pre- and post-workshop surveys and follow-up semi-structured interviews conducted with peer-trainers, we recount how those capacities were defined, built, evaluated, and sustained. We also call attention to the systemic nature of capacity building by interweaving in that narrative the accompanying roles of pre-existing capacities at individual, organizational, and network scales. Our goal is to motivate similar empirical studies for comparative analysis. Such analysis is needed not only to improve understanding of the concept and practice of capacity building for climate action and for the development of associated frameworks, but also to identify particular approaches that hold promise for the replicability of results and the merit of investment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 100774"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145684758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-19DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100717
Esther Barrios-Crespo, Saúl Torres-Ortega, Pedro Díaz-Simal
{"title":"Risk archetypes for European airports: moving towards climate change adaptation","authors":"Esther Barrios-Crespo, Saúl Torres-Ortega, Pedro Díaz-Simal","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Critical infrastructures are potentially exposed elements to climate impacts, which implies consequences beyond the purely physical dimension, in the economic and social spheres. This study presents a multi-risk approach based on indicators that assesses multiple climate-related hazards, as well as the multiple dimensions of exposure and vulnerability, with European availability, under various climate change scenarios and time horizons. Based on this approach, an archetype-based critical infrastructure classification is proposed, which serves as a framework for designing adaptation strategies for these infrastructures. These archetypes facilitate the characterization of the different risk components —hazard, exposure, and vulnerability—individually, while maintaining a holistic perspective. Statistical and machine learning techniques are applied to the identification of patterns in the indicators defining the dimensions of risk and that characterize the risk archetypes. As a case study, this methodology is applied to airport infrastructures across Europe, resulting in an archetype-based classification that identifies 23 climate risk archetypes for European airports. The resulting archetypes not only enable the identification of analogous airports from a climate risk perspective but also highlight the primary sources of risk, serving as a valuable guide for adaptation decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 100717"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-06-12DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100720
Alexander Cano , Bente Castro-Campos
{"title":"Farmers’ climate change perceptions in central Colombia: A propensity score matching approach using protection motivation theory and psychological distance","authors":"Alexander Cano , Bente Castro-Campos","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100720","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100720","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how farmers’ experiences with extreme weather events, specifically landslides and droughts, shape their perceptions of climate change in central Colombia, and their implications for climate risk management. Using Protection Motivation Theory and psychological distance as frameworks, we surveyed 360 farmers in 2022–2023 to assess their perceptions of climate change severity, vulnerability, and proximity. To control for confounding factors, we employed propensity score matching, comparing farmers in villages affected by landslides and droughts with those in unaffected villages. Our findings reveal that while landslides do not significantly alter farmers’ perceptions, droughts heighten awareness of climate change, with statistically significant differences observed in 10 out of 16 perception categories. This suggests that the nature of extreme weather events plays a crucial role in shaping climate change perceptions. Notably, farmers affected by drought perceive climate change as more severe, feel more vulnerable, and report closer psychological distance to its impacts compared to those in landslide-affected areas. These results imply that climate risk management strategies should be tailored to the specific types of extreme weather events affecting a region. Furthermore, by comparing drought and landslide events, this study provides new insight into how different climatic shocks shape farmers’ perceptions, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of climate change adaptation. This research highlights how propensity score matching, by better balancing groups and reducing bias from confounding, offers a methodological improvement over conventional approaches in climate perception studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 100720"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic marketing capacities for climate change resilience: A framework for business-to-business sectors","authors":"Maryam Asgharinajib , Davood Feiz , Morteza Maleki MinBashRazgah , Azim Zarei , Shahryar Sorooshian","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100700","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100700","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines business-to-business (B2B) marketing capabilities about climate change and aims to fill gaps in the strategic marketing literature. Using a grounded theory approach and conducting in-depth interviews with B2B company executives in Iran, three key capabilities were identified: climate capacity building, communication catalyst, and Climatic Greenism. Climate capacity building focuses on risk awareness and strengthening infrastructure, communication catalyst focuses on mobilizing sustainable narratives and engaging with stakeholders, and Climatic Greenism emphasizes supply chain innovation and product development. Findings suggest that these capabilities synergistically contribute to strengthening the resilience and sustainability of companies. This research adds to the scientific discourse on B2B marketing and climate change. It provides practical insights to help B2B companies, especially in developing countries, adapt their strategies to environmental conditions and ensure sustainable performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 100700"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-07-12DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100729
Christopher Phillips, Lydia Cumiskey, Cathal O’Mahony, Catriona Reid, Denise McCullagh
{"title":"Climate Ireland: A comprehensive evaluation of local authority climate action training","authors":"Christopher Phillips, Lydia Cumiskey, Cathal O’Mahony, Catriona Reid, Denise McCullagh","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100729","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100729","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Governments in Europe must adjust to the changing climate, which necessitates building public sector capacity for climate action (<span><span>European Commission, 2021</span></span>). The Climate Ireland knowledge platform is a crucial national online resource providing climate data and information to decision-makers. Collaborating with Climate Action Regional Offices and the Local Authority Services National Training Group it delivered the “Raising Awareness” climate training programme which has been instrumental in increasing local government knowledge of climate change. The lack of consistency in training initiatives and the knowledge gap for decision-makers have been addressed in large part by Climate Ireland’s rise as a trustworthy training and information platform.</div><div>We analysed quantitative survey data from the Raising Awareness training programme, completed by 15,295 participants from local authorities across Ireland, using statistical methods to assess the training’s impact on participants’ understanding, knowledge acquisition, awareness, and decision-making abilities. The training programme was effective in increasing climate awareness, engaging with participants and improving knowledge acquisition. Strong correlations were also found between satisfaction, engagement and personal/professional relatability of the content. Most participants also reported increased feelings of confidence regarding the implementation of climate actions. Our findings suggest that engaging and personally relatable content leads to better satisfaction and learning outcomes. This study offers insights for shaping future climate action training that aligns with national and international commitments to train, empower and enhance capacity of decision-makers. It demonstrates the importance of ongoing training to build adaptive responses to climate change challenges, contributing to Ireland’s resilience and sustainability efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"49 ","pages":"Article 100729"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144665698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2024.100685
Jaideep Visave , Daniel P. Aldrich
{"title":"The role of social capital in strengthening community resilience against floods: A case study of Mumbai, India","authors":"Jaideep Visave , Daniel P. Aldrich","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2024.100685","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2024.100685","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the role of social capital in shaping flood resilience within Mumbai’s Sahakar Nagar, a coastal community vulnerable to flooding. Through surveys of 100 residents, we find a positive correlation between trust in community members and the adoption of resilience strategies (r = 0.219, p < 0.05). Trust in neighbors emerges as a key predictor of proactive coping (β = 1.23, p < 0.001), seeking social support (β = 1.32, p < 0.001), and positive reappraisal (β = 1.45, p < 0.001). K-means clustering reveals three distinct community groups (“High Trust Proactive”, “Moderate Trust Networkers”, and “Low Trust Individualists”) exhibiting varying levels of social capital and resilience strategies, reflecting the community’s diverse socioeconomic context, with bimodal income peaks at INR 40,000 and INR 100,000. Social network analysis identifies 12 interconnected sub-communities, highlighting the importance of information hubs within the network. Our findings underscore the critical role of trust in fostering community resilience, suggesting that interventions aimed at building and strengthening trust can enhance flood preparedness and response in urban coastal communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"47 ","pages":"Article 100685"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143168408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-02-24DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100697
Yu Yang , Yang Zhang , Jiajun Zhou , Yang Liu , Linshan Lin , Shijia Kang , Gaofei Yang , Johannes Sauer
{"title":"Climate change risk perception as a catalyst for adaptive effect of ICT: The case in rural Eastern China","authors":"Yu Yang , Yang Zhang , Jiajun Zhou , Yang Liu , Linshan Lin , Shijia Kang , Gaofei Yang , Johannes Sauer","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100697","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100697","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the mechanisms by which technological advancements like ICT influence adaptive actions is crucial for smallholder farmers confronting climate change. This study analyzes data from rural areas in China’s Yangtze River Delta to examine how ICT affects farmers’ adaptive investments. The findings reveal that ICT does not directly increase adaptive investments among smallholders. Instead, it indirectly influences these investments by enhancing farmers’ perceptions of climate risks, thereby addressing debates over ICT’s effectiveness in promoting adaptive actions. By categorizing smallholder farmers’ climate change risk perceptions into sixteen distinct subtypes and measuring them, we provide a understanding how ICT elevates risk awareness. This work extends the model of private proactive adaptation to climate change (MPPACC) by demonstrating that technological advancements influence climate change risk perception, expanding its scope from social discourse to include objective adaptive capacity. Practically, these findings underscore the critical role of risk perception in devising effective adaptation policies. By considering risk perception as a key factor in ICT policy formulation, policymakers can effectively enhance smallholders’ adaptive actions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"48 ","pages":"Article 100697"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143528689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-09-19DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100747
Ludovico Feoli , Moisés Arce , Tofigh Maboudi , Todd Eisenstadt , Felipe Girón
{"title":"The correlates of climate change concern in Guatemala","authors":"Ludovico Feoli , Moisés Arce , Tofigh Maboudi , Todd Eisenstadt , Felipe Girón","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change concern is believed to promote environmentally friendly behavior and the support of ameliorative environmental policies. Understanding the causes of this concern is therefore a precondition for its mobilization in favor of ameliorative environmental practices. This paper leverages empirical findings from a nationally representative survey to explore the correlates of climate change concern in Guatemala. It finds that direct and indirect experiences with climate impacts are the main correlates of climate change concern. Low levels of public trust and a sense of agency in reacting to disasters also contribute to concern levels. Measures taken to increase the linkage of weather impacts and anthropogenic actions to climate change, and to foster a sense of climate agency in citizens, can help highly vulnerable countries like Guatemala confront the challenges of climate change by contributing to create conditions that are more conducive to pro-environmental behavior and policy change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 100747"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145109520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100756
Pei-Jyun Lu , Mark Skidmore
{"title":"Efficacy analysis of cloud seeding program in Kansas agriculture","authors":"Pei-Jyun Lu , Mark Skidmore","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hailstorms cause significant economic losses worldwide, with the central United States particularly vulnerable due to the frequency and intensity of sever hail events. Cloud seeding, a weather modification technology, has been adopted for hail suppression in more than 50 countries since the 1970s. While existing research predominantly focuses on assessing the impact of cloud seeding on hailstone size or storm frequency, its effects on crop damage and productivity remain understudied. This study evaluates the effectiveness of cloud seeding in Kansas using county-level data from 2002 to 2020, considering a broader set of measurements: hail size, hail frequency, crop damage, crop yields, and potential downwind effects. The findings reveal that cloud seeding reduces hailstone size in target areas but does not significantly decrease crop damage from hail or drought. Conversely, it is associated with increased flood damage to crops. Additionally, cloud seeding enhances corn productivity in target areas but negatively affects sorghum productivity in downwind regions, suggesting potential spillover effects. A cost-benefit analysis indicates positive net present value overall, though several downwind counties experience net losses. These findings highlight the limitation of traditional evaluation metrics and underscore the need for comprehensive assessments of weather modification programs. By integrating agricultural and economic outcomes, this study provides new evidence to guide policy decisions on cloud seeding for hail suppression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 100756"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145320079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Risk ManagementPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-08-19DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2025.100738
Naud Aude , Navarro Oscar , Chotard Manon , Juigner Martin , Robin Marc , Chadenas Céline , Fleury-Bahi Ghozlane
{"title":"Communicating the risk of erosion: the effects of map-based communication on risk perception and affect","authors":"Naud Aude , Navarro Oscar , Chotard Manon , Juigner Martin , Robin Marc , Chadenas Céline , Fleury-Bahi Ghozlane","doi":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crm.2025.100738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study firstly aims to understand the impacts of map representations of coastal erosion on risk perception and affects of lay citizens. Secondly, it aims to study the effect of differing design of cartographic features on observation and interpretation of the message conveyed by different maps. Seven maps were presented to the participants (N = 50), varying according endogenous (abstraction, regalian cartridge) and exogenous characteristics (background, colours). A questionnaire interrogated risk perception and affect before and after observation, while eye-tracking data were recorded during the observation of each map. This experiment shows that communicating erosion risk by maps reduces perceived knowledge of risk but also reduces fear of the risk. The abstraction level significantly impacts observation patterns: correlation maps seem to guide visual attention in a more relevant way and to convey the message more clearly and effectively than other types of maps. But there is no influence of the other characteristics even if interviews show that colours seem to influence the message interpretation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54226,"journal":{"name":"Climate Risk Management","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 100738"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144912169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}