Lessons from contemporary resettlement in the South Pacific
In: Journal of international affairs, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 75-91
ISSN: 0022-197X
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In: Journal of international affairs, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 75-91
ISSN: 0022-197X
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In: Santa Clara Journal of International Law 81 (2015)
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In: University of Hawaii Law Review, Band 35, Heft 2
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In: Book chapter in: Threatened Island Nations (Michael Gerrard & Gregory Wannier eds., Cambridge U. Press 2013)
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In: Book Chapter in: Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies (Randall S. Abate & Elizabeth Ann Kronk, eds., Edward Elgar 2013)
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In: George Mason Law Review, Band 20, Heft 775
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In: Environmental Law Reporter, Band 42, Heft 12
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In: Yale Law Journal Online, Band 121, Heft 115
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In: 2 Climate Law 345, 2011
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In: U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-11
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The COVID-19 pandemic presents the opportunity for Hawaiʻi to challenge existing outmoded policies and economic models, replacing them with locally-based and culturally-appropriate solutions that are conducive to "positive peacebuilding" and resilience to future climate shocks.
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In: This is a draft chapter. The final version will be available in Climate Disaster Law: Barriers and Opportunities edited by Rosemary Lyster & Robert R.M. Verchick, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2018, Forthcoming
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In: Center for Progressive Reform (May 2017)
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In: Weather, climate & society, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 293-308
ISSN: 1948-8335
Abstract
Understanding how climate science can be useful in decisions about the management of freshwater resources requires knowledge of decision makers, their climate-sensitive decisions, and the context in which the decisions are being made. A mixed-methods study found that people managing freshwater resources in Hawaii are highly educated and experienced in diverse professions, they perceive climate change as posing a worrisome risk, and they would like to be better informed about how to adapt to climate change. Decision makers with higher climate literacy seem to be more comfortable dealing with uncertain information. Those with lower climate literacy seem to be more trusting of climate information from familiar sources. Freshwater managers in Hawaii make a wide range of climate-sensitive decisions. These decisions can be characterized on several key dimensions including purpose (optimization and evaluation), time horizon (short term and long term), level of information uncertainty (known, uncertain, deeply uncertain, and completely unknown), and information type (quantitative and qualitative). The climate information most relevant to decision makers includes vulnerability assessments incorporating long-term projections about temperature, rainfall distribution, storms, sea level rise, and streamflow changes at an island or statewide scale. The main barriers to using available climate information include insufficient staff time to locate the information and the lack of a clear legal mandate to use the information. Overall, the results suggest that an integrated and systematic approach is needed to determine where and when uncertain climate information is useful and how a larger set of organizational and individual variables affect decision making.