Walter Leal Filho, Abdul‐Lateef Balogun, Olawale Emmanuel Olayide, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro et al.
Many cities across the world are facing many problems climate change poses to their populations, communities and infrastructure. These vary from increased exposures to floods, to discomfort due to urban heat, depending on their geographical locations and settings. However, even though some cities ha...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Walter Leal Filho
Despite the increasing recognition of the need for building resilience among poor farmers in developing countries in the face of changing climate conditions, there is a lack of information on the various factors influencing their resilience capacity. This paper develops an indicator-based Resilience...
Walter Leal Filho, Gustavo J. Nagy, Filipe Martinho, Mustafa Saroar et al.
It is well-known that climate change significantly impacts ecosystems (at the macro-level) and individual species (at the micro-level). Among the former, estuaries are the most vulnerable and affected ecosystems. However, despite the strong relations between climate change and estuaries, there is a ...
Fátima Alvés, Walter Leal Filho, Paula Casaleiro, Gustavo J. Nagy et al.
Climate policies are essential to mitigate climate change and to develop successful adaptation processes. However, there is a paucity of international studies that analyse the status of climate change policies. This paper reports on research undertaken in a sample of 13 highly diverse countries, in ...
Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury, Shakila Aziz, Sebastian Groh, Hannes Kirchhoff et al.
Walter Leal Filho, Francine Modesto, Gustavo J. Nagy, Mustafa Saroar et al.
This paper describes a comparative study of four different cases on vulnerability, hazards and adaptive capacity to climate threats in coastal areas and communities in four developing countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon and Uruguay. Coastal areas are vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR), storm sur...
Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Subarna Sivapalan, Halima Begum et al.
Purpose It is still unclear how Asian universities incorporate the theory or practice of sustainable development (SD) in their research and education programmes. To address this gap, the purpose of this paper is to report on a study that has examined how universities in Asian countries handle and ad...
Abul Quasem Al‐Amin, Muhammad Mehedi Masud, Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Walter Leal Filho et al.
The main purpose of this article is to shed light on the processes leading to a climate change adaptation policy by estimating the socioeconomic and motivational factors affecting farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for an adaptation program. This study was conducted in North-West Selangor, Malaysia t...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Most Nilufa Khatun et al.
Walter Leal Filho, G. M. Monirul Alam, Gustavo J. Nagy, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman et al.
As transition areas between aquatic ecosystems and the adjacent terrestrial ones, riparian regions are highly exposed to coastal climate hazards. This article describes how climate change and extreme weather impact vulnerable riparian communities and settlements. The analysis is done by reviewing pa...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Gustavo J. Nagy, Walter Leal Filho
Walter Leal Filho, Gustavo J. Nagy, Gouvidé Jean Gbaguidi, Shlomit Paz et al.
Climate change (CC) is increasingly recognised as a critical driver in the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases. The relationship between CC and infectious diseases is complex and multifaceted, encompassing changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events. This...
Mustafa Saroar, Jayant K. Routray, Walter Leal Filho
Walter Leal Filho, Thomas Hickmann, Gustavo J. Nagy, Patrícia Pinho et al.
Apart from many social and economic problems worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has also led to sudden halt in face-to-face climate-related meetings. Moreover, it has also negatively influenced the works related to the preparations for the sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Clim...
Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Wolf, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Abul Quasem Al‐Amin et al.
Abstract Riparian communities in developing countries such as Bangladesh, whose livelihoods depend especially on fisheries and other subsistence activities, are under considerable pressure due to climate change. Therefore, there is a need to better understand how the dynamics of riparian communities...