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        <title>Frontiers in Climate | New and Recent Articles</title>
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        <pubDate>2026-10-03T23:27:18.86+00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Using climate models in climate assessments: a Bayesian perspective]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-10-02T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Kate Marvel</author><author>Chris D. Jones</author><author>Vincent T. Cooper</author><author>Norman J. Steinert</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Outputs from complex Earth system models (ESMs) participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) are a major source of information for policy-relevant assessments of climate change. The way we view and interpret the CMIP archive shapes our understanding of the real world, yet many assessments present analysis choices only implicitly. We describe a fully Bayesian approach and software package for analyzing CMIP data and present a series of interpretive models with gradually increasing complexity to illustrate the methodology. We also show how to update CMIP-derived posteriors using additional evidence, including observations, emergent constraints, and information about processes in the Earth system models themselves. Using these methods, we show that even apparently strong relationships between observable processes and equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) in ESMs do not necessarily tightly constrain ECS. We also show that estimates of β, the terrestrial carbon dioxide fertilization effect, are revised downward when considering the individual processes included in ESMs. Our results illustrate how these and other estimates may be updated as new information arrives.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond awareness: factors associated with household preparedness in response to early warning information in rural Somaliland]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Mohamed Abdullahi Omer</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Early warning systems (EWS) are central to disaster risk reduction. However, the factors associated with household preparedness following warning information remain poorly understood in fragile and resource-constrained settings. This study examined factors associated with reported preparedness among 390 rural households in selected communities across four regions of Somaliland using a cross-sectional survey, bivariate tests, and multivariable logistic regression. Overall, 36.7% of households reported taking preparedness action. In the adjusted analysis, perceived warning timeliness and institutional trust were inversely associated with the reported preparedness. Households perceiving warnings as very timely had lower odds of reporting preparedness action than those perceiving warnings as not timely (OR = 0.074, p < 0.001). In contrast, households that reported trust in early warning information had lower odds than those who reported no trust (OR = 0.128, p < 0.001). Medium unmet preparedness resource needs were positively associated with reported action relative to low unmet need (OR = 2.718, p = 0.014), as was respondent age ≥55 years relative to 18–34 years (OR = 2.588, p = 0.043). Given the cross-sectional design and potential intra-cluster correlation not accounted for in the regression variance estimates, these associations should be interpreted with caution and not as causal relationships. The mechanisms underlying the inverse associations with warning timeliness and institutional trust were not directly measured and warrant further investigation. The findings suggest that communication-focused EWS approaches may benefit from being complemented by measures that address household preparedness resource needs and support feasible protective action.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[An open-access workflow combining climate model projections with epidemiological frameworks to assess air quality mortality]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Alice F. Wells</author><author>James W. Hurrell</author><author>Eric Gilleland</author><author>G. Brooke Anderson</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Surface-level air pollution is a major source of human mortality worldwide, and future emissions projections and resulting climate change are expected to alter concentrations of pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter. Estimating the health burden of these changes requires combining climate model projections with epidemiological frameworks, such as those developed in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). However, significant barriers hinder this integration. Climate model outputs differ from health metrics in spatial resolution, temporal aggregation, and pollutant metrics. For example, GBD quantifies ozone exposure as the highest seasonal average of 8-h daily maximum concentrations, while most climate models provide hourly or monthly mean data. Furthermore, climate model outputs often require bias correction and spatial downscaling to ensure exposure estimates are as accurate as possible, so that applying exposure-response functions derived from observational data yields more trustworthy mortality projections. We present an open-access workflow explicitly designed to bridge this gap. Our goal is to enable researchers to process climate model data for health impact assessments of air quality. The workflow processes climate model pollutant data to align with GBD metrics, applies bias correction and downscaling methods, and calculates mortality using established GBD exposure-response functions and baseline demographic data. We demonstrate the workflow through a single illustrative worked example, rather than a comprehensive multi-model projection of future air-quality mortality. The underlying pipeline, however, is designed to support consistent, reproducible estimation across different scenarios and models. By making the workflow publicly available, we aim to lower barriers for interdisciplinary research and support collaboration between climate scientists and epidemiologists. Our work provides a foundation for quantifying the health implications of changing air quality under plausible future air pollutant scenarios and climate conditions, improving decision-making around mitigation and adaptation strategies.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A 30-year synthetic climatological normal dataset for Ghana generated using the CDSim framework]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Data Report</category>
        <author>Isaac Osei</author><author>Acheampong Baafi-Adomako</author><author>Dennis Opoku Boadu</author><author>Anil Carie</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Territory and safety: spatial needs, barriers, and countermeasures from the perspective of local organizations working with people with cognitive disabilities]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Irene Petraroli</author><author>Takashi Sugiyama</author><author>Johannes Flacke</author><author>Funda Atun</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The impact of hydrogeological disasters on people with disabilities is a complex issue for many reasons. In addition to the diversity of disabilities, each category representing a unique case of exposure and challenges, another crucial point for inclusive disaster policies is to understand how to reliably measure exposure and risks for different types of disability. In this short piece, three in-depth interviews with organizations working with individuals with severe cognitive disabilities on the autistic spectrum (PCDs) will be used to define how the concept of territory and safety affect the challenges PCDs and their families in case of hydrogeological risks in Japan and Italy. The main challenges identified are comprehension of risk, adaptation to evacuation scenarios, and lack of ad hoc information. To address these challenges, the importance of authorities, local communities, and organizations were highlighted, as well as disaster preparedness procedures and innate capabilities of families. Ultimately, this piece argues that the definition of territory and safety is insufficient to adequately represent the experience of PCDs and their families and should include familiarity with the space and the people that inhabit it.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Our lands, our minds: research and action agenda on Indigenous mental health in a changing climate]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Kyle X. Hill</author><author>Quanah Yellow Cloud</author><author>Maria F. Martina</author><author>Lian Zeitz</author><author>Kisani Upward</author><author>Allison Kelliher</author><author>Donald Warne</author><author>Kenneth Y. Anchang</author><author>Faris Ridzuan</author><author>Seira Duncan</author><author>Jessica Newberry Le Vay</author><author>Emma Lawrance</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionClimate change presents a growing threat to global mental health, disproportionately affecting Indigenous Peoples. Globally, Indigenous communities face unique and compounded climate change-related burdens, intensified by histories of colonization and structural oppression. The Wellcome-funded Connecting Climate Minds (CCM) initiative was established to cultivate a collaborative, transdisciplinary field and research and action agenda dedicated to addressing the complex interplay between climate change and mental health, and included a dedicated focus on Indigenous communities.MethodologyBetween March 2023 and May 2024, CCM convened a diverse group of experts across disciplines, sectors, and countries. This included two online and one in person dialogues and collaboration with representatives from Indigenous groups, guided by an Indigenous Advisory Group. One online dialogue had global representation, and one convened members of the Kom community in Cameroon and Nigeria, and the Anam tribal community in Kenya. The in person inter-community dialogue convened Kichwa communities in the Northern Peruvian Amazon. The dialogue insights were used to develop a global research and action agenda focused on understanding and addressing the mental health needs of Indigenous Peoples experiencing the climate crisis. The process prioritized adapting informed consent protocols to align with Indigenous sovereignty, ensuring access for non-English speaking participants, and centering Indigenous framings of mental health and climate change, such as ecological wellbeing and kinship relationships.ResultsThe resulting research and action agenda for Indigenous mental health in a changing climate highlights critical challenges. These include the detrimental impacts on Indigenous mental health and wellbeing of extractivism, struggles for land rights, lack of territorial sovereignty, and the resulting disconnection from land, food insecurity, and forced displacement that are created and exacerbated by climate change. These issues amplify existing intergenerational trauma and contribute to a profound loss of cultural identity. The agenda identifies key research priorities: understanding climate-related disruptions to traditional practices and spiritual connections, exploring how colonial violence and climate crises interact and intensify mental health impacts, integrating ancestral and traditional medicinal approaches to caring for people and nature in the climate crisis, and understanding the impact of territorial sovereignty on mental health.ConclusionThis agenda underscores the imperative for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to adopt frames aligned with Indigenous worldviews. Implementing research, policies, and programs that acknowledge and support cultural practices and dynamic transmission—a two-way communication between Indigenous worldviews and Western biomedicine—is crucial. This approach not only promotes mental health but also contributes to the overall wellbeing of both people and the planet. The process lessons learned, particularly around enabling collaborations, respecting Indigenous sovereignty, and ownership of knowledge, are vital for future research in this area, fostering right relations and ensuring that diverse ways of knowing and doing are integrated into wider climate and mental health action.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cation incorporation into biochar affects alkalinity-driven carbon dioxide removal accounting]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-25T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ayesha A. Ahmed</author><author>Tim Jesper Suhrhoff</author><author>Christopher T. Reinhard</author><author>Noah J. Planavsky</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Biochar production from biomass may be a scalable and cost-effective means of atmospheric carbon dioxide removal. Current accounting frameworks, however, focus primarily on persistent organic carbon and overlook how pyrolysis alters the return of biomass-derived ions to soils and waters. Here, we quantify a first-order alkalinity-related adjustment to biochar CDR by comparing the inorganic carbon cycling implications of biochar production with a biomass-decay counterfactual. During plant growth, net cation uptake generates soil acidity, which can consume bicarbonate alkalinity and shift the carbonate system toward dissolved CO2, causing CO2 emissions upon re-equilibration with the atmosphere. Biomass decay can eventually reverse this acid-base perturbation by returning cations to the biogeochemical cycle. Biochar formation delays or prevents part of this return flux by retaining cations and anions within the biochar matrix, making permanent or prolonging what would otherwise have been a temporary CO2 source. We estimate the resulting change in inorganic carbon cycling from the cation–anion charge equivalent imbalance associated with the retained elemental inventory relative to recalcitrant organic-carbon storage. Across observations reporting complete Ca, Mg, K, Na, N, and S data (n = 85), the mean alkalinity-related reduction in effective CDR is 3.2% when the retained elemental inventory is assumed to be released in proportion to biochar degradation. If cations and anions are instead retained preferentially as organic carbon is lost, the mean reduction increases to 3.9 and 5.1% when 82 and 63% of organic carbon persists, respectively. The fraction of observations showing a reduction in effective CDR of ≥5% similarly increases from 18.8% under proportional release to 21.2 and 22.4% under the two complete element retention scenarios. Individual biochars span a wide range of compositions and durabilities through time, including cases in which the inorganic carbon effect instead increases estimated net CDR.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Women, cuckoos, and new generations among darkening peaks: temporalities of climate crisis in the Himalayas and beyond]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-24T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Hildegard Diemberger</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The Himalayas are widely regarded as a bellwether of climate change, where receding snowlines, glacial lake outburst floods, and increasingly extreme weather events are transforming human and more-than-human lifeworlds. Yet climate change is experienced not only as environmental disruption but also through changing temporalities, social relations, and expectations of the future. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research and collaboration with high-altitude agropastoralist communities in Limi Valley, north-western Nepal, this article examines how overlapping temporalities of environmental change are negotiated through gendered and generational forms of agency. It focuses particularly on women's roles as custodians of living heritage and on the experiences and aspirations of younger generations in a valley increasingly affected by environmental disasters, depopulation, and a wider sense of crisis. The ethnographic analysis shows that climate change in Limi is experienced through multiple and sometimes jarring temporal horizons rather than as a singular trajectory of environmental decline. While men, particularly monks and officials, have traditionally been recognised as knowledge holders and decision-makers, women increasingly engage in practices that combine the preservation of the spiritual and cultural significance of place with innovation and community resilience. Their support for local schooling is particularly significant in enabling children to remain connected to the village while accessing formal education. Children and younger generations consequently become important actors in negotiating possible futures. These practices challenge totalising narratives of climate crisis and demonstrate how gendered and generational agency can produce creative responses to environmental disruption. The article argues that attending to Limi's plural temporalities and more-than-human relations can broaden understandings of climate resilience beyond binary distinctions between modernist scientific approaches and ‘other' forms of knowledge, revealing how different onto-epistemologies interact in shaping possible futures.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Extreme weather events and risk perception among healthcare staff: evidence from the Matanza–Riachuelo Basin, Argentina]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-23T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Silvia Fontan</author><author>María Daniela Rímoli Schmidt</author><author>Laura Adamantino</author><author>Patricia Cruzate</author><author>Dana Zoe Watson</author><author>Natalia Elorriaga</author><author>Aldana Pica</author><author>María Evelia Raggi</author><author>Matilde Rusticucci</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionClimate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, posing significant challenges for health systems, particularly in socially and environmentally vulnerable urban settings. Despite growing evidence on the health impacts of climate variability in Argentina, little is known about how healthcare professionals perceive climate-related risks and how health services anticipate, respond to, and adapt to these events. This study explored these dimensions in the Matanza–Riachuelo River Basin, one of the country’s most vulnerable urban territories.MethodsA mixed-methods study was conducted integrating three complementary sources of information. Meteorological records (2015–2023) from the Argentine National Meteorological Service were analyzed to characterize extreme temperature and precipitation events. Documentary analysis of local media reports identified the principal climate-related events affecting the study area. In addition, 39 structured surveys were conducted with healthcare professionals, administrative staff, and technical personnel from a tertiary care hospital serving the basin. Open-ended responses were analyzed through thematic coding, and findings were triangulated across data sources.ResultsMeteorological records showed an increasing frequency of heatwaves after 2015, with the 2022–2023 warm season presenting the highest number of events. Extreme precipitation episodes were associated with severe flooding. Participants consistently perceived an increase in the frequency and impacts of extreme weather events. Heatwaves and flooding were identified as the principal climate-related hazards affecting healthcare delivery. Extreme events prompted institutional adaptations, including infrastructure improvements and the establishment of an Emergency and Disaster Committee. Survey respondents emphasized the importance of organizational learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, early warning systems, and community engagement to strengthen preparedness and response.ConclusionAdaptation to climate change within health services extends beyond emergency response and infrastructure improvements. It also depends on institutional learning, organizational flexibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the incorporation of healthcare professionals’ experiences into decision-making. Integrating meteorological information, documentary evidence, and healthcare staff perceptions provides a comprehensive understanding of climate-related challenges and may support the development of climate-resilient health systems.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Advancing disaster and climate resilience through people-centred approaches in rural Zimbabwe: an Afrocentric perspective]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-22T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Louis Nyahunda</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThis study aimed to explore how disaster and climate resilience can be achieved through people-centred approaches in rural Zimbabwe using the Afrocentric framework. This was against the backdrop of the application of resilience in policy, practice, and academic discourses still being shaped by technocratic, Eurocentric, and top-down models that marginalise local realities, knowledge, and worldviews.MethodsA qualitative research approach was adopted, in which data were collected through talking circles and semi-structured interviews from purposively selected participants in the Chimanimani district. These include traditional leaders, community members, government officials and development agencies.ResultsThe Reflexive Thematic Content Analysis was adopted to establish meaning in the data. The findings highlight a disconnect between rhetoric and genuine participation, with most interventions remaining externally defined and elite-driven. Through the Afrocentric analytical tool, the study affirms that genuine people-centred approaches reposition indigenous knowledge systems as legitimate and independent epistemologies instead of being auxiliary to scientific knowledge. It further demonstrates that alternative expressions of resilience, such as Kutsungirira (perseverance), represent unique cultural, spiritual and ontological frameworks that represent the plurality of resilience. The study further surfaced that people-centred approaches reinforce inclusivity, social cohesion, and collective action that address vulnerabilities and marginalisations.DiscussionThese findings are a step forward in decolonising resilience by advancing Afrocentricity as an analytical epistemological tool for reimagining resilience beyond neoliberal and top-down framings and actions in natural hazards, climate change, and disaster settings.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cross-sectoral perspectives on strategies to address climate adaptation and health in cyclone-prone Sofala province, Mozambique]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-18T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Tatiana Marrufo</author><author>Saria Hassan</author><author>Gizelda Florindo</author><author>Palmira Fortunato dos Santos</author><author>Plácida Maholela</author><author>Ana Olga Mocumbi</author><author>Osvaldo Inlamea</author><author>Vanio Mugabe</author><author>Americo Jose</author><author>Uriel Kitron</author><author>Guilherme Ribeiro</author><author>Edi Fulai</author><author>Falume Chale</author><author>Lúcia Vieira</author><author>João Luis Manuel</author><author>Alastair Ager</author><author>Eduardo Samo Gudo</author>
        <description><![CDATA[InroductionMozambique is among the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, experiencing increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events that disrupt health systems and exacerbate both infectious and non-communicable disease burdens.ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify multi-level adaptation strategies to strengthen health system resilience in the context of climate-related disasters in Sofala Province.MethodsForty key informant interviews were conducted across three high-risk districts (Buzi, Dondo, Nhamatanda) with stakeholders representing community, clinical, and governmental sectors. Rapid qualitative analysis identified six key themes: (1) heightened frequency and severity of extreme weather events; (2) major disruptions to healthcare delivery, access, and supply chains; (3) increased burden of food insecurity and infectious diseases; (4) reliance on external aid for health-related disaster response; (5) and the need for improved preparedness is needed at the health system, community, and individual levels. communication and coordination.ResultsFindings highlight the critical need for integrated, multisectoral disaster preparedness that includes both chronic and infectious disease care, enhanced early warning systems, and coordinated response strategies at individual, community, and health system levels.ConclusionThese results underscore the urgency of engaging local stakeholders in developing context-specific, evidence-informed resilience strategies to mitigate the health impacts of climate change in low-resource settings.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A review of the relationship between environmental change and internal-human mobility]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-17T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Systematic Review</category>
        <author>Domenico Bovienzo</author><author>Jeremy Stephan Pal</author><author>Jaroslav Mysiak</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change is significantly influencing worldwide habitability and liveability, with profound implications for human mobility. Most people move within national borders, yet the effects of climate hazards remain insufficiently investigated and integrated into existing theoretical frameworks. This review examines quantitative peer-reviewed literature on climate hazard-internal mobility linkages, revealing key conceptual and empirical gaps in how mobility is defined, theorized, and modeled. The literature remains geographically uneven and predominantly micro-level, with stronger evidence for short-term weather shocks than for long-term climatic processes, while often failing to distinguish between voluntary and involuntary mobility or to account for agency and timing dimensions. Climate-mobility relationships are often conceptualized as contingent, meaning hazards are seen as altering opportunity structures, rather than being framed as hazard-driven, or reflecting mediated and constructed assumptions. This is also reflected in dominant theoretical approaches often conceptualizing mobility as a rational economic response, overlooking aspirations, capabilities, governance, and institutional dynamics. The literature further suggests that climate hazards operate across multiple scales and interact with a broad range of factors to shape mobility and immobility outcomes, posing particular attention to the agricultural, asset exposure and social network channels. Overall, compounding and cumulative risks, socio-ecological tipping points, and institutional and governance dynamics remain insufficiently explored.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/home#basic, https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/smart-search.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Knowledge co-production and co-dissemination for climate change adaptation: insights based on Chokwe district, Mozambique]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Maria Da Graça Benedito Jonas</author><author>Luís Artur</author><author>Siri Hallstrøm Eriksen</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change demands proactive discussions among stakeholders to jointly produce and disseminate knowledge that addresses local needs and informs policies. Research on how these stakeholders’ knowledge co-creation platforms operate considering the ecological and socioeconomic dynamics remains limited. This research attempts to fill this gap by studying knowledge co-production and co-dissemination for climate change adaptation in the Chokwe district, Mozambique. It uses qualitative data drawn from 9 focus group discussions and 70 semi-structured interviews. Research findings show that everyday conversations, community meetings with externals, field visits and training programs are platforms of knowledge co-creation. Throughout these platforms, horizontal co-dissemination occurs with one-to-one conversations and neighbourhood meetings. Vertical co-dissemination is observed in disaster management bureaucratic settings, followed, for example, by extension workers in their interactions with other formal entities and farmers. Transversal co-dissemination involves cross-sectorial stakeholders collaborating trough community meetings and training programs. Then, television and radio were indicated as key additional tools informing people about climate change and disasters, albeit primarily through unilateral arrangements. Furthermore, knowledge co-creation differs across spatial and temporal contexts. In disaster prone areas, it focuses on climate adaptation. Meanwhile, in non vulnerable areas, development based knowledge co-creation dominates. The decision making process depend on how local population see and trust certain collaborative outcome. Overall, co-creation platforms for climate change adaptation involve both top-down and bottom-up perspectives since the knowledge from outside stakeholders reaches local communities and vice versa. Nevertheless, this is not empty of power struggles, exclusions, institutional learning, and other dynamics. Therefore, co-creation initiatives should forge structural transformations, generating solid partnerships, strategic, sustainable, longer, inclusive, and accountable adaptation programs.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The emergence of climate migration research as an academic field]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Maria Horvat Kohutova</author><author>Peter Scholten</author><author>Luisa Cortesi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This study examines how research on climate migration has developed from a dispersed topic of academic interest into a distinct academic field. Although the links between environment and human mobility have been studied for over a century, less attention has been paid to how knowledge has been structured and institutionalized around this topic. To address this gap, the article examines how climate migration scholarship has grown, organized its scholarly community, and gained recognition from external actors. Drawing on theories of field formation, we analyse four dimensions of academic fields: differentiation from other research areas, epistemic and social coherence among scholars, their social infrastructure and legitimacy-building. The study uses a mixed-methods approach combining bibliometric analysis, document and policy review, and expert interviews. The findings show that the formation of climate migration as a research field was a cumulative process. Policy attention brought resources for more research, while a shared understanding that climate migration is driven by multiple interacting factors, not climate alone, gave scholars common ground to organize around. Expanding citations and co-authorships networks then gave the field its structure over time. However, the field formation remains uneven. The networks are geographically uneven, research is being published across hundreds of journals, and theoretical frameworks are underdeveloped. Overall, the article shows how new research topics consolidate as academic fields and argues that the label of ‘research field' is not merely descriptive because it impacts visibility, resources, and epistemic authority.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Patient knowledge and views on the health impacts of climate change in primary care: a cross-sectional survey study]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Brief Research Report</category>
        <author>Melanie S. Stewart</author><author>Sahil K. Tolia</author><author>Siddhi M. Deshpande</author><author>Andrea R. McGowan</author><author>Amy Y. Zhao</author><author>Katherine L. Hughey</author><author>Alexander S. Rabin</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionPrimary care physicians recognize the health impacts of climate change and are well positioned to counsel patients on these risks, but little is known about patient awareness or willingness to engage in climate-related discussions.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of 289 adults receiving care at three University of Michigan Family Medicine clinics. The survey assessed attitudes toward climate change and health, awareness of specific health effects, barriers to adaptation, preferred resources, and perceived impacts on the patient-provider relationship. Descriptive statistics and comparative analyses (Kruskal-Wallis, chi-squared) were performed. An Attitude Score (1–5) summarized alignment with climate-health concerns.ResultsMost respondents agreed climate change threatens long-term health (70.6%) and affects the area where they live (76%). Awareness was highest for respiratory and mental health impacts, and lowest for medication stability and cardiovascular risk. Only 25.4% reported knowing how to adapt to the health impacts of climate change, yet 75.6% said they would likely change behaviors if counseled by their provider. Barriers included uncertainty about effective actions (42.5%) and cost (28.5%). Patients expressed strong interest in practical tools (89.8%) and educational materials (78.6%). Higher Attitude Scores were associated with more favorable perceptions of climate change discussions in the patient-provider relationship.ConclusionsPatients view climate change as a health concern and express desire for physician counseling that is actionable and specific. Integrating planetary health discussions into primary care encounters may facilitate climate adaptation while preserving trust in the therapeutic relationship.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Guaranteed income as an anticipatory action for climate change and disaster preparedness in the US]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Sebastian Prandoni</author><author>Stacia West</author><author>Sarah Berger Gonzalez</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This Perspective Article presents the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model (VSAM) as an analytical framework for assessing Guaranteed Income (GI) as a potential Anticipatory Action (AA) instrument for climate change and disaster intervention in the United States (US). GI is understood here as a recurring, unrestricted cash transfer program, meaning recipients can use the money according to household priorities rather than for a designated category (e.g., food, housing, or utilities). GI programs in the US often target specific at-risk populations and have some form of income eligibility requirement. AA refers to actions taken before a predicted hazardous event to prevent or reduce harm to lives and livelihoods [Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance]. We examine existing climate relief strategies in the US to understand how pre-existing, policy-shaped economic and political vulnerabilities shape household-level adaptive capabilities in response to stressful situations. As GI is positioned here as a household-level intervention, this Perspective Article focuses on adaptation and disaster relief policies that compound pre-existing household vulnerability.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cycles of displacement: an initial examination of housed residents and floating populations on postbuyout land]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Sherri Brokopp Binder</author><author>Elyse Zavar</author><author>Alex Greer</author><author>Jason Martina</author><author>Mary Nelan</author><author>Ayesha Islam</author><author>Prabin Sharma</author><author>Emily Brennan</author><author>Ross Herberger</author><author>Christopher O’Connor</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionIn the U.S., local governments implement buyout programs to relocate people out of high-risk floodplains. Structures are demolished, and the acquired land is managed as open space. Increasingly, these buyout programs are being discussed as a climate adaptation technique in response to sea level rise and increased hazard exposure. However, as the availability of affordable housing has continued to decline across much of the U.S., these open spaces attract new floating populations who lack access to permanent housing. As a result, buyout open spaces in central Texas are now sites for unsanctioned temporary housing including tent encampments.MethodsDrawing from extensive field observations and semi-structured interviews with government personnel, homeowners in buyout neighborhoods, and residents experiencing homelessness, we describe the experiences of and tensions among these groups, all of which are affected by displacement associated with measures intended to reduce hazard risk.ResultsThis study is the first to examine the interconnection between buyout open space and homelessness. Specifically, we introduce the Resident Engagement Matrix, which describes the range of observed relationships between housed residents and floating populations in buyout areas, ranging from elements of neighboring with acceptance to active removal.DiscussionThis research contributes to our understanding of the dynamics and consequences of housing displacement by examining the little-understood interface between post-disaster relocations, homelessness, and flood risk.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Evaluating climate-driven agricultural suitability models for adaptation planning: stakeholder insights from British Columbia]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Vali Vakhshoori</author><author>Robert Newell</author><author>Alesandros Glaros</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThis study examines stakeholder perspectives on the strengths, limitations, and potential uses of a climate-driven agricultural land-suitability model developed to assess future crop suitability across British Columbia. The study contributes to understanding how such models can be used to support long-term agricultural planning and climate-change adaptation.MethodsThe model integrates climate, land-classification, and property-value data. Two online focus groups involving 19 participants from farming, government, academia, community organizations, consulting, and private-sector settings were conducted in October 2025. Participants explored the model outputs using the Agrilyze spatial-data platform and discussed the advantages and shortcomings of using them to inform agricultural practice, policy, and planning. Transcripts were checked and analyzed in NVivo using an iterative combination of deductive and inductive thematic coding.ResultsThe analysis produced three main findings. First, projected climatic suitability is meaningful for practice only when interpreted alongside crop requirements, water availability, infrastructure, market access, and production economics. Second, the capacity to respond to emerging opportunities or declining suitability is uneven and shaped by land values, institutional support, local knowledge, and access to appropriate technologies. Third, the model is most useful for regional exploration, communication, and long-term planning rather than site-specific prescription. Participants also identified risks of misuse, particularly where projected declines could be mobilized to justify agricultural land conversion.DiscussionThis study advances understanding of end-user perspectives on the usefulness of spatially explicit models for climate-change adaptation, planning, and policy in the agricultural sector. The findings reveal that the usefulness of such models depends not only on predictive performance but also on interpretability, governance, and the systems through which model information is translated into decisions.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Understanding climate emotions in relation to mental health and pro-environmental behavior: a systematic review and meta-analysis]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Systematic Review</category>
        <author>Thomas Treesa Alisha</author><author>John Romate</author><author>Eslavath Rajkumar</author><author>K. S. Sruthi</author><author>Jose Mariya Lipsa</author><author>Mahesh Manjima</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionHuman behavior is fundamentally influenced by emotions, while in the anthropogenic era, climate emotions have been observed to function as a significant driver influencing mental health (MH) and pro-environmental behaviors. Yet existing reviews emphasize the segment of fear in climate emotions. This review assessed the relationship between the emotions in the climate emotion wheel (sadness, positivity, fear, anger) on mental health outcomes, as well as pro-environmental behavioral intentions (PEBI).MethodsA systematic search in Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science, PubMed, APA PsycNet, Wiley yielded 3,313 records and after screening, 253 studies were chosen for narrative synthesis, with 56 included in the meta-analysis. The quality of the included studies is assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical appraisal checklists and Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT).Key findingsIn our meta-analysis, climate emotions (hope, empathy, anxiety, worry, and guilt) were positively associated with PEBI. Specifically, climate anxiety (r = 0.25, 95% CI [0.15, 0.36], p < 0.001), climate worry (r = 0.48, 95% CI [0.40, 0.56], p < 0.001), and climate guilt (r = 0.21, 95% CI [0.06, 0.35], p = 0.01) predicted stronger PEBI, whereas emotions in the segment of fear resulted in poorer mental health outcomes, including climate anxiety (r = 0.39, 95% CI [0.30, 0.48], p < 0.001), highlighting the dual motivational and psychological burden of climate emotions.RecommendationsFuture research should prioritize experimental and longitudinal designs in climate emotion and should emphasize on the underexplored constructs such as gratitude, betrayal, inspiration, apathy, outrage and loneliness. The prime concern is the paucity of exploration in lower middle-income countries and how positive emotions influence PEBI and mental health outcomes.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420251145857.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Receiving communities and climate destinations]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-09-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Editorial</category>
        <author>Kelsea Best</author><author>Eliza Hotchkiss</author>
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