Scripting climate futures: The geographical assumptions of climate planning

Entrepreneurial opportunities for sports tourism based on Iran's geographical climate

The aim of this study is to identify and rank entrepreneurial opportunities in sports tourism based on geographical capabilities and capacities in Iran. The present study was descriptive-survey and was performed by mixed method. Data collection in this study was done in two stages. In the first phase, a list of entrepreneurial opportunities of sports tourism was identified through a search of p...

The complexity of Atmospheric and Climate Models: Assumptions and Feedbacks

While it is true that the physical principles and equations discussed in part one do form the “core” of any atmospheric or climate model, there are processes in the observed system that are difficult to represent due to our incomplete understanding of the process, or the fact that some processes are not exact. Many of these processes are what we call “feedbacks”. Feedbacks are manifestations of...

Comment on “Constraining climate forecasts: The role of prior assumptions”

Futures of the Climate Action Movement: Insights from an Integral Futures Approach

Climate change has become the preeminent sustainability issue, receiving significantly more political, corporate, media and public attention than other pressing environmental and social issues. Around the world, a diverse movement has emerged seeking stronger action to respond to climate change. However, this movement lacks cohesion and has failed to build sufficient political power to trigger ...

Niches, models, and climate change: assessing the assumptions and uncertainties.

As the rate and magnitude of climate change accelerate, understanding the consequences becomes increasingly important. Species distribution models (SDMs) based on current ecological niche constraints are used to project future species distributions. These models contain assumptions that add to the uncertainty in model projections stemming from the structure of the models, the algorithms used to...