Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability
In the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general. Our hypo...
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doaj-e2cfa6065f3a4c2fa4c442a3ccd8bd5c2020-11-24T21:34:41ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872013-03-011811610.5751/ES-05252-1801165252Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk VulnerabilityErich Striessnig0Wolfgang Lutz1Anthony G. Patt2WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, AustriaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, AustriaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, AustriaIn the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general. Our hypothesis is that investment in universal primary and secondary education around the world is the most effective strategy for preparing to cope with the still uncertain dangers associated with future climate. The empirical evidence presented for a cross-country time series of factors associated with past natural disaster fatalities since 1980 in 125 countries confirms this overriding importance of education in reducing impacts. We also present new projections of populations by age, sex, and level of educational attainment to 2050, thus providing an appropriate tool for anticipating societies' future adaptive capacities based on alternative education scenarios associated with different policies.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art16/adaptive capacityclimate changeeducationnatural disastersvulnerability |
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Erich Striessnig Wolfgang Lutz Anthony G. Patt Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability Ecology and Society adaptive capacity climate change education natural disasters vulnerability |
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Erich Striessnig Wolfgang Lutz Anthony G. Patt |
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability |
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability |
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability |
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability |
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Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability |
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effects of educational attainment on climate risk vulnerability |
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Resilience Alliance |
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Ecology and Society |
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1708-3087 |
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2013-03-01 |
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In the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whether education significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilience of people to climate risks in general. Our hypothesis is that investment in universal primary and secondary education around the world is the most effective strategy for preparing to cope with the still uncertain dangers associated with future climate. The empirical evidence presented for a cross-country time series of factors associated with past natural disaster fatalities since 1980 in 125 countries confirms this overriding importance of education in reducing impacts. We also present new projections of populations by age, sex, and level of educational attainment to 2050, thus providing an appropriate tool for anticipating societies' future adaptive capacities based on alternative education scenarios associated with different policies. |
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adaptive capacity climate change education natural disasters vulnerability |
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