Revealing the Nexus between Biodiversity and Climate Change: Impacts and Opportunities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 2870
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is one of the most critical issues of our time and its impacts on biodiversity are more evident than ever. Animal and plant species are threatened with extinction while ecosystems are losing resilience, resistance and stability. On the other hand, biodiversity loss magnifies climate change impacts and undermines mitigation and/or adaption initiatives. The importance of linking biodiversity and climate change is also highlighted by the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is time for this complex nexus to be decoded and assessed, so that this bidirectional relation could be comprehended and result into effective global strategies to successfully deal with climate crisis and biodiversity loss, and ultimately ensure the Sustainable Development Goals and human well-being.
This special issue aims to identify current and future scientific trends of simultaneously coping with climate change and biodiversity loss by exploring new tools, innovative approaches under an integrated framework.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- mapping the gaps in the climate change – biodiversity nexus
- observed and projected impacts of climate change on biodiversity
- potential impacts of climate change adaptation on biodiversity
- climate change adaptation strategies that serve biodiversity conservation
- integrated climate and biodiversity policy initiatives towards sustainability.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Nefta Votsi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodiversity conservation
- biodiversity loss
- climate change
- climate change adaptation
- climate change mitigation
- integrated environmental policy
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