Climate Change and Enviromental Disaster

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns, and these swings may be natural or may be as a result of human activities, such as burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. Global atmospheric temperature is predicted to rise by approximately 4 °C by 2080, which is consistent with a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration. These climate changes have resulted in increased frequency and occurrence of climate-induced environmental disasters (floods, cyclones, mud slides, heat waves, and droughts), which cause great stress to already vulnerable livelihoods, as well as health, food systems and sustainability, structures, and safety. In the recent decades, over 4 billion people have been affected by disasters globally, and over 1,000,000 people have died. In addition, under the rapid urban sprawl, many eco-environment issues have attracted great concern, such as forest area reduction, air quality degradation, land degradation, etc. Hence, it is of great importance to report new methods, new technologies and new theories on climate change, eco-environmental monitoring and assessment, and disaster monitoring.

Based on the above, the Special Issue aims at collecting articles providing approaches, methods, tools, and best practices to reveal the change trend and characteristics of climate and environmental disasters. Moreover, the Special Issue is devoted to promoting advances in understanding and modeling the relationships between climate change and environmental disasters. Studies that to inform climate change adaptation and environmental disaster risk assessments are also welcomed.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

1. Climate change adaptation and disaster management;
2. Global and regional climate modelling and monitoring;
3. Spatial and temporal change patterns of environmental disasters;
4. Response mechanisms of environmental disasters to climate change;
5. Detection of environmental disasters based on remote sensing;
6. Observed and projected climate extremes.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Dr. Bing Guo
Prof. Dr. Weijun Zhao
Dr. Jinxin Zhu
Dr. Jianwan Ji
Guest Editors

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