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Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

An International Journal Devoted to Scientific, Engineering, Socio-Economic and Policy Responses to Environmental Change

Publishing model:
Hybrid

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change - Climate Change and Human Well-being in the Global South

Call for Papers

Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of human well-being – secure shelter, clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food, and livelihood opportunities. These can be direct impacts of climate change on physical well-being (such as impacts from climate extremes) and mental health (through stress and conflict), or indirect effects on land-based food production and fisheries leading to disruptions in food and incomes or damages to critical infrastructure that impact regional economies. Climate change responses such as actions taken to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to increasing climate risks can positively or adversely affect human well-being. Thus, climate adaptation and mitigation measures are vital and require a careful analysis of economic, governance, behavioural, and social costs and benefits. This is particularly needed in the Global South, which faces disproportionate climate impacts and development needs.

This thematic issue aims to gather the knowledge of frontiers in socio-environmental systems to explore the impacts of climate change on human well-being and synthesise how adaptation and mitigation strategies can minimize climate risk, loss and damages, and contribute to rapid and deep climate change mitigation towards 1.5°C, while increasing well-being in the Global South. We cover a wide range of approaches and methods to discuss human-environment interactions and integrate behavioural and social determinants to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the impacts of climate change on human well-being in the Global South.


The special issue aims to cover topics that include but are not limited to:

  • Interlinkages between climate action and broader societal goals
  • Individual behavioural and lifestyle changes that deliver emission reductions and human well-being
  • Synergies and tradeoffs between adaptation and mitigation and well-being
  • Assessment methods (metrics, tools, models) to examine climate action and well-being links
  • Equity and justice outcomes associated with mitigation or adaptation policies, actions
  • Urban climate response options and co-benefits
  • Moving beyond GDP, well-being and degrowth development
  • Enabling climate resilient development (Governance and policies, Climate literacy, and Climate finance gaps and investments)


Guest Editors:

Dr Leila Niamir, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
email: niamir@iiasa.ac.at (this opens in a new tab)

Prof Dr Minal Pathak, Ahmedabad University
email: minal.pathak@ahduni.edu.in (this opens in a new tab)

Dr Chandni Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
email: csingh@iihs.ac.in (this opens in a new tab)


All submissions must contain papers that are original and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts must comply with the Submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab)for Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. There are no submission fees. Submissions can be made through the journal’s online system (this opens in a new tab).

When submitting your article, please select the Collection name: “Climate Change and Human Well-being in the Global South”. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer review and editorial processes following the policies of the Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change journal. The guest editors will first review papers submitted to the special issue. A paper may be rejected without being sent for review should the guest editors review the papers as unsuitable for the journal and special issue in terms of quality or aims and scope. The selected submissions will undergo an expedited review. All accepted papers will be published online first, and then they will be listed together in a journal issue once all of the collection papers are published online.


Enquiries

We look forward to receiving your submission and are happy to answer any questions you may have. For enquiries, you may directly contact the Guest Editors by email.


Important dates

Open for submission from:  01 July 2023

Submission deadline: 01 July 2024

Papers will be published regularly with volume and page number after acceptance.



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