Questioning complacency: Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation in Norway

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 50-56

  O'Brien, Karen ^a,b   Eriksen, Siri ^a   Sygna, Linda ^c   Naess, Lars Otto ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project of IHDP   (Norway)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIAL IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORWAY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33646397574     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[50:QCCCIV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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66. This paper is based on findings from two recent Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) - led projects, both funded by the Research Council of Norway: "Climate change vulnerability in Norway: socioeconomic perspectives on policies and impacts" and "Climate change in Norway: analysis of economic and social impacts and adaptation." The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments.
67. First submitted 26 July 2004. Accepted for publication 7 Nov. 2005.