Climate Change and Landscapes

Overview

The issue of climate change sits at the heart of the concerns about sustainability and mututal benefit that govern thinking about landscapes.  It embodies the issue of making a future habitable for all, including those with the most to gain in the short term from the unsustainable exploitation of landscapes for whatever reason.  As an issue rooted in a time-consistency problem, it is for all concerned parties to exorcise short-termism under the umbrella of scientific rigor.

Further information

• More than “nice to have” – the real value of tropical forests
  
• Ancient baobab trees in Africa under threat due to erratic climate, scientists theorize
  
• Can we address climate-induced migration?​​