Kira Vinke

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the potential of mid-rise urban buildings designed with engineered timber to provide long-term storage of carbon and to avoid the carbon-intensive production of mineral-based construction materials.

TL;DR: The WBGU discusses the relevant conditions for the success of this transformation in this report as mentioned in this paper, and the WBGU concludes that only if cities and urban societies are sufficiently empowered can they make use of the opportunities for sustainability and successfully follow the urban transformation pathways.

TL;DR: This article explored the adaptation framing of the climate change and migration nexus and highlighted its shortcomings and advantages and argued for a precise differentiation in the academic debate, distinguishing between reactive and proactive migration.

TL;DR: This article reviewed the current knowledge of climatic risks and impacts in South Asia associated with anthropogenic warming levels of 1.5-4 °C above pre-industrial values in the twenty-first century.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of common methodological approaches and present evidence on their potential implications for the estimation of climatic impacts and identify five key challenges, which relate to the measurement of migration and climatic events, the integration and aggregation of data, the identification of causal relationships, and the exploration of contextual influences and mechanisms.