Journal of Climate Change Society

An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Contemporary Climate Smart Technologies on Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Moffat Chiba — 2025-05-31

Climate smart technologies are part and parcel of the low-carbon technological climate change package, which have entered the arena for climate policy discussions since the 1980s. Past efforts at tackling climate change have been around since 1980 and the need to create a low carbon economy has been at the forefront of climate change global discussions. Against this background, this paper provides an econometric analysis of the impact of climate smart technologies on global carbon dioxide emissions. It quantitatively traces the progress that has been made globally in reducing carbon dioxide emissions considering that the 2050 net-zero emissions deadline is only two and a half decades away. The paper considers carbon dioxide due to the observation that it is the most significant greenhouse gas whose emissions currently stand at 37 gigatons per annum. Making use of graphite, zinc, silver global production annual trends, global land use changes and the changing trends of global forest area cover of global data running from 1990 to 2023 to generate the formula, Log(co2) = β₀ + β₁Logforest + β₂Log(graphite) + β₃Log(landuse) + β₄log(silver) + β₅dlog(zinc) +ε, in EViews 7, the study found that a 1% increase in forest, graphite, landuse, silver and zinc technologies yields a 95% reduction in carbon dioxide emission. There is positive progress in attempts at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The study therefore recommends nation-states to increase and gear-up their climate smart efforts to achieve net-zero GHGs emissions by 2050.

Identifikasi Tren Perubahan Suhu Udara di Kota Padang

Pratiwi Gholil Prasetiyani — 2025-05-31

The study examines he trend of air temperature in Padang City over the last three decades as part of efforts to understand regional climate variability and the potential impact of increasing global temperature on Padang City. The average, minimum, and maximum temperature data from the Minangkabau Meteorological Station for the period 1991–2020 and the Teluk Bayur Maritim Station for the period 1994–2020 were analyzed using Sen’s Slope Test to determine trend values and the Mann-Kendall Test to assess significance. The analysis results show a significant upward trend in average and minimum temperatures at Minangkabau Station, and maximum temperatures at Taluk Bayur Station. Urban Heat Island and industrial activities are the main factors of this increasing trend. If this trend continues to increase in the years to come, future temperature increases will be more extreme.

A Systematic Literature Review Pemanfaatan Model Iklim Primer/ RCM Untuk Proyeksi Perubahan Iklim di Indonesia

Budi Samiaji — 2025-05-31

Model Iklim Regional (RCM) adalah alat penting untuk memproyeksikan perubahan tren suhu dan curah hujan di Indonesia, dimana Model Iklim RCM menawarkan resolusi yang lebih tinggi daripada model global. Model-model ini sangat bermanfaat di wilayah seperti Indonesia, di mana topografi yang kompleks dan kondisi iklim yang beragam memerlukan analisis terperinci.

Tujuan dari review jurnal ini adalah melihat bagaimana RCM/ Regional Climate Models dapat membantu dalam memahami dampak potensial perubahan iklim pada skala lokal, yang penting untuk mengembangkan strategi adaptasi dan mitigasi yang efektif.

Dengan metode Systematic Literature Review diharapkan dapat ditemukan hasil- hasil pemanfaatan model RCM dalam memproyeksikan kondisi iklim dimasa depan khususnya Indonesia.

Studi menggunakan RCM menunjukkan tren pemanasan umum di seluruh Indonesia. Model turunan RCM seperti NHRCM ( Non Hidrostatik RCM ) dapat digunakan untuk memproyeksikan potensi banjir dan pengelolaan sumber daya sungai. Model RCM juga digunakan oleh petani untuk memproyeksikan cuaca dan iklim dalam antisipasi resiko perubahan iklim untuk ketahanan pangan.

Kata kunci : model iklim, perubahan iklim, proyeksi iklim, tren curah hujan

The The Impact of Global Warming on Climate Change (Systematic Literature Review)

Fitri Permata indah FITRI — 2025-05-31

The worldwide problem of global warming is a major concern for the sustainability of life on earth. If this event is not addressed quickly, it can have dire consequences. Global warming occurs when there is a concentration of certain gases known as greenhouse gases, which continues to increase in the air, this is caused by human actions, industrial activities, especially CO2 and chlorofluorocarbons. Global warming has a broad and serious impact on the bio-geophysical environment (such as melting ice at the poles, rising sea levels, expanding deserts, increasing rain and flooding, climate change, extinction of certain flora and fauna, migration of fauna and pests. This study focuses on the impact of global warming on climate change. This research method is a literature review using a database from Google Scholar from the period 2019-2024

Squirrels as Green Allies to Human Resource Development Agenda on Pro-environmental Practices as the Fangs of Climate Change Rages on

Ehikioya Hilary Osolase — 2025-05-31

Through a process known as “zoochory, scatter hoarding, or caching”, a squirrel gathers approximately about 10,000 nuts during the autumn season and have them kept underground. With 95% possibility that the exact location were the seeds are concealed will be forgotten. As a result of its forgetfulness, squirrels often repeat these activities unending. These seeds which have been forgotten by the squirrels, sprouts and successively become a woodland regeneration with green trees that protects the natural environment which continuously renews the ecosystem. Hence, squirrels can be labelled as “green allies to the agenda of human resource development (HRD) scholars/practitioners”, as both utilizes its capabilities in advancing pro-environmental practices among humans across different sectors and industries as well as the larger society. In addition, collaborating with researchers from other fields (e.g. environmental sciences, business management, and varied social sciences, etc.), will propel HRD scholars to deploy the behavioral component of squirrels in promoting eco-friendly practices among the workforce in organizations, including the wider society. The connection between squirrels’ green attitude and HRD’s initiatives on pro-green practices, reveals a mutualistic interaction between squirrels and HRD scholars/practitioners’ expertise on ecofriendly practices. With the discussions provided on the symbiotic relationship between squirrels’ pro-environmental behaviors and HRDs expertise for promoting green practices, the research question was answered. Finally, using the three steps (unfreeze-change-refreeze) of Lewin’s change theory which is acknowledged as an HRD change mechanism, a research framework was developed, along with providing directions for cross-disciplinary research and theory advancement and building