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Resilience of People and Ecosystems under Climate Stress

Proceedings of the Working Group 
13-14 July 2022
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Joachim von Braun
Scripta Varia 152, Vatican City, 2023

Contents

Message

Pope Francis

Opening Remarks

Joachim von Braun | PAS President

Opening Remarks

Cardinal Peter K. Turkson | PAS Chancellor

I. Setting the Scence

Climate Resilience: Why, When and How?

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Uninhabitability, the Limits to Resilience, and a Passport to Safety

Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber | PAS Academician & Kira Vinke

Open Discussion

II. Global Context and Priorities for Resilience

Practical Options for Mitigation

Susan Solomon | PAS Academician

Economic Options for Transformation & Resilience

Stefano Zamagni | PASS President

Sustainability and Climate Change Issues: Reducing Vulnerability Using Sustainomics & Balanced Inclusive Green Growth (BIGG)

Mohan Munasinghe

Resilience as Development of the Real Potential of Nature and Scientific Discovery

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | Former PAS Chancellor

Open Discussion

III. Cry of the Poor and the Youth

Resilience: A Moral/Ethical Perspective

Joshtrom I. Kureethadam

Youth Perspectives: Building Climate Change Resilience Through Data Science

Gabriela May Lagunes

Youth Perspectives: Adaptation Science for Least Developed Countries

Joyce Kimutai

Open Discussion

IV. Regional to Local Resilience Building

Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa: Policies and Strategies

Mohamed H.A. Hassan | PAS Academician & Daniel Schaffer

Ecological Environment Management in China

Weijian Zhou

Ending Energy Poverty

Robert Stoner

People-centered solutions for resilience to climate change: a perspective from the Amazon

Virgílio Viana | PASS Academician

Climate Action to Protect and Promote Health: Sharing Knowledge Among Regions for Adaptation Solutions

Robin Fears

Open Discussion

V. Building Adaptive Capacity for Humanity

Nature-Based Solutions in the Context of Climate-Resilient Buildings and Cities

Barbara Widera

Resilient Food Systems

Joachim von Braun | PAS President & Alisher Mirzabaev

Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis: Resilient Water Access for Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change

Aditi Mukherji

Agroforestry for Resilience of People and Ecosystems

Aster Gebrekirstos

Open Discussion

VI. Building Institutions

Adaptation in Drylands Africa

Cheikh Mbow

Finance for Resilience of People and Planet. Reflecting on 50 years after the Stockholm Conference in 1972

Victor Galaz

Youth Perspectives: New Economic Lessons on Resilience Learned from COVID

Clara Latini

Climate Migration in Dignity

Kira Vinke

Open Discussion

Triple Challenges of Bio-diversity, Climate and Inequality

Jane Lubchenco | PAS Academician

Closing Remarks

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