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标题：Effects of Educational Attainment on Climate Risk Vulnerability
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作者：Erich Striessnig ; Wolfgang Lutz ; Anthony G Patt 等
期刊名称：Ecology and Society
印刷版ISSN：1708-3087
电子版ISSN：1708-3087
出版年度：2013
卷号：18
期号：1
出版社：The Resilience Alliance
摘要：In the context of still uncertain specific effects of climate change in specific locations, this paper examines whethereducation significantly increases coping capacity with regard to particular climatic changes, and whether it improves the resilienceof people to climate risks in general. Our hypothesis is that investment in universal primary and secondary education aroundthe world is the most effective strategy for preparing to cope with the still uncertain dangers associated with future climate. Theempirical evidence presented for a cross-country time series of factors associated with past natural disaster fatalities since 1980in 125 countries confirms this overriding importance of education in reducing impacts. We also present new projections ofpopulations by age, sex, and level of educational attainment to 2050, thus providing an appropriate tool for anticipating societies'future adaptive capacities based on alternative education scenarios associated with different policies
关键词：adaptive capacity; climate change; education; natural disasters; vulnerability