Forecasting societies' adaptive capacities through a demographic metabolism model

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Lutz, Wolfgang and Muttarak, Raya (2017) Forecasting societies' adaptive capacities through a demographic metabolism model. Nature Climate Change, 7 (3). pp. 177-184. ISSN 1758-678X

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Abstract

In seeking to understand how future societies will be affected by climate change we cannot simply assume they will be identical to those of today, because climate and societies are both dynamic. Here we propose that the concept of demographic metabolism and the associated methods of multi-dimensional population projections provide an effective analytical toolbox to forecast important aspects of societal change that affect adaptive capacity. We present an example of how the changing educational composition of future populations can influence societies' adaptive capacity. Multi-dimensional population projections form the human core of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways scenarios, and knowledge and analytical tools from demography have great value in assessing the likely implications of climate change on future human well-being.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Related URLs:	http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2017 06:04
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 03:09
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65517
DOI:	10.1038/nclimate3222

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