{"data":[{"id":"10.82308/54602","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/54602","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:dj52w9824","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/104910","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Fleischmann, Adam","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Adam","familyName":"Fleischmann","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Possibility in an era of climate change: Anthropology, knowledge, politics"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2023,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Anthropology"},{"subject":"FOS: Sociology","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Niezen, Ronald (Supervisor1)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Rees, Tobias (Supervisor2)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2023","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Niezen, Ronald (Supervisor1)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"","description":"Rees, Tobias (Supervisor2)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Nous vivons de nos jours à une époque qui subit déjà les effets, toujours plus pressants et imprévisibles, du changement climatique anthropique global. Pourtant, les pays du monde dans leur ensemble, déjà dans l’incapacité d’atteindre leurs cibles climatiques établies, se trouvent encore moins capable de les renforcer. Pendant ce temps, les chercheurs recueillent de plus en plus de connaissances techniques et scientifiques leur permettant de comprendre toujours mieux le changement climatique dans toutes ses ambiguïtés. De son côté, la communauté internationale a déjà déterminé quel type d’actions à entreprendre pour limiter le réchauffement climatique. La jonction de ces deux milieux, l’espace où la gouvernance et la connaissance scientifique se rencontrent, reste à articuler. C’est dans cette espace de rencontre entre politique et science que le travail de cette thèse de doctorat se situe, là où se négocient les enjeux et possibilités de réponses face au changement climatique anthropique global. Plus particulièrement, elle enquête sur un réseau d’ONG intermédiaires au Canada et aux États-Unis qui rassemblent le travail de scientifiques et d’acteurs politiques afin de répondre aux exigences d’un climat global en plein changement. Comment les sciences climatiques se mettent-elles en action ? Comment s’adapte-elle l’action politique à la recherche scientifique ? Comment est-ce que nous appréhendons et agissons à l’échelle du changement climatique global ? Comment un futur climatique sécuritaire peut-il être rendu possible ? Sur la base d’un terrain de dix-sept mois, cette thèse aborde ces questions, et d’autres encore, en enquêtant sur la manière dont le réseau d’organisations et ceux qui y travaillent problématisent et agissent contre le changement climatique, à l’intersection entre les mondes de la science et du politique. Ma méthode de terrain a consisté à suivre des interlocuteurs dans leur télétravail, en opérant à distance par des technologies de communication numériques, et en participant périodiquement aux réunions, conférences et sommets. J’ai donc dû mobiliser différentes modalités de participation au terrain: numérique, à distance et présentiel.Le premier chapitre de la thèse retrace le champ du terrain en portant une attention particulière au terrain en action aux contours d’un sommet majeur du changement climatique. Ce faisant, j’y décris l’espace que ces acteurs et ses organisations occupent entre les milieux scientifiques et politiques ainsi que l’activisme local populaire [grassroots] d’une part, et les échelons élevés de la diplomatie de l’autre. Le deuxième chapitre porte sur le cas d’une ONG américaine, experte en modélisation de dynamiques des systèmes et en sensibilisation et vulgarisation scientifique. J’y expose brièvement l’histoire orale et écrite de l’organisation et de ces champs d’étude et d’intervention. Le troisième chapitre développe le concept de “possibilité.” Il s’attache à la manière dont cette même organisation et ses acteurs créent les conditions propices à ce que les gens puissent mettre en pratique leurs visions d’un avenir désirable et durable, et ce selon leur propre perspective, expérience et communauté. Le chapitre quatre traite d’une autre organisme, suivant l’organisation à distance et l’exécution en présentiel de la plus grande conférence du mouvement populaire sur le climat au Canada. Le chapitre défend la thèse que les événements de la conférence se rapportent aux différentes problématisations du changement climatique formulées par divers participants, ainsi qu’aux enjeux correspondant à des notions établis d’épistémologie, d’expertise et d’action politique. Le chapitre cinq revient sur les considérations de terrain du premier chapitre et explore davantage les méthodes mixes utilisées tant à distance qu’en présentiel pour étudier deux organisations qui convoquent les coordinateurs de données sur l’action climatique infranational et qui organisent l’action climatique corporative","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"We live in an era already impacted by global anthropogenic climate change, its effects getting visibly worse every year, often outstripping predictions. Yet countries are unable to meet their goals or strengthen their targets on climate change. Meanwhile researchers have accumulated the scientific and technical knowledge to understand climate change in all its ambiguity and the international community knows what kind of action it will take to limit global warming. Between these levels, where governance and scientific knowledge come together, it is less clear. This dissertation is about the challenges and possibilities of addressing global anthropogenic climate change, both politically and anthropologically, at this murky zone of encounter. Specifically, it examines a network of mid-level non-profit climate NGOs based in the United States and Canada who bring together the work of both scientists and political actors to meet the demands of a changing global climate. How is climate science made actionable and climate action scientifically accurate? How do we understand and act on the scale of the global climate? How are climate-safe futures rendered possible? Based on over seventeen months of fieldwork, this dissertation tackles these questions and more by investigating how the network of organizations and their people problematize and act upon climate change at the intersection of what are deemed science and politics. Fieldwork involved following interlocutors who telecommuted, working remotely over digital communication technology, periodically attending in-person meetings, conferences and summits. The research therefore required a variety of methods, including digital, remote and in-person fieldwork.Chapter One of the dissertation outlines the shape of the field by taking a close look at fieldwork in action around the edges of one major climate change summit, and in doing so describes the space these actors and organizations occupy between science and politics, grassroots activism and high-level diplomacy. The second chapter focuses on one US-based non- profit NGO, experts on system dynamics modelling and climate education. I lay out a brief oral and written history of the organization and its field of study and intervention. Chapter Three develops the concept of “possibility,” attending to how this same organization and its actors create the conditions for people to envision and enact desirable futures of their own imagining, from their own perspective, background and communities. The subject of Chapter Four is a different, Canada-based non-profit, following the story of the remote organization and in-person implementation of Canada’s largest conference of grassroots climate activists. The chapter argues that the events of the conference speak to the different problematizations of climate change at play among diverse participants, along with the corresponding challenges to notions of epistemology, expertise and political action. Finally, Chapter Five returns to the first chapter’s deliberations on fieldwork to more thoroughly explore the mixed-methods remote and in-person fieldwork used to study two organizations that convene corporate climate action and subnational climate action data coordinators, respectively. Overall, this research highlights the pressing theoretical and practical challenges of how to imagine and enact a world that is equipped to face climate change","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/104910","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T09:04:34Z","registered":"2026-05-21T09:04:36Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:56:12Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/33459","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/33459","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:h415pf78m","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/109033","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Cung, Annie.","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Annie.","familyName":"Cung","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Statistical modeling of extreme rainfall processes in consideration of climate change"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2007,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Rainfall probabilities -- Québec (Province)"},{"lang":"","subject":"Rainfall anomalies -- Québec (Province)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2007","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."},{"rights":"© Annie Cung, 2007"}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"This item was digitized as part of a project to share McGill's intellectual legacy with the public. If you are the copyright holder or a relative of the copyright holder who is deceased, you may request withdrawal by emailing escholarship.library@mcgill.ca. The full policy for eScholarship may be accessed here: https://www.mcgill.ca/libraries/research-services/escholarship/policy","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"Extreme rainfall events may have catastrophic impacts on the population and infrastructures, therefore it is essential to have accurate knowledge of extreme rainfall characteristics. Moreover, both the scientific community and policymakers have recently shown a growing interest in the potential impacts of climate change on water resources management. Indeed, changes in the intensity and frequency of occurrence of extreme rainfall events may have serious impacts. As such, it is important to understand not only the current patterns of extreme rainfalls but also how they are likely to change in the future. The objective of the present research is therefore to find the best method for estimating accurately extreme rainfalls for the current time period and future periods in the context of climate change. The analysis of extreme rainfall data from the province of Quebec (Canada) revealed that, according to L-moment ratio diagrams, the data may be well described by the Generalized-Extreme-Value (GEV) distribution. Results also showed that a simple scaling relationship between non-central moments (NCM) and duration can be established and that a scaling method based on NCMs and scaling exponents can be used to generate accurate estimates of extreme rainfalls at Dorval station (Quebec, Canada). Other results demonstrated that the method of NCMs can accurately estimate distribution parameters and can be used to construct accurate Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves. Furthermore, a regional analysis was performed and homogenous regions of weather stations within Quebec were identified. A method for the estimation of missing data at ungauged sites based on regional NCMs was found to yield good estimates. In addition, the potential impacts of climate change on extreme rainfalls were assessed. Changes in the distribution of annual maximum (AM) precipitations were evaluated using simulations from two Global Climate Models (GCMs) under the A2 greenhouse gas emission scenario: the Coupled Global Climate Model version 2 (CGCM2A2) of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, and the Hadley Centre's Model version 3 (HadCM3A2). Simulations from these two models were downscaled spatially using the Statistical DownScaling Model (SDSM). A bias-correction method to adjust the downscaled AM daily precipitations for Dorval station was tested and results showed that after adjustments, the values fit the observed AM daily precipitations well. The analysis of future AM precipitations revealed that, after adjustments, AM precipitations downscaled from CGCM2A2 increase from current to future periods, while AM precipitations downscaled from HadCM3A2 show a mild decrease from current to future periods, for daily and sub-daily scales.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/109033","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T09:03:44Z","registered":"2026-05-21T09:03:45Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:45:45Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/51902","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/51902","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:pv63g4184","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/118769","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Beaumier, Maude","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Maude","familyName":"Beaumier","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Vulnerability of Inuit women's food system to climate change in the context of multiple socio-economic stresses - a case study of Arviat, Nunavut"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2012,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Geography"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2012","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"Nunavut has the highest incidence of food insecurity in Canada, where 56% of Inuit households are believed to experience difficulties in obtaining sufficient food. Food insecurity occurs when food systems are stressed such that adequate nutrition is not accessible, available, and/or of insufficient quality. Inuit food systems comprising traditional and store food components are affected by economic, social and cultural transformations, and ecological changes, most notably associated with climate change. Inuit women have been identified to be particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, a condition that can be exacerbated by climate change stresses on their food system. This research identifies and characterizes the key factors determining Inuit women's food system vulnerability and adaptability to climate change and human stressors, and the factors contributing to food insecurity. This research was conducted in collaboration with the community of Arviat, Nunavut, using a community-based participatory research approach. Arviat is experiencing a high level of food insecurity, particularly among women. Photovoice, semi-structured interviews with Inuit women (n=42) and key informants (n=8), focus groups with women (n=7), elders (n=3) and hunters (n=2), and participant observations were used to collect in-depth qualitative data. Findings show that Inuit's food system in Arviat is sensitive to climate-related risks and changes, but climate change was not identified as affecting women's food security. Human factors such as financial resources and budgeting skills, store food knowledge, decrease in the transmission of country food knowledge, decrease in traditional training, substance use and gambling and high cost of living, negatively impact Inuit women's food security. On the other hand, a strong sharing network, governmental financial support and local educational initiatives help strengthen the food system and improve food security.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Le Nunavut connait la plus haute incidence d'insécurité alimentaire au Canada, où 56% des foyers ont de la difficulté à obtenir une quantité suffisante de nourriture. Ce pourcentage dépasse largement la moyenne canadienne. L'insécurité alimentaire se manifeste lorsque le système alimentaire est stressé, provoquant ainsi un accès et une disponibilité inadéquate à de la nourriture de qualité. Le système alimentaire des Inuit, qui se compose de nourriture traditionnelle et d'aliments importés, est affecté par des changements d'ordre économique, social, culturel, et environnemental notamment associé aux changements climatiques. Les femmes Inuit ont été identifiées comme étant particulièrement vulnérables à l'insécurité alimentaire, et donc plus sensibles aux changements climatiques. L'insécurité alimentaire, particulièrement lorsqu'elle est chronique, a des répercussions au niveau de la santé physique, mentale et sociale des femmes Inuit, et ainsi accroît leur susceptibilité aux infections et aux maladies chroniques. Cette recherche améliore la compréhension de la vulnérabilité et la capacité d'adaptation du système alimentaire des femmes Inuit au changement climatique, et ce dans le contexte de stresses socio-économiques. Ce travail identifie et caractérise les facteurs clés qui déterminent la sécurité ou l'insécurité alimentaire chez les femmes Inuit à l'aide d'une méthodologie basée sur l'étude de cas, qui s'inspire d'une approche de recherche participative communautaire (CBRP), et ce en collaboration avec la communauté d'Arviat, Nunavut. Le niveau d'insécurité alimentaire est élevé à Arviat, particulièrement chez les femmes. Diverses méthodes ont été utilisée afin d'obtenir des données qualitatives approfondies, telles que photovoice, entrevues semi-structurées avec des femmes Inuit (n=42) et des informateurs clefs (n=8), groupes de discussions avec des femmes (n=7), des personnes âgées (n=3) et des chasseurs (n=2), ainsi que l'observation participative. Les résultats démontrent que le système alimentaire des femmes Inuit est sensible aux risques et aux changements reliés au climat. Par contre, le changement climatique n'a pas été identifié comme un facteur affectant la sécurité alimentaire des femmes actuellement. Les facteurs humains tels que les ressources financières, la capacité à faire un budget, les connaissances au sujet de la nourriture d'épicerie, la diminution de la transmission des savoirs reliés à la nourriture traditionnelle, la réduction de l'éducation traditionnelle, la consommation de tabac et de drogues, les jeux de hasard et le coût de la vie élevé impactent négativement le système alimentaire des femmes Inuit. Malgré tout, un important réseau de partage et le support gouvernemental et local contribuent à renforcir le système alimentaire et la sécurité alimentaire. Les programmes communautaires à vocation éducative sont important afin d'assurer la sécurité alimentaire à long terme.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/118769","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T06:10:23Z","registered":"2026-05-21T06:10:24Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:44:06Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/46227","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/46227","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:0k225f15t","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/84438","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Petrasek MacDonald, Joanna","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Joanna","familyName":"Petrasek MacDonald","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"From the minds of youth: exploring Inuit youth resilience within a changing climate and applications for climate change adaptation in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2015,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Geography"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-17","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2015","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"The Canadian North is experiencing rapid social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental change that have direct impacts on the lives of Inuit living in this region, as well as serious implications for the future of the Inuit youth. Essential to facing this challenging context is a resilient youth population with the adaptive capacities and coping skills to respond to multiple stressors and pressures. This thesis considers the question of how to foster youth resilience and support youth protective factors that enhance youth well-being and can help young people deal with change, specifically climate change. To answer this question, a systematic literature review, a community-based, youth-led, cross-cultural participatory video project, and a regional community-based study were undertaken to explore youth-identified protective factors and examine challenges to these factors from youth perspectives and experiences. Specifically, this thesis characterizes the protective factors that influence Circumpolar Indigenous youth mental health resilience to climate change; explores participatory video as a process that can foster protective factors thereby demonstrating potential to be used in adaptation as a way to enhance youth resilience; documents youth-identified protective factors that support mental health and well-being amidst change (i.e. social, cultural, economic, or environmental); and examines how climatic changes and related environmental impacts challenge these factors throughout the region of Nunatsiavut from a youth perspective. The findings from this work highlight the importance of youth voices, perspectives, and involvement within research and practitioner communities, and contributes to the growing body of research on Circumpolar Indigenous youth resilience that can inform climate change adaptation efforts.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Le Nord Canadien éprouve présentement de rapides changements sociaux, culturels, économiques, politiques et environnementaux qui ont des impacts directs sur la vie des Inuits dans cette région, en plus de sérieuses implications pour le futur de la jeunesse Inuit. Afin d'affronter ce contexte difficile, il est essentiel pour la jeunesse Inuit d'éprouver de la résilience envers leur capacité d'adaptation et de développer les aptitudes nécessaires pour lutter contre les multiples sources de stress et de pression. Cette thèse se questionne sur la façon de favoriser la résilience des jeunes ainsi que sur le soutient des facteurs qui améliorent la protection de la jeunesse et de leur bien-être en plus d'aider les jeunes Inuits à faire face au changement, plus particulièrement les changements climatiques. Afin de répondre à cette question, un examen systématique de la littérature, un projet de vidéo participatif interculturel, établi dans la communauté et mené par les jeunes, ainsi qu'une étude régionale établie dans la communauté ont été entrepris afin d'explorer les facteurs de protection identifiés par les jeunes et d'examiner les défis de ces éléments à partir de perspectives et d'expériences de ces jeunes. Plus spécifiquement, cette thèse caractérise les facteurs de protection qui influencent la résilience de la santé mentale des jeunes Indigènes du cercle polaire aux changements climatiques; elle explore la vidéo participative en tant que processus qui peut favoriser les facteurs de protection pour ainsi démontrer le potentiel d'adaptation comme un moyen d'améliorer la résilience juvénile; elle documente les facteurs de protection identifiés par les jeunes qui supportent la santé mentale et le bien-être au sein du changement (ex : social, culturel, économique ou environnemental); et elle examine comment les changements climatiques et les ses impacts environnementaux mettent au défi ces facteurs de protection partout dans la région de Nunatsiavut, vu dans la perspective des jeunes; ainsi que les résultats de cette étude qui mettent en évidence l'importance de la voix, de la perspective et de l'implication des jeunes au sein de cette recherche et des communautés participantes, en plus de contribuer au nombre croissant de recherches sur la résilience des jeunes Indigènes du cercle polaire qui peuvent influencer les efforts d'adaptation aux changements climatiques.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/84438","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T06:47:09Z","registered":"2026-05-21T06:47:10Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:43:17Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/37535","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/37535","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:nk322j266","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/116752","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Haywood, Caroline","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Caroline","familyName":"Haywood","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Filling the gap: the role of sub-national government networks in a multi-level global climate change regime"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2013,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Law"},{"subject":"FOS: Law","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ellis, Jaye Dana (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2013","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Ellis, Jaye Dana (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"This thesis questions the contemporary perception of climate change governance as a purely international responsibility, to be primarily addressed by multilateral negotiations of nation states. An engagement with the geographic theory of scale demonstrates sub-national governments' (SNG) role in the governance of local causes and effects of climate change. SNG networks are an emerging actor in climate change governance, as SNGs have grouped together to tackle climate change collectively. This thesis considers the value of these SNG networks in influencing the laws and policies of their members, as well as the international regime. More broadly, the membership of SNG networks suggests that the role of these networks in a multilevel governance regime is to \"fill the gap\" of support for regional and city governments that are undertaking more ambitious climate change action than the national governments in which they reside.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Ce mémoire questionne la perception contemporaine de la primauté des négociations multilatérales, qui ont pour but de lutter contre le changement climatique. La théorie géographique de l'échelle illustre que les villes, les provinces et les régions – les gouvernements sous nationaux – jouent également un rôle dans la gestion des causes et des effets locaux du changement climatique. Les réseaux, créés par les gouvernements sous nationaux, sont en train de devenir des acteurs majeurs dans la gouvernance du changement climatique en raison du regroupement de ces gouvernements afin de traiter de la question collectivement. Ce mémoire étudie l'importance de ces réseaux; en particulier, leurs influences sur les lois et la politique des gouvernements sous-nationaux, ainsi que sur le régime international de l'Organisation des Nations Unis. De plus, l'adhésion des réseaux suggère que le rôle de ces réseaux au sein d'un régime à plusieurs niveaux est de mettre fin aux lacunes qui existent dans le soutien des gouvernements régionaux et des municipalités, qui ont entrepris des projets pour la lutte contre le changement climatique plus ambitieux que les gouvernements nationaux dans lesquels ils se situent.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/116752","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T05:14:51Z","registered":"2026-05-21T05:14:52Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:42:40Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/845","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/845","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:m900nv16k","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/114656","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Turner, Jennifer, 1979-","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Investigating the effects of climate change and sea level rise on the coastal processes of the Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2004,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Beaufort Sea Coast (Yukon)"},{"lang":"","subject":"Sea level -- Beaufort Sea"},{"lang":"","subject":"Climatic changes -- Yukon -- Herschel Island"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2004","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"This item was digitized as part of a project to share McGill's intellectual legacy with the public. If you are the copyright holder or a relative of the copyright holder who is deceased, you may request withdrawal by emailing escholarship.library@mcgill.ca. The full policy for eScholarship may be accessed here: https://www.mcgill.ca/libraries/research-services/escholarship/policy","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"High latitude areas have been identified in most GCMs as regions where global warming will appear earliest and be the greatest. Since much of Canada's north is underlain by permafrost, a warming of 3-5°C could cause widespread erosion and thermokarst. The Arctic coastal zone is particularly vulnerable, as it lies at the interface between terrestrial systems dominated by permafrost, and marine systems dominated by sea ice and wave action. This study aims at understanding some mechanisms of arctic coastal erosion, such as thermoerosional niches and block failure. The final goal of this research is to identify the areas of Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, which are likely to experience the greatest magnitude of change in the near future. This information is then coupled with a climate change scenario in order to predict future coastal erosion in the area.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/114656","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T22:45:22Z","registered":"2026-05-21T22:45:23Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:40:40Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/38187","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/38187","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:vm40xw529","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/132335","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Lee, Min Young","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Min Young","familyName":"Lee","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Statistical modeling of extreme rainfall processes in the context of climate change"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2013,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Civil Engineering"},{"subject":"FOS: Civil engineering","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Nguyen, Van-Thanh-Van (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2013","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Nguyen, Van-Thanh-Van (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"La fréquence des tempêtes extrêmes est un facteur critique dans la conception et gestion d'un grand nombre de projets de ressources en eau. Dans la pratique courante, l'estimation des pluies extrêmes est réalisée en se basant sur l'analyse de fréquence statistique des données de précipitations maximales. L'objectif de cette analyse de la fréquence est donc d'estimer le montant maximal de précipitations qui tombent à un moment donné pendant une durée déterminée, ainsi que la période de retour. Les résultats de l'analyse de la fréquence des précipitations sont souvent résumés par les relations Intensité-Durée-Fréquence (IDF) pour un site donné. Toutefois, les méthodes traditionnelles dans le développement des relations IDF ont deux limites majeures. Tout d'abord, ces méthodes n'ont pas été en mesure de tenir compte des caratéristiques des précipitations extrêmes sur des différentes échelles de temps. Deuxièmement, ces méthodes traditionnelles ne tiennent pas compte des impacts potentiels de la variabilité climatique et du changement climatique. Par conséquent, l'objectif principal de cette présente étude est de proposer une méthode d'estimation des précipitations extrêmes améliorée qui pourrait surmonter ces limitations. La méthode proposée a été basée sur l'échelle d'invariance de distribution GEV et la procédure de réduction d'échelle statistique pour construire des relations IDF dans le contexte du changement climatique. La méthode des moments non-centraux a été utilisée pour l'estimation des trois paramètres de la GEV. Les résultats obtenus par une application numérique des données de Précipitations Maximales Annuelles (PMA) à partir d'un réseau de 14 stations pluviométriques en Corée de Sud ont démontré la faisabilité et la précision de la méthode proposée. La série de PMA observée a particulièrement affiché une propriété d'échelle simple. En outre, les liens entre les variables climatiques globaux donnés par les deux Modèles Climatiques Globaux (MCGs) (un en provenance d'Environnement Canada et l'autre du Centre Hadley du Royaume-Uni) et les caractéristiques des précipitations locaux extrêmes ont été établis avec succès pour prédire les changements qui résultent des relations IDF selon des différents scénarios climatiques - A2, A1B, et B2. Il a été constaté que des relations IDF pour les périodes futures (les années 2020, 2050, et 2080) ont démontré des tendances qui augmentent ou diminuent dépendemment des MCG utilisés et du scénario climatique à l'étude.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"The occurrence of extreme storms is a critical consideration in the design and management of a large number of water-resource projects. In current engineering practice, the estimation of extreme rainfalls is accomplished based on statistical frequency analysis of maximum precipitation data. The objective of this frequency analysis is hence to estimate the maximum amount of precipitation falling at a given point for a specified duration and return period. Results of precipitation frequency analysis are often summarized by \"intensity-duration-frequency\" (IDF) relationships for a given site. However, traditional methods in the development of IDF relations have two major limitations. Firstly, these existing methods were not able to account for the extreme rainfall characteristics over different time scales. Secondly, these traditional methods cannot take into account the potential impacts of climate variability and climate change. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to propose an improved method for extreme rainfall estimation that could overcome these limitations. The proposed method was based on the scale-invariance GEV distribution and the statistical downscaling procedure to construct the IDF relations in the context of climate change. The Non-Central Moment method was used for the estimation of the three parameters of the GEV. Results of a numerical application using Annual Maximum Precipitation (AMP) data from a network of 14 rain-gauge stations in South Korea has indicated the feasibility and accuracy of the suggested method. In particular, the observed AMP series displayed a simple scaling behaviour. In addition, the linkages between global climate variables given by two Global Climate Models (GCMs) (one from Environment Canada and one from the UK Hadley Centre) and the local extreme rainfall characteristics have been successfully established for predicting the resulting changes of the IDF relations under different climate change scenarios A2, A1B, and B2. It was found that the IDF relations for future periods (2020's, 2050's, and 2080's) showed increasing or decreasing trends depending on the GCM used and the climate scenario considered.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/132335","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T23:51:56Z","registered":"2026-05-21T23:51:57Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:35:39Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/31907","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/31907","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:bk128d606","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/137957","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Guay, Michael","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Michael","familyName":"Guay","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Assessing the impact of climate-change-induced water scarcity: modeling optimal adaptation strategies for maize and bean producing smallholders in Chiquimula Guatemala"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2017,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Agricultural Economics"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Thomassin, Paul (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-21","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2017","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Thomassin, Paul (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Changement échec des cultures induite par le climat est en train de devenir un phénomène plus fréquent avec une grande incertitude quant au degré et la nature des impacts futurs. Un nombre écrasant de ces impacts sont projetées pour être dans la ceinture tropicale ; une région déjà très limitée capitale, où les questions liées à la santé, l'agriculture et les infrastructures sont parmi les nombreux problèmes vivaces. Avec un tel capital limité, le coût d'opportunité des investissements inefficaces est massive. Ainsi, il est nécessaire d'aborder l'incertitude du changement climatique et d'identifier les stratégies d'adaptation qui sont optimales pour la région. Cette étude se concentre sur les petits exploitants de culture de maïs et de haricots dans la région de Chiquimula, Guatemala. Une région qui, au cours des deux dernières décennies, a fait ses preuves pour être parmi le monde les plus vulnérables ; que la fréquence et l'intensité de la sécheresse a augmenté, la région a prouvé incapable de fournir des secours en cas de catastrophe suffisante ou l'aide alimentaire.Alors que les études d'impact climatique et d'adaptation ne sont pas rares, la grande majorité de ces études portent sur une échelle mondiale ou nationale et ne parviennent pas à régler le niveau de la ferme. La recherche suivante évalue spécifiquement l'incertitude du changement climatique au niveau de la ferme. En modélisant l'impact économique des changements climatiques prévus et à l'analyse des stratégies d'adaptation optimales compte tenu des contraintes économiques, cette thèse va suggérer que le génotype mélanges à augmenté avec des degrés divers de la fertilisation et de l'irrigation sont les stratégies optimales pour les petits exploitants à Chiquimula, Guatemala pour contrer les effets du changement climatique. Cette étude se fonde sur des données météorologiques historiques et projections modèle de circulation générale vers le bas-échelle pour simuler les effets météorologiques du changement climatique dans la région. Les projections ont été examinées compte tenu du scénario A2 du GIEC, ainsi que scission entre El Niño et La Niña. Ces données ont été utilisées pour simuler les effets sur le maïs et les haricots rendements en utilisant DSSAT pour déterminer l'impact de l'adaptation et des contraintes principales. Ensuite, un modèle de programmation linéaire a été utilisée pour déterminer l'irrigation optimale, les engrais, le génotype, et les combinaisons de cultures intercalaires compte tenu des contraintes économiques de la région.Les résultats suggèrent que, sans une certaine forme d'adaptation, les agriculteurs de la région continueront à fonctionner à la subsistance de l'aggravation des conditions progressive- ment au cours des trente prochaines années. L'optimisation indique que les petits exploitants de la région peuvent augmenter le revenu global et se prémunir contre les impacts climatiques avec des investissements dans les deux nouveaux génotypes et les infrastructures d'irrigation. L'étude conclut que, bien que les agriculteurs puissent exploiter les avantages de nouveaux génotypes et de l'infrastructure d'irrigation le coût d'opportunité de rester dans l'agriculture et l'élevage maïs et de haricots à petite échelle est élevé par rapport à d'autres options. Par exemple, en déplaçant la production des cultures d'exportation non traditionnels ou le déplacement hors de l'agriculture tout à fait.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"Climate change induced crop failure is becoming a more frequent phenomenon with large uncertainty as to the degree and character of future impacts. An overwhelming number of these impacts are projected to be within the tropical belt ; an already highly capital constrained region, where issues related to health, agriculture, and infrastructure are among the many perennial problems. With such limited capital, the opportunity cost of inefficient investments is massive. Thus, it is necessary to address the uncertainty of climate change and pinpoint which adaptation strategies are optimal for the region. This study focuses on maize and bean growing smallholders in the region of Chiquimula, Guatemala. A region which, over the past two decades, has proven to be among the world's most vulnerable ; as the frequency and intensity of drought has increased, the region has proven itself unable to provide sufficient disaster relief or food aid.While climate impact and adaptation studies are not in short supply, the vast majority of these studies focus on a global or national scale and fail to address the farm level. The following research specifically assesses the uncertainty of climate change at the farm level. By modeling the economic impact of projected climate change and analyzing optimal adaptation strategies given economic constraints, this thesis will suggest that genotype mixes augmented with various degrees of fertilization and irrigation are the optimal strategies for smallholders in Chiquimula, Guatemala to counter the effects of climate change. This study draws on historical weather data and down-scaled General Circulation Model projections to simulate the meteorological effects of climate change in the region. The projections were considered given the IPCC A2 scenario, as well as a split between El Niño and La Niña years. These data were used to simulate the effects on maize and bean yields using DSSAT to determine the adaptation impact and principal constraints. Next, a linear programming model was employed to determine optimal irrigation, fertilizer, genotype, and intercropping combinations given the region's economic constraints. The results suggest that without some form of adaptation, farmers within the region will continue to operate at subsistence with gradually worsening conditions over the next thirty years. The optimization indicates that smallholders in the region can increase overall income and guard against climatic impacts with investments in both novel genotypes and irrigation infrastructure. The study concludes that, although farmers can exploit the benefits of novel genotypes and irrigation infrastructure the opportunity cost of remaining in agriculture and farming maize and beans at a small scale is high relative to alternative options. For instance, shifting production to non-traditional export crops or shifting out of agriculture altogether.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/137957","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T16:26:23Z","registered":"2026-05-21T16:26:24Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:35:33Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/27588","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/27588","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:c247ds50x","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/102057","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Yip, Zheng","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Zheng","familyName":"Yip","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"North Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis potential in climate change: An application of artificial neural networks"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2010,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Yau, Man K (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-18","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2010","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Yau, Man K (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"A new methodology employing artificial neural networks is used to project changes in North Atlantic tropical cyclone (TC) genesis potential (GP) and potential intensity (PI) in warming climate. The input data is from simulations of 5 climate models. Emanuel's revised Genesis Potential Index is used to measure the GP. Changes are identified in the 1st (P1) and 2nd (P2) half of the 21st century. The early and late summer GP decreases throughout the 21st century over most of the eastern half of the basin and increases off the east coast of USA and the north coast of Venezuela during P1. The peak summer GP over the region of frequent TC genesis is projected to decrease more substantially in P1 than in P2. PI changes are generally positive and more apparent over the western half of the basin. Vertical wind shear (850-200hPa), temperature (600hPa), and PI are the most important controls of TC genesis in the NAB under changing climate.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Nous présentons une nouvelle approche à base de réseaux de neurones artificiels pour étudier les changem ents que connaîtraient le potentiel de formation (PF) et l'intensité potentielle (IP) des cyclones tropicaux dans le Bassin de l'Atlantique Nord, dans un futur réchauffement climatique. Les données utilisées sont issues de simulations de 5 modèles climatiques. L'indice de Potentiel de Formation révisé par Emanuel est utilisé pour évaluer le PF des cyclones. Des changements sont identifiés pour la 1ère (P1) et 2ème (P2) moitié du 21ème siècle. Le PF en début et fin d'été diminue au cours du 21ème siècle sur la majeure partie de la moitié est du bassin, alors qu'il augmente au large de la côte est des États-Unis et au large de la côte nord du Venezuela pendant P1. Le point culminant du PF estival au-dessus de la région où génération de cyclones tropicaux est fréquente est projetée à diminuer plus nettement pendant P1 que P2. Les changements que connaîtrait l'IP sont généralement positifs et plus marqués sur la moitié ouest du bassin. Le cisaillement des vents verticaux (850-200hPa), la température (600hPa) et l'intensité potentielle sont, dans un contexte de changement climatique, les facteurs les plus importants dans la formation de cyclones tropicaux dans le Bassin de l'Atlantique Nord.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/102057","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-22T02:26:14Z","registered":"2026-05-22T02:26:15Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:34:40Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/48521","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/48521","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:qb98mm72h","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/119617","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Meier, Nicole","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Nicole","familyName":"Meier","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Forests under pressure: A study on the vulnerability and resilience of tropical dry forests to climate change"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2023,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Biology"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Potvin, Catherine (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2023","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Potvin, Catherine (Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"While Tropical dry forests (TDFs) have been underrepresented in the ecological literature on tropical forests, concerns about their vulnerability to climate change are being brought to the forefront by the scientific community. This thesis seeks to understand how the climate has already changed, and if this climatic variability can result in ecosystem adaptive strategies or in increased vulnerability. It is hoped that such results could support informed adaptation strategies from climate predictions and ecosystems’ responses. The thesis begins by examining climatic pressures in the Azuero peninsula through times series analysis and the calculation of climate anomaly indices such as SPEI (Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index). We demonstrate a general trend of increasing minimum temperatures by nearly 1°C and decreasing precipitation averaged to 320 mm across the Azuero peninsula within only 20 years, with a gradient of pressures at a local level that should be further investigated. These results have been supported with trends calculated with 57 years’ worth of climate data from the WorldClim satellites. The second section of the thesis focuses on how TDFs in Azuero respond to these climatic trends. To do so, we adopted the methodology of Esquivel-Muelbertet al. (2018) who compared saplings to trees’ drought resistance functional traits in the Amazon Basin, South America. The results evidenced a shift towards drought-tolerant functional traits and species composition in recruits. These findings depict a resilience that these forests have achieved through adaptive strategies to a drier and warmer climate. Nevertheless, studies show that climate predictions within the context of Panama assess a future shift towards increasing temperatures and precipitations. While these predictions place Panama in unprecedented climatic conditions, we evoke the importance of considering climatic trends and subsequent species composition and functional traits shifts in the elaboration of reforestation, restoration and conservation efforts in the face of climate change","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Alors que les forêts tropicales sèches (FTS) ont été sous-représentées dans la littérature écologique sur les forêts tropicales, les préoccupations concernant leur vulnérabilité au changement climatique sont portées au premier plan par la communauté scientifique. Cette thèse cherche à comprendre comment le climat a déjà changé, et si cette variabilité climatique peut entraîner des stratégies d'adaptation des écosystèmes ou une vulnérabilité accrue. On espère que ces résultats pourraient soutenir des stratégies d'adaptation à partir des prévisions climatiques et des réponses des écosystèmes. La thèse commence avec l'analyse des pressions climatiques dans la péninsule d'Azuero à travers de séries chronologiques et d'indices d'anomalies climatiques tels que le SPEI (Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index). Nous démontrons une tendance générale à l'augmentation des températures minimales de près de 1 ° C et à la diminution des précipitations moyennes à 320 mm sur la péninsule d'Azuero en 20 ans, avec un gradient de pressions au niveau local qui devrait être étudié davantage. Ces résultats ont été soutenus par des tendances calculées à partir de 57 années de données climatiques provenant des satellites WorldClim. La deuxième partie de la thèse se concentre sur la façon dont les FTS d'Azuero répondent à ces tendances climatiques. Nous avons adopté la méthodologie d'Esquivel-Muelbert et al. (2018) qui ont comparé les jeunes arbres aux traits fonctionnels de résistance à la sécheresse des arbres de la canopée dans le bassin amazonien, en Amérique du Sud. Les résultats ont mis en évidence une évolution vers des traits fonctionnels tolérants à la sécheresse et la composition des espèces chez les jeunes arbres. Ces résultats décrivent une résilience que ces forêts ont atteint grâce à des stratégies d'adaptation à un climat plus sec et plus chaud. Néanmoins, des études montrent que les prévisions climatiques dans le contexte du Panama évaluent un changement futur vers une augmentation des températures et des précipitations. Alors que ces prévisions placent le Panama dans des conditions climatiques sans précédent, nous évoquons l'importance de prendre en compte les tendances climatiques et les modifications ultérieures de la composition des espèces et des traits fonctionnels dans l'élaboration des efforts de reboisement, de restauration et de conservation face au changement climatique","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/119617","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-20T20:10:26Z","registered":"2026-05-20T20:10:27Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:30:20Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/34073","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/34073","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:c821gq906","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/102554","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Florez Bossio, Maria Camila","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Maria Camila","familyName":"Florez Bossio","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Climate change adaptation of urban dwellers: A case study in Lima, Peru"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2021,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Geography"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ford, James (Supervisor1)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Coomes, Oliver T. (Supervisor2)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-18","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2021","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Ford, James (Supervisor1)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"","description":"Coomes, Oliver T. (Supervisor2)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"Given climate change projections and the insufficient global mitigation efforts, scholars have increasingly investigated adaptation options for social and ecological systems. Research findings show that governments face numerous constraints for adaptation, including social barriers as individuals contest policies that challenge their own beliefs or their social expectations. The understanding of what motivates individuals to adapt remains limited and fragmented, even more so across urban contexts of developing countries. The adaptation of urbanites has remained at the margins of the adaptation literature. To put adaptation policies into action in urban areas, governments need to comprehend how urbanites are responding to climate change threats and what drives them to adapt. This requires a conceptualization of urban dwellers’ agency within the normative structures of their socio-urban milieus. My dissertation examines urbanites’ adaptation to climate change in the Global South context, examining the normative and behavioral aspects of adapting. The aim of this thesis is to identify, characterize, and evaluate urban adaptation to climate change threats to water security in Lima, Peru. First, I evaluate the scientific assessment of adaptive capacity in urban areas of developing countries. I identify key gaps in the literature, including a narrow focus on the range and types of adaptive capacity; limited assessment of the multilevel determinants, place-based processes, and urban determinants that shape adaptive capacity; and a lack of consideration of adaptive capacity interactions between social entities and with regard to climate sensitivity and exposure of a given area. Second, I carry out a case study in Lima, Peru building on the case of residents’ responses to the extreme events brought by the 2017 El Niño Costero, which is used as a temporal analogue. The case study involved seven months of fieldwork in Lima, where I conducted over 130 in-depth interviews with residents, policymakers, and stakeholders, and 400 surveys with dwellers. For this study, I advanced a conceptual approach to understanding adaptive capacity as a process that looked at both the behavioral and the institutional factors shaping adaptive capacity. The interrelation of residents’ cognitive processes with evolving social norms lead to strategies for dealing with climate change in line with coping, sustainability, morality, technology, and laissez-faire approaches. The findings shed light on the diversity of adaptative strategies within an urban milieu and highlight the need to understand the multiple paths that lead to adaptive behavior. Building on the qualitative results of the case study, I developed a survey instrument and then used regression analyses to identify the significant socioeconomic, socio-institutional, and psychological determinants of individuals' intentional and non-intentional adaptive behavior. Findings show that education, extended water availability, climate change concern, and cultural environmental values are significant determinants. Throughout the dissertation, I reflect on the socio-environmental inequalities that structure how dwellers experience climatic hazards and perceive climatic risks, the persistence of gender norms in mediating coping and adapting responses, the established and emergent social norms in regards to water-use and how these are affected by social trust, the dynamics between urban social groups and its effects in responding to climate change, and the importance of residents and authorities relationship in framing adaptation paths. I further discuss the limits of conceptualizing and measuring adaptive capacity and behavior only through a socio-economic lens, the problematic assumption that the sole experience with extreme climatic events leads to increased adaptation, and the need to contextualize the use of psychological distance to climate change to the realities of individuals in the Global South","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Les gouvernements doivent comprendre comment les citadins réagissent aux menaces du changement climatique et sur ce qui les pousse à s'adapter. Cela nécessite une conceptualisation de leur action au sein des structures normatives de leurs milieux socio-urbains. Cette thèse se penche sur l’adaptation des citadins au changement climatique dans le contexte du Sud Global, en examinant les aspects normatifs et comportementaux de l’adaptation. L'objectif est d'identifier, de caractériser et d'évaluer l'adaptation urbaine face aux menaces que posent le changement climatique sur la sécurité de l'eau à Lima, au Pérou.Premièrement, la thèse examine l'évaluation scientifique de la capacité d'adaptation dans les zones urbaines des pays en développement. Des lacunes clés sont ainsi identifiées dans la recherche existante, y compris une focalisation étroite sur la gamme et les types de capacités d’adaptation; une évaluation limitée des déterminants multi-niveaux, processus locaux et déterminants urbains qui façonnent la capacité d'adaptation; et un manque de prise en compte des interactions de capacité d'adaptation entre les entités sociales au regard de la sensibilité et de l'exposition d'une zone donnée. Deuxièmement, une étude de cas a été mené à Lima, au Pérou, en se basant sur les réponses des résidents aux événements climatiques extrêmes provoqués par le phénomène El Niño Costero de 2017, utilisée ici comme analogue temporel. L'étude de cas a impliqué sept mois de travail sur le terrain à Lima, où ont été effectué plus de 130 entretiens approfondis avec des résidents, des décideurs et des parties prenantes, et une enquête auprès de 400 habitants. Pour cette étude, il est proposé une approche théorique pour comprendre la capacité d'adaptation en tant que processus. Cette approche examine à la fois les facteurs comportementaux et institutionnels qui façonnent la capacité d'adaptation. La corrélation entre les processus cognitifs des résidents et l’évolution des normes sociales conduit à l’adoption de cinq types de stratégies d’adaptation correspondant à des approche associée à la capacité de faire face (coping), à la durabilité, la moralité, la technologie et au laissez-faire. Les résultats révèle la diversité des stratégies adaptatives en milieu urbain et mettent en évidence la nécessité de comprendre les multiples voies menant au comportement adaptatif. En se fondant sur les résultats qualitatifs de l'étude de cas, une enquête a été développé. Elle a été utilisé lors des analyses de régression pour identifier les déterminants socio-économiques, socio-institutionnels et psychologiques significatifs du comportement adaptatif, intentionnel et non intentionnel. Les résultats montrent que l'éducation, la disponibilité accrue de l'eau, les préoccupations liées au changement climatique et les valeurs environnementales culturelles sont des déterminants importants.La thèse aborde les inégalités socio-environnementales qui structurent la façon dont les habitants vivent les aléas climatiques et perçoivent les risques climatiques; la persistance des normes de genre qui influencent les réponses d’adaptation; les normes sociales établies et émergentes en matière d'utilisation de l'eau et comment celles-ci sont affectées par la confiance sociale; la dynamique entre les groupes sociaux urbains et ses effets sur la réponse au changement climatique; et l'importance des relations entre les habitants et les autorités dans la définition des avenues d'adaptation. Cette thèse traite en outre des limites de la conceptualisation et de la mesure de la capacité et du comportement d'adaptation uniquement à travers une approche socio-économique; de la supposition selon laquelle la seule expérience des événements climatiques extrêmes conduit à une adaptation accrue; et de la nécessité de contextualiser l'utilisation de la distance psychologique au changement climatique afin de tenir compte des réalités des individus vivant dans le Sud Global","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/102554","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T13:54:54Z","registered":"2026-05-21T13:54:55Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:30:08Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/49080","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/49080","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:k35699529","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/112240","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Das, Tonushri","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Tonushri","familyName":"Das","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Experimental drying shrinkage behaviour of concrete masonry for climate change design adaptation"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2023,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Civil Engineering"},{"subject":"FOS: Civil engineering","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Malomo, Daniele (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2023","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Malomo, Daniele (Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"The analysis of the Climate Change Adaptation Standards inventory conducted by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) in 2018 revealed the need for urgent provisions for climate change adaptation in cavity-wall design. The distress in masonry cavity-walls is often attributed to the differential movements between the outer veneer and inner loadbearing members. In the case of concrete masonry blocks used for structural backups, drying shrinkage phenomena are the primary cause of deformations leading to damage, which can worsen with the effects of climate change. However, the design of cavity-walls in Canada currently relies on outdated data that only pertains to individual concrete blocks. As part of a larger climate change design adaptation research project, this thesis paper presents a new testing methodology for unconstrained mortared concrete masonry prisms to gather insights on moisture-induced shrinkage and explore the influence of mechanical interaction between blocks and mortar. The methodology involves a two-step process where specimens are first allowed to dry from a saturated surface dry state over 12 weeks and then tested using the rapid method outlined in ASTM C426-06. The preliminary results and ongoing new results obtained are in good agreement with those obtained by previous Canadian researchers and suggest that the presence of mortar joints does not noticeably influence the shrinkage behaviour of the mortared concrete masonry assemblies tested so far. This research builds and tests an experimental infrastructure and framework that was not available at McGill University before, providing a significant contribution to the field. It aims to provide missing data to calibrate numerical models for designing cavity-walls in the future","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"L’analyse de l'inventaire des normes d'adaptation aux changements climatiques menée par le Groupe CSA en 2018 a révélé le besoin urgent d'adaptation aux changements climatiques dans la conception des murs creux. La détérioration des murs creux en maçonnerie est souvent attribuée aux différents mouvements entre le placage extérieur et les éléments porteurs intérieurs. Dans le cas des blocs de maçonnerie en béton utilisés pour les appuis structuraux, les phénomènes de retrait dû au séchage sont la première cause de déformations entraînant des dommages, qui peuvent s'aggraver avec les effets du changement climatique. Cependant, la conception des murs creux au Canada repose actuellement sur des données désuètes qui ne concernent que des blocs de béton individuels. Dans le cadre d'un projet de recherche plus vaste d'adaptation de la conception au changement climatique, cette thèse présente une nouvelle méthodologie d'essai pour les prismes de maçonnerie en béton mortier sans contrainte afin de recueillir des informations sur le retrait induit par l'humidité et d'explorer l'influence de l'interaction mécanique entre les blocs et le mortier. La méthodologie implique un processus en deux étapes où les spécimens sont d'abord laissés sécher à partir d'un état surface saturé sêche pendant 12 semaines, puis testés à l'aide de la méthode rapide décrite dans la norme ASTM C426-06. Les résultats préliminaires et les résultats finaux en cours obtenus sont en bon accord avec ceux obtenus par les chercheurs canadiens antérieurs et suggèrent que la présence de joints de mortier n'influence pas sensiblement le comportement de retrait des assemblages de maçonnerie en béton mortier testés jusqu'à présent. Cette recherche construit et teste une infrastructure et un cadre expérimentaux qui n'étaient pas disponibles à l'Université McGill auparavant, apportant une contribution significative au domaine. Elle vise à fournir les données manquantes pour calibrer les modèles numériques pour la conception de murs creux à l'avenir","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/112240","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T02:03:32Z","registered":"2026-05-21T02:03:34Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:29:43Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/20554","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/20554","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:4m90dx92p","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/133715","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Austin, Stephanie","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Stephanie","familyName":"Austin","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Public health adaptation to climate change in the federalist states of Canada and Germany"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2017,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Geography"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-21","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2017","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Ford, James (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"Climate change is projected to have considerable impacts on human health, and public health institutions at all levels of government will need to adapt to protect the health of populations. The impacts of climate change are highly localized, thus federal systems are expected to have the inherent advantage of allowing for regional diversity and policy experimentation in adaptation, but are also prone to conflict and stalemates. In addition, local public health authorities often lack the capacity to adapt to climate change, despite being on the 'front lines' of climate impacts. Assistance is needed from upper-level governments for local-level public health adaptation to climate change. It is unclear, however, how different levels of government are interacting for public health adaptation or what form that support should take beyond vague calls to build capacity. This thesis examines the relationship between different levels of government in Canada and Germany for public health adaptation, framed in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and adaptive capacity concepts. This thesis aims to i) characterize how intergovernmental dynamics are patterned across national, regional, and local levels of government in federal systems for public health adaptation to climate change; and ii) examine how federal and regional governments could contribute to enabling and supporting local public health authorities' adaptive capacity in federal systems. This research is based on 28 semi-structured interviews in comparative nested case studies of Quebec, Canada and Baden-Württemberg, Germany. I find that coordination between levels of government specifically for climate change and health is rare, but climate change issues are occasionally discussed through existing methods of public health coordination. Interactions for public health adaptation between the federal and regional governments follow expected patterns of intergovernmental relations (i.e., loosely coupled in Canada, tightly coupled in Germany), but I find the inverse occurring in the relationship between regional governments and local public health authorities in each country. Additionally, adaptive capacity varies widely between local public health authorities, but all report having insufficient funding, and consequently staff, for adaptation activities. Based on interviewees' perspectives and needs, and complemented by adaptation literature, I identify specific measures upper-level governments can take to build local public health authorities' capacity for adaptation, grouped under the action-oriented and interrelated themes of: building financial capacity; fostering knowledge, knowledge translation and skills; collaborating and coordinating for shared knowledge; and claiming leadership. These findings contribute to adaptation literature by demonstrating how adaptation is occurring across multiple levels of government in the public health sector and characterizing approaches to in coordination and interactions in the two case studies. Moreover, this research supports decision-makers seeking to enable sub-national public health adaptation to climate change.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Les changements climatiques sont prévus d'avoir un impact considérable sur la santé humaine; les institutions de santé publique sur tous les niveaux gouvernementaux auront besoin de s'adapter afin de protéger la santé des populations. L'impact des changements climatiques est hautement localisé, pour ce les systèmes fédéraux qui sont prédits d'avoir l'avantage inné de permettre une diversité régionale et une expérimentation à l'adaptation, mais qui sont vulnérables aux conflits et aux impasses. De plus, les autorités de santé publique locales manquent souvent de capacités d'adaptation aux changements climatiques, bien qu'ils soient aux premières lignes face aux impacts de ceux-ci. L'assistance à l'adaptation de la santé publique au niveau local est requise des niveaux gouvernementaux supérieurs. Il est toutefois incertain comment les différents niveaux gouvernementaux interagissent pour l'adaptation aux changements climatiques en santé au-delà des références vagues au renforcement des capacités. Cette thèse examine les relations entre les différents niveaux gouvernementaux du Canada et de l'Allemagne pour l'adaptation aux changements climatiques, encadré dans les concepts de fédéralisme, de dynamiques intergouvernementales et de capacité à l'adaptation. Cette thèse vise à i) caractériser les patrons de dynamiques intergouvernementales entre les niveaux nationaux, régionaux et locaux dans les systèmes fédéraux pour l'adaptation aux changements climatiques dans le domaine de la santé; et ii) examiner comment les systèmes gouvernementaux fédéraux et régionaux peuvent contribuer à permettre et à renforcer la capacité d'adaptation des autorités de santé publique locales dans les systèmes fédéraux. Cette recherche est basée sur une étude par cas comparative de 28 entrevues semi-structurées du Québec, au Canada et de Baden-Württemberg, en Allemagne. J'y trouve que la coordination entre les niveaux gouvernementaux spécifique à l'adaptation aux changements climatiques est rare, bien que les problèmes liés aux changements climatiques soient occasionnellement discutés durant des réunions préexistantes traitant de coordination en santé publique. Les interactions pour l'adaptation en santé publique entre les niveaux gouvernementaux fédéraux et régionaux suivent des patrons clairs de relations intergouvernementales (c'est-à-dire : informellement jumelées au Canada et étroitement jumelées en Allemagne), mais nous observons l'inverse entre les gouvernements régionaux et les autorités en santé publique locales dans chaque pays. De plus, la capacité d'adaptation varie grandement entre les autorités de santé publique locales, bien que tous admettent de manquer de financement, et conséquemment de personnel, pour des initiatives d'adaptation. Basées sur les perspectives et besoins des personnes passées en entrevues, et complémentées par la littérature en adaptation, j'identifie des mesures que les niveaux gouvernementaux supérieurs peuvent prendre afin de renforcer la capacité d'adaptation des autorités de santé publique locales. Celles-ci sont regroupées sous les thèmes d'actions et interreliés de : renforcer la capacité financière; développer la connaissance, développer les compétences et transmettre les connaissances; collaborer et coordonner pour des connaissances communes; et de prendre la direction. Ces découvertes contribuent à la littérature en adaptation en démontrant comment l'adaptation agit entre de multiples niveaux gouvernementaux dans le secteur de la santé publique et en caractérisant les approches et les failles en coordination et interactions dans les deux études par cas. En outre, cette recherche supporte les décideurs cherchant à permettre le développement de l'adaptation aux changements climatiques en santé publique au niveau sous-national.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/133715","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T23:15:10Z","registered":"2026-05-21T23:15:11Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:27:03Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/50189","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/50189","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:pv63g381p","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/118761","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Nancarrow, Tanya Lawrene.","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Tanya Lawrene.","familyName":"Nancarrow","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Climate change impacts on dietary nutrient status of Inuit in Nunavut, Canada"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2007,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Inuit -- Food -- Nunavut"},{"lang":"","subject":"Inuit -- Nutrition -- Nunavut"},{"lang":"","subject":"Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Nunavut"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2007","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"This item was digitized as part of a project to share McGill's intellectual legacy with the public. If you are the copyright holder or a relative of the copyright holder who is deceased, you may request withdrawal by emailing escholarship.library@mcgill.ca. The full policy for eScholarship may be accessed here: https://www.mcgill.ca/libraries/research-services/escholarship/policy","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"This thesis characterizes the nutritional implications of climate change impacts on the traditional food system of Inuit in Nunavut, Canada. Both focus groups and food frequency questionnaires were used in collaboration with two communities to describe current climate change impacts on traditional food and define nutrient intake. Currently, both communities experience climate-related changes to important species which provide high levels of key nutrients. If climate changes continue to impact traditional food species, serious nutritional losses may occur unless healthy alternatives can be found. Policy should support Inuit communities to maintain optimal nutrition in the face of climate change.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/118761","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-20T21:43:47Z","registered":"2026-05-20T21:43:48Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:22:34Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/49516","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/49516","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:pv63g257d","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/118725","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"MacEwan, Grace","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Grace","familyName":"MacEwan","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Subsistence farmers' resilience to climate change: assessing bean diversity across altitude in Huehuetenango, Guatemala"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2018,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Plant Science"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"de Blois, Sylvie (Internal/Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2018","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"de Blois, Sylvie (Internal/Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"en","description":"Agricultural biodiversity in subsistence agriculture is important for many reasons including its contribution to resilience of the agricultural system, nutrition and culture. As climate changes, spatial distributions of suitable growing sites may also change and farmers will need biodiversity to access crops adapted to different climates. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the diversity of traditional bean landraces (Phaseolus spp.) along an altitude gradient in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, a centre of bean diversity where little information is available about these distributions and how the landrace diversity and altitudinal distributions may change. In collaboration with a Guatemalan NGO we collected data from 60 Indigenous farmers on bean landraces cultivated, their classification and distribution, the constraints on their cultivation (climate, insect pests, diseases), perceived changes to these constraints, and seed exchange, experimentation, and discard practices. Based on morphological characteristics, culinary use and agricultural practices, we identified 31 bean landraces (4 species) which were grouped into 11 landrace groups in the 35 km2 study area. Spatial distributions showed the importance of climate constraints, particularly at high altitude, but other factors such as access to markets and culinary preferences also influenced the distributions. Rare and decreasingly cultivated landraces that may be at risk for genetic erosion were identified. Farmers reported that drought and excessive rain were the most important climatic constraints, and reported that rainfall is increasingly unpredictable. Insect pests were perceived as the most important constraint to bean cultivation, and some insects was reported as increasing. The distributions of some insects (eg: white fly/B. tabaci/T. vaporariorum and Diabrotica sp.) were constrained by altitude. Disease distributions and their changes were less clear because farmers tended to not differentiate between diseases. The majority of farmers participated in seed exchange, and experimentation with new landraces/varieties showed an inverse relationship with altitude. This study underlines the need to better understand bean biodiversity and the determinants of its distribution in order to understand the potential impact of changes in climate and insect pests. This understanding will be essential to evaluate the capacity of vulnerable farming communities to adapt to these changes and to benefit from the agricultural biodiversity they cultivate.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"fr","description":"La biodiversité agricole dans l’agriculture de subsistance est importante pour plusieurs raisons, y compris pour sa contribution à la résilience des systèmes agricoles face aux changements, à la nutrition et aux pratiques culturelles. Alors que le climat change, la distribution spatiale des sites de culture appropriés pourraient aussi changer et les fermiers dépendront de la biodiversité pour avoir accès à des cultures adaptées à des climats différents. L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer la diversité de variétés traditionnelles de haricots (Phaseolus sp.) le long d’un gradient altitudinal dans une région considérée comme un centre de diversité pour le genre Phaseolus (Huehuetenango, Guatemala), bien que peu de données existent sur le sujet. Des données sur les variétés cultivées, leur identification et répartition, les contraintes associées (climat, insecte, maladie), les changements perçus dans ces contraintes, et les pratiques d’échanges, d’expérimentation, d’adoption ou d’abandon de semences ont été récoltées auprès de 60 fermiers Maya cultivant des milpas, en collaboration avec une ONG locale.En fonction des caractères morphologiques, l’utilisation et les pratiques de culture, nous avons identifié 31 variétés traditionnelles de haricots (4 espèces) regroupées en 11 groupes dans le zone d’étude de 35 km2, confirmant la richesse du site d’étude. Leur répartition spatiale révèle l’importance des contraintes climatiques pour certaines variétés particulièrement en haute altitude, mais aussi l’influence d’autres facteurs comme l’accessibilité aux marchés en basse altitude et les préférences culinaires. Des variétés rares, abandonnées ou de moins en moins cultivées ont été identifiées suggérant une potentielle érosion génétique. Les épisodes de sécheresse et, en contrepartie, de pluie excessive ont été identifiés comme les contraintes climatiques les plus importantes, avec une augmentation perçue dans l’imprévisibilité des précipitions ayant mené à certaines adaptations de la part des fermiers. Les insectes et leur augmentation ont été identifiés comme la contrainte la plus importante pour les cultures, leur abondance variant avec l’altitude. Les patrons pour les maladies étaient moins clairs, les fermiers discriminant peu entre elles. La plupart des fermiers ont participé à des échanges de semences et l’expérimentation avec de nouvelles variétés a montré une relation inverse à l’altitude. Cette étude souligne le besoin de mieux connaître la biodiversité agricole et les facteurs qui déterminent sa répartition afin d’évaluer les conséquences des changements en cours (climat, ravageurs) sur l’agriculture et la capacité de communautés vulnérables à s’adapter et à bénéficier de cette diversité.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/118725","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T22:24:25Z","registered":"2026-05-21T22:24:26Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:22:03Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.25903/gg5k-4b76","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.25903/gg5k-4b76","identifiers":[],"creators":[{"name":"Forbes, Samantha","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Samantha","familyName":"Forbes","affiliation":["James Cook University"],"nameIdentifiers":[{"schemeUri":"https://orcid.org","nameIdentifier":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1125-1406/","nameIdentifierScheme":"ORCID"}]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on growth, productivity and management of three important tropical crops: cassava, coffee and cacao","titleType":null}],"publisher":"James Cook University","container":{},"publicationYear":2024,"subjects":[],"contributors":[],"dates":[],"language":null,"types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"Thesis","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[],"descriptions":[],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/92042/","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"fabricaForm","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-26T00:18:46Z","registered":"2026-05-26T00:18:47Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:18:47Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"jcu.repo","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/33497","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/33497","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:xk81jr63n","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/130251","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Teufel, Bernardo Stephan","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Bernardo Stephan","familyName":"Teufel","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Novel and actionable high-resolution climate change information for adaptation of engineering systems in cold environments"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Civil Engineering"},{"subject":"FOS: Civil engineering","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Sushama, Laxmi (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Sushama, Laxmi (Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"Les systèmes d'ingénierie sont conçus pour résister à leur milieu opérationnel, qui comprend généralement une variété de facteurs influencés par la variabilité et les extrêmes climatiques. Étant donné que les systèmes d'ingénierie ont généralement une longue durée de vie, il devient nécessaire de tenir compte des conditions environnementales futures, qui, en raison du changement climatique, ont peu de probabilité d'être représentées dans les archives historiques. Il s'ensuit que la première étape pour adapter les systèmes d'ingénierie aux conditions environnementales changeantes est la génération d'informations fiables et exploitables sur le changement climatique. Les modèles climatiques sont les principaux outils disponibles pour développer des projections du climat futur, mais ces projections doivent être d'une qualité et d'une résolution suffisamment élevées pour être utiles à l'adaptation des systèmes d'ingénierie.Dans cette thèse, des nouvelles informations sur le changement climatique ont été développées à l'aide du modèle climatique GEM (Global Environnemental Multi-échelle), un modèle de pointe qui est largement utilisé pour la recherche climatique. Des contributions originales sont nées de l'application de méthodes d'analyse innovantes à un ensemble de projections climatiques, dont des projections à résolution de 4 km couvrant l'Arctique canadien, développées pour la première fois. Plusieurs lacunes au niveau des connaissances ont été comblées, ce qui a contribué de manière significative à l'avancement de la compréhension des interactions climat-infrastructure dans les régions froides.L'analyse de la pluie et de la fonte des neiges comme mécanismes générateurs d'inondations à travers le Canada a démontré l'importance de maintenir le réchauffement climatique sous le seuil de 2 °C de l'Accord de Paris. Sous 2 °C de réchauffement climatique, de légères augmentations de la contribution des précipitations liquides aux inondations sont prévues, tandis qu'un scénario de réchauffement élevé entraîne une augmentation généralisée de la contribution des précipitations liquides et l'émergence de zones réactives dans les régions actuellement dominées par la fonte des neiges. Ces changements influencent l'amplitude et le calendrier des crues, ce qui a des implications pour la gestion des risques d'inondation et des ressources en eau douce, et pour l'élaboration de plans de régulation des débits.Les importants changements projetés dans les régions nordiques ont motivé une analyse plus approfondie, qui a révélé la possibilité de diminutions abruptes de l'humidité du sol en réponse à la dégradation du pergélisol pour le scénario de réchauffement élevé. Ce changement de régime risquerait d'entraîner des changements soudains dans de nombreuses variables et processus de grande importance pour les intérêts nordiques, tels que des prédicteurs d'inondations et l'intensité des feux de forêt. La soudaineté de ces changements présente des défis supplémentaires pour l'adaptation des systèmes d'ingénierie au changement climatique.L'adaptation de ces systèmes nécessite des projections à haute résolution, qui ont été développées ici pour la première fois à une résolution de 4 km couvrant l'Arctique canadien, pour l'étude des risques pour le secteur des transports. D'ici 2040, des augmentations importantes des chutes de pluie de courte durée et des rafales de vent extrêmes, ainsi que la poursuite de la dégradation du pergélisol, risquent de provoquer la détérioration des infrastructures et des systèmes de transport du Nord. Une nouvelle approche intégrant les sorties du modèle climatique et des algorithmes d'apprentissage automatique a permis de dériver des projections pour la fréquence du brouillard - une variable complexe. On prévoit que la fréquence du brouillard augmentera sur la majeure partie de l'Arctique canadien d'ici 2040, présentant un danger supplémentaire pour le transport dans le Nord","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"Engineering systems are designed to withstand their operating environment, which generally includes a variety of factors influenced by climate variability and extremes. Given that engineering systems usually have long lifespans, it becomes necessary to account for future environmental conditions, which due to climate change, are unlikely to be represented in historical archives. It follows that the first step to adapt engineering systems to the changing environmental conditions is the generation of actionable climate change information. Climate models are the primary tools available to develop projections of future climate, but these projections need to be of sufficiently high quality and resolution to be useful for the adaptation of engineering systems.In this thesis, novel climate change information was developed using the state-of-the-art regional climate model GEM (Global Environmental Multiscale), which is extensively used for climate research. Contributions to original knowledge arose by applying innovative analysis methods to an ensemble of climate projections, including 4 km resolution projections over the Canadian Arctic, developed for the first time. Several knowledge gaps were addressed, which contributed significantly to the advancement of the understanding of climate-infrastructure interactions in cold regions.Analysis of rainfall and snowmelt as flood-generating mechanisms across Canada demonstrated the importance of keeping global warming below the 2 °C threshold of the Paris Agreement. Under 2 °C of global warming, slight increases of rainfall contribution to flood peaks are projected, while a high-warming scenario leads to widespread increases in rainfall contribution and the emergence of hotspots of change in currently snowmelt-dominated regions. These changes influence flood magnitude and timing, which has implications for the management of flood risks and freshwater resources and for the development of flow regulation plans.Large projected changes over northern regions motivated further analysis, which revealed the possibility of abrupt decreases in soil moisture in response to increased drainage due to permafrost degradation for the high-warming scenario. This regime shift is projected to result in abrupt changes to many variables and processes of high significance to northern interests, such as flood predictors and wildfire intensity. The abruptness of these changes presents additional challenges to climate change adaptation and potential retrofitting of engineering systems.The adaptation of these systems requires high-resolution projections, which were developed here for the first time at 4 km resolution over the Canadian Arctic, for the investigation of hazards to northern transportation. By 2040, significant increases to short-duration rainfall and wind gust extremes, as well as further permafrost degradation, are expected to foment deterioration of northern infrastructure and transportation systems. A novel approach integrating climate model output and machine learning algorithms allowed deriving projections of fog – a complex variable. Overall fog frequency is projected to increase over most of the Canadian Arctic by 2040, presenting an additional hazard to northern transportation.The main contribution of this thesis is the advancement of the understanding of several different pathways through which changing climatic conditions are expected to impact engineering systems in cold regions. On one hand, the projections highlight the crucial importance of climate change mitigation, as remaining below the 2 °C global warming threshold would prevent large changes over many regions and decrease the likelihood of abrupt changes. On the other hand, some climatic hazards are projected to soon exceed those in historical records regardless of emissions scenario, and the high-quality, high-resolution projections analyzed here contain useful and actionable information for the adaptation of engineering systems","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/130251","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T17:28:48Z","registered":"2026-05-21T17:28:49Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:18:03Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/30644","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/30644","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:ms35tf931","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/115555","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Leivadarou, Myrto","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Myrto","familyName":"Leivadarou","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Climate Change Litigation: Between Legal Traditions"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2025,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Law"},{"subject":"FOS: Law","schemeUri":"http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf","subjectScheme":"Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Sébastien Jodoin Pilon (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2025","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"fr","description":"Le changement climatique anthropique pose un défi mondial important en raison de l’augmentation des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Il engendre également des perturbations juridiques, car il soulève des questions juridiques difficiles à traiter par les tribunaux et les doctrines juridiques existantes. Cette thèse se concentre sur les défis juridiques auxquels sont confrontés les tribunaux, notamment en ce qui concerne la justiciabilité du changement climatique, la détermination et l’étendue des obligations gouvernementales et l’établissement de la causalité juridique dans les litiges liés au changement climatique. À travers une analyse détaillée de cas emblématiques tels que Urgenda aux Pays-Bas; ENJEU, La Rose, et Mathur au Canada; Neubauer en Allemagne; et KlimaSeniorinnen devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme, cette thèse illustre le rôle que jouent les traditions de droit civil, de common law, et de droit européen dans la manière dont les tribunaux abordent ces questions. Cette comparaison met en évidence les approches et contributions distinctes de chaque tradition, ainsi que les façons dont elles peuvent converger","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"Anthropogenic climate change poses a significant global challenge due to the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. It also creates legal disruptions, as it raises legal issues that are not easily addressed by courts and existing legal doctrines. This thesis focuses on the legal challenges faced by courts, particularly concerning the justiciability of climate change, the determination and extent of governmental duties, and the establishment of legal causation in climate change litigation. Through a detailed analysis of landmark cases such as Urgenda in the Netherlands; ENJEU, La Rose, and Mathur in Canada; Neubauer in Germany; and KlimaSeniorinnen in the European Court of Human Rights, this thesis illustrates the role that civil, common, and European legal traditions play in influencing how courts address these issues. This comparison highlights the distinct approaches and contributions of each tradition, as well as the ways in which they may be converging","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/115555","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T16:22:52Z","registered":"2026-05-21T16:22:53Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:10:27Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/51568","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/51568","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:g732dg00h","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/107587","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Esparza Magaña, Ilse","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Ilse","familyName":"Esparza Magaña","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Multiple stressors: evaluating the effect of pollution, climate change and oceanographic processes in Tropical and Arctic seabirds"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2022,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Natural Resource Sciences"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Elliott, Kyle (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-19","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2022","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Elliott, Kyle (Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"La faune et les écosystèmes sont actuellement exposés à de multiples facteurs de stress qui affectent les tendances écologiques au niveau individuel et écosystémique. De multiples facteurs de stress naturels et anthropiques se produisent souvent simultanément et interagissent de manières complexes qui ne sont pas encore entièrement comprises. Cependant, avec l'émergence constante de nouveaux facteurs de stress et l'intensification des effets d'autres facteurs de stress, la compréhension des effets des facteurs de stress concomitants est toujours une priorité pour l'évaluation des risques et l'identification de mesures de conservation et d'atténuation. Ici, nous avons utilisé deux espèces d'oiseaux marins comme indicateurs pour aider à évaluer les effets des facteurs de stress naturels et anthropiques concomitants menaçant les écosystèmes marins sur deux systèmes différents, les tropiques et l'Arctique. Dans le premier chapitre de cette thèse, j'ai étudié le Fou brun (Sula leucogaster), un oiseau marin largement répandu dans les tropiques pour évaluer les effets de facteurs de stress naturels, en particulier la remontée des eaux et les conditions océanographiques fortement corrélées (température de surface de la mer, précipitation, chlorophylle-, vitesse et direction du vent) sur le succès reproducteur. J'ai utilisé les données de productivité de 61 nids de la colonie de Fous bruns de l'île de Bona, golfe du Panama, ainsi que des caractéristiques environnementales de télédétection. J'ai trouvé que la probabilité de survie des poussins était positivement associée à la concentration de chlorophylle- et négativement associée avec (chlorophylle-)2 et à la date de ponte. Cette étude fournit des preuves que la remontée des eaux a un effet important sur la reproduction des oiseaux marins tropicaux et que les oiseaux marins des tropiques suivent des impulsions saisonnières similaires à celles enregistrées chez les espèces des régions polaires et tempérées. Dans le deuxième chapitre, j'ai étudié le Guillemot de Brünnich (Uria lomvia), un oiseau marin associé à la glace qui plonge en profondeur, pour étudier les effets de la contamination chimique sur la plasticité comportementale en réponse aux changements de disponibilité de la glace dans l'Arctique canadien. J'ai utilisé des données sur les contaminants (Hg, congénères de PCB, pesticides OC, BFR et PBDE) et les concentrations d'hormones (FT3, TT3, FT4, TT4 et CORT) sur le sang, ainsi que les comportements de recherche de nourriture (temps passé à plonger, nager et voler, plonger profondeur et nombre de plongées) recueillies au cours de trois saisons de reproduction (2016-2018) sur l'île Coats dans la baie d'Hudson. Les concentrations de congénères de PCB, de pesticides OC, de RFB et de PBDE étaient extrêmement faibles. Par conséquent, j'ai seulement étudié les relations potentielles entre les niveaux de mercure, de thyroïde et de corticostérone et les comportements de recherche de nourriture. J'ai découvert que les concentrations de méthylmercure étaient corrélées avec les taux plasmatiques de T3 total (TT3) chez les Guillemots de Brünnich, indiquant une perturbation potentielle de la fonction thyroïdienne. La fonction thyroïdienne a été perturbée en 2016 et 2017, deux années avec une débâcle précoce, mais pas en 2018, une année avec des conditions de glace moyennes. De plus, le TT3 était négativement corrélé avec le temps total à plonger au cours des mêmes années, ce qui n'est pas surprenant car le TT3 augmente le métabolisme et raccourcit ainsi la durée de la plongée. En résumé, pendant les années chaudes, le méthylmercure peut perturber les niveaux de TT3 et ainsi interférer avec la façon dont les Guillemots peuvent s'adapter aux changements des niveaux de glace en modifiant leur comportement de plongée. Ainsi, notre étude démontre comment les effets indirects des contaminants sur le comportement peuvent affecter la façon dont les espèces font face au changement climatique","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"Wildlife and ecosystems are currently exposed to multiple stressors that affect ecological patterns at both individual and ecosystem levels. Multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors often occur simultaneously and interact in complex ways which are not yet fully understood. For the past three decades, researchers have been trying to understand and predict the effect of the interactions between stressors. However, with new stressors constantly emerging and the effects of other stressors intensifying, understanding the effects of co-occurring stressors is still a priority for risk assessment, and the identification of conservation and mitigation measures. Here, we used two seabird species as indicators to help assess the effects of co-occurring natural and anthropogenic stressors threatening marine ecosystems on two different systems, the Tropics and the Arctic.In the first chapter of this thesis, I studied the brown booby (Sula leucogaster), a widely distributed seabird in the Tropics to assess the effects of co-occurring natural stressors, specifically upwelling and highly correlated oceanographic conditions (sea-surface temperature, precipitation, chlorophyll-a concentration, wind speed and wind direction) on reproductive success. I used productivity data from 61 nests from the brown booby colony at Bona Island in the Gulf of Panama, as well as remote-sensing environmental features. Chick survival probability was positively associated with chlorophyll- concentration and negatively associated with (chlorophyll-)2 and laying date. This study provides evidence that upwelling has a strong effect over tropical seabirds reproduction and that seabirds in the Tropics follow seasonal pulses similar to those observed in species in polar and temperate regions. Nonetheless, my findings need to be complemented with more years of monitoring or information on other tropical species to properly assess how upwelling and oceanographic conditions are impacting tropical seabirds’ reproductive success. In the second chapter, I studied the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), a pagophilic (ice-associated) deep-diving seabird, to investigate the effects of chemical contamination on behavioural plasticity in response to changes in ice availability in the Canadian Arctic. I used data on contaminants (Hg, PCB congeners, OC pesticides, BFRs and PBDEs) and hormone concentrations (thyroid and stress hormones) in blood, as well as foraging behaviours (time spent diving, swimming and flying, diving depth and number of dives) collected over three breeding seasons (2016-2018) at Coats Island in Hudson Bay. Circulating concentrations of PCB congeners, OC pesticides, BFRs and PBDEs were extremely low, therefore, I only investigated the potential relationships between circulating mercury, thyroid and corticosterone levels and foraging behaviours. Methylmercury concentrations were correlated with blood plasma total T3 levels in thick-billed murres, indicating potential thyroid function disruption. Thyroid function was disrupted in 2016 and 2017, both years with early-ice melting, but not 2018, a year with late-melting conditions. Moreover, total T3 was correlated negatively with total time spent underwater during the same years, which is unsurprising as total T3 increases metabolism and thus shortens dive duration. In summary, in warm years, methylmercury may disrupt total T3 levels and thus interfere with how the murres can adjust to changing ice levels by altering their diving behaviour. Thus, our study demonstrates how the indirect effects of contaminants on behaviour may affect the way species cope with climate change","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://mcgill.scholaris.ca/handle/20.500.14905/107587","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":0,"partOfCount":0,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-21T23:20:59Z","registered":"2026-05-21T23:21:00Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:04:34Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"iyfw.kddaax","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.71587/5rr4tz83","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.71587/5rr4tz83","identifiers":[{"identifier":"1-18-244-g202","identifierType":"publisherId"}],"creators":[{"name":"Ntsaila, 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This paper provides systematic estimates of the impact of temperature shocks on banking sector stability in Lesotho, Eswatini and Namibia over the period 2009 - 2023. Using the Local Projections (LP) method, results show that increases in temperature are associated with sustained growth in non-performing loans (NPLs), indicating rising credit risk and a weakening banking environment in the face of climate shocks. To complement these findings, a two-way fixed effects model with mediation analysis is employed, testing GDP as a transmission channel. The results suggest that while GDP does not significantly mediate the relationship, temperature shocks exert a robust and direct effect on banking stability. The study contributes new evidence an climate- finance linkages in climate-vulnerable, agriculture-dependent economies and underscores the need for supervisory frameworks and climate-related stress testing to integrate physical risk into financial assessments.","descriptionType":"Abstract"}],"geoLocations":[],"fundingReferences":[],"url":"https://ersawps.org/index.php/working-paper-series/article/view/244","contentUrl":null,"metadataVersion":0,"schemaVersion":"http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4","source":"mds","isActive":true,"state":"findable","reason":null,"viewCount":0,"downloadCount":0,"referenceCount":0,"citationCount":0,"partCount":1,"partOfCount":1,"versionCount":0,"versionOfCount":0,"created":"2026-05-26T00:00:05Z","registered":"2026-05-26T00:00:06Z","published":null,"updated":"2026-05-26T00:00:06Z"},"relationships":{"client":{"data":{"id":"wrbn.wduzms","type":"clients"}}}},{"id":"10.82308/32707","type":"dois","attributes":{"doi":"10.82308/32707","identifiers":[{"identifier":"hyrax:s1784p27x","identifierType":"other"},{"identifier":"https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14905/122268","identifierType":"uri"}],"creators":[{"name":"Holmes Cheyre, Luz Ignacia","nameType":"Personal","givenName":"Luz Ignacia","familyName":"Holmes Cheyre","affiliation":[],"nameIdentifiers":[]}],"titles":[{"title":"Restoring forest carbon stocks while addressing local livelihoods: opportunities and challenges of the global climate change regime"}],"publisher":"McGill University","container":{},"publicationYear":2016,"subjects":[{"lang":"","subject":"Biology"}],"contributors":[{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"DataManager","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"McGill University","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"HostingInstitution","nameIdentifiers":[]},{"name":"Potvin, Catherine (Supervisor)","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[],"contributorType":"Supervisor","nameIdentifiers":[]}],"dates":[{"date":"2026-03-20","dateType":"Accepted"},{"date":"2016","dateType":"Issued"}],"language":"en","types":{"ris":"THES","bibtex":"phdthesis","citeproc":"thesis","schemaOrg":"Thesis","resourceType":"https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/","resourceTypeGeneral":"Dissertation"},"relatedIdentifiers":[],"relatedItems":[],"sizes":[],"formats":[],"version":null,"rightsList":[{"rights":"All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated."}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"","description":"Potvin, Catherine (Supervisor)","descriptionType":"Other"},{"lang":"fr","description":"La réduction des émissions dues à la déforestation et à la dégradation des forêts (REDD +) est un mécanisme d'atténuation des changements climatiques, car la perte des forêts et de la dégradation est une importante source anthropique d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Les populations locales et autochtones qui gèrent les forêts sont un pôle majeur des projets REDD + puisque ces groupes occupent et/ou possèdent plus de 10% des forêts mondiales. Les initiatives REDD + présentent à la fois des opportunités et des risques pour ces communautés. D'une part, elles pourraient limiter l'accès aux forêts, ce qui pourrait menacer leurs moyens de subsistance. D'autre part, elles pourraient offrir la possibilité de conjuguer programmes de conservation des forêts et développement rural permettant d'accroître les flux de ressources financières, contribuant ainsi à la réduction de la pauvreté.Bien que les projets REDD + et les activités de démonstration aient proliféré au cours des 5 dernières années, peu 'études ont examiné si ces initiatives ont atteint leurs objectifs de réduction des émissions et/ou séquestration de carbone), et si elles ont respecté les connaissances et les droits des personnes qui résident dans les communautés d'accueil des projets REDD +. Cette thèse comble cette lacune en effectuant une recherche exhaustive employant diverses méthodes de recherche qualitative et quantitative. Le sujet phare de cette thèse est la façon dont les communautés locales peuvent réduire les émissions provenant de la déforestation, bénéficiant ainsi de l'échange de crédits de carbone tout en optimisant les moyens de subsistance locaux. Cette étude comprend une analyse d'un projet de compensation de carbone par moyen de reboisement qui a eu lieu au Panama sur les terres collectives des indigènes Ipetí-Emberá sur un période de quatre ans. Elle présente des données sur la mortalité précoce, la croissance des arbres et de la capacité de séquestration du carbone de 29 espèces qui sont couramment utilisés par les petits producteurs agricoles en Amérique latine et ailleurs. Les résultats démontrent que les systèmes agroforestiers pourraient fournir aux populations forestières un point d'entrée pour la REDD + sans restreindre leurs moyens de subsistance. En outre, en analysant la littérature sur le développement rural et la gestion durable des forêts, je propose un cadre de bonnes pratiques ainsi que des indicateurs qui pourraient être utilisés par les parties prenantes pour améliorer la conception de projets REDD +, leurs suivi et évaluation. Finalement, la thèse présente les résultats d'une étude de cas approfondie qui s'est déroulé en quatre cycles de recherche concertée (2002-2013) et met en lumière les défis et les leçons apprises dans la mise en œuvre d'un projet REDD + dans les terres collectives de la communauté Ipetí-Emberá au Panama. Bien que les incitations économiques et la répartition équitable des avantages restent importants pour les participants au projet, cette étude démontre que l'importance d'adapter les stratégies REDD + aux besoins de la communauté, et le potentiel de REDD+ en tant que mécanisme de résolution de conflits pour les questions de régime foncier méritent plus d'attention étant des facteurs qui affectent la participation effective et substantielle au programme REDD +.","descriptionType":"Abstract"},{"lang":"en","description":"Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has emerged as a climate change mitigation mechanism as forest loss and degradation is the second highest anthropogenic source of greenhouse gas emissions. Local and indigenous people who manage forests are foci for REDD+ projects as such groups hold tenure to over 10% of global forests. REDD+ initiatives provide both opportunities and risks to local communities. On the one hand, they could limit the access and use rights of forest dwellers, restricting their livelihoods, but on the other hand they could offer an opportunity to combine the agendas of forest conservation and rural development, allowing for an increased flow of resources to marginalized communities, and delivering co-benefits such as poverty reduction and improved livelihoods. Although REDD+ projects and demonstration activities have proliferated in the last five years there is little literature examining if these initiatives succeed with regard to their carbon outcomes (emission reduction and carbon sequestration), and if they respect the knowledge and rights of forest-dependent people residing in the communities hosting REDD+ projects. This thesis fills this gap by conducting comprehensive research using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. The overarching question this research seeks to answer is how local communities can reduce emissions from deforestation, benefiting from carbon offset trading while improving local livelihoods. By analysing a four-year-old, reforestation-based carbon-offset project on the collective lands of the indigenous Ipetí-Emberá, the study provides data on early mortality, tree growth and carbon sequestration capacity of 29 species that are commonly used by small farming households in Latin America and elsewhere, and shows that agroforestry systems could provide forest peoples with an entry point to REDD+ without restricting their livelihoods. Furthermore, by analyzing literature from rural development and sustainable forest management, I explore the factors that should be considered when implementing REDD+ and provide a framework of best practices and indicators that could be used by stakeholders to improve REDD+ project design, monitoring, and evaluation. Finally, the thesis presents the results of an in-depth case study that, in four cycles of collaborative action research (2002-2013), documented the challenges and lessons learned in implementation of a REDD+ project in the collective lands of the indigenous Ipetí-Emberá community. 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Notre capacité à nous adapter avec succès à un environnement en mutation est l'un des défis les plus importants auxquels les communautés et les gouvernements doivent faire face au cours de ce siècle. L’intérêt scientifique pour l’adaptation aux changements climatiques a considérablement augmenté, et une littérature distincte est apparue autour des politiques d’adaptation qui visent à comprendre pourquoi et comment les gouvernements s’intéressent à l’adaptation.Le but de cette thèse est de faire progresser les fondements conceptuels de la recherche sur les politiques d’adaptation en proposant une approche enracinée dans les théories des politiques publiques sur le choix des instruments politiques. Cette recherche est guidée par trois objectifs généraux:1.Surmonter le problème de «variable dépendante» dans la recherche sur l’adaptation, ce qui se traduit par une ambiguïté quant à ce que les spécialistes de la politique de l’adaptation cherchent à comprendre et à expliquer;2.Appliquer la théorie sur le choix des instruments de politique pour expliquer les nouvelles approches en matière de politique d'adaptation au niveau des administrations locales; et3.Continuer à développer des perspectives comparatives en matière de recherche sur les politiques d’adaptation.Les résultats de ces travaux indiquent que les approches politiques émergentes en matière d’adaptation locale sont de nature très complexe, avec des objectifs et des instruments politiques couvrant un certain nombre d’impacts des changements climatiques et d’entités administratives. Les choix d’instruments politiques sont influencés à la fois par les circonstances contextuelles locales et nationales, soulignant l’influence des arrangements institutionnels intergouvernementaux sur l’élaboration des politiques locales. En outre, les différences de formulation des politiques d'adaptation par les gouvernements locaux sont observables d'un contexte national à l'autre, ce qui suggère que des approches distinctes en matière de politique d'adaptation pourraient émerger d'un pays à l'autre.Le chapitre 3 place l’accent analytique de cette recherche sur les gouvernements locaux dans le paysage émergent de la gouvernance à plusieurs niveaux de l'adaptation aux changements climatiques, en cours de formalisation dans le cadre des accords internationaux sur les changements climatiques. 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