D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health

Readings

Climate & Climate Change

World Climate Simulation. ClimateInteractive.org

“2020: The Climate Turning Point.” NewClimate Institute. April 10, 2017.

“Decarbonizing the Global Economy.” Global Development And Environment Institute. November, 2017.

Howard, Guy, et al. “Climate Change and Water and Sanitation: Likely Impacts and Emerging Trends for Action.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 41 (2016): 253–276.

Steffen, Will, et al. “Planetary Boundaries: Guiding Human Development on a Changing Planet.” Science 347, no. 6223 (2015).

Whitmee, et al. “Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch: Report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on Planetary Health.” The Lancet 386, no. 10007 (2015): 1973–2028.

“Greenovate Boston: 2014 Climate Action Plan Update.” City of Boston. 

Lobdell, David and Sharon Gourdji. “The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity.” Plant Physiology 160, no. 4 (2012): 1686–1697.

Strauss, William and Laurenz Schmidt. “A Look at the Details of CO2 Emissions From Burning Wood vs. Coal (PDF).” FutureMetric. January 2012.

Economic Commission for Europe International Network of Basin Organizations. “Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins: Lessons Learned and Good Practices.” UNECE. 2015.

“REPORT: Blue Carbon - A New Concept for Reducing the Impacts of Climate Change by Conserving Coastal Ecosystems in the Coral Triangle.” WWF. 2012.

Water & Oceans

Howard, Guy, et al. “Climate Change and Water and Sanitation: Likely Impacts and Emerging Trends for Action.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 41 (2016): 253–276.

Baker, Aryn. “What It’s Like To Live Through Cape Town’s Massive Water Crisis.” TIME. February 19, 2018. 

Ross, Helen, Bronwyn Powell, and Suzanne Hoverman. “Public Participation and Community Engagement for Water Resource Management in the Pacific.” International Water Centre. May 2008.

United Nations World Water Assessment Programme. “The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015: Water for a Sustainable World.” UNESCO. 2015.

Economic Commission for Europe International Network of Basin Organizations. “Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins: Lessons Learned and Good Practices.” UNECE. 2015.

Health

Whitmee, et al. “Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch: Report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on Planetary Health.” The Lancet 386, no. 10007 (2015): 1973–2028.

Technology

Wotzak, Rob. “Best Energy-Smart Home 2017: Net-Positive in New England.” Houses 267 (2017).

Forestry & Agriculture

“Elinor Ostrom: Facts.” NobelPrize.org. 2009.

Walljasper, Jay. “Elinor Ostrom’s 8 Principles for Managing A Commmons.” On the Commons. October 2, 2011.

Books by Elinor Ostrom:

• Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521405997. 
• Ostrom, Elinor, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynne. Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: infrastructure policies in perspective. Westview Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780813316192. 
• Ostrom, Elinor, James Walker, and Roy Gardner. Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources. University of Michigan Press, 1994_._ ISBN: 9780472065462. 
• Ostrom, Elinor, and James Walker. Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research. Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. ISBN: 9780871546470. 
• Ostrom, Elinor. Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780691122380. 
• Ostrom, Elinor, Ravi Kanbur, and Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis. Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780199237296. 
• Ostrom, Elinor, and Charlotte Hess. Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice. MIT Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780262516037.

Smith, Pete, et al. “Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU).” IPCC.

Lobdell, David and Sharon Gourdji. “The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity.” Plant Physiology 160, no. 4 (2012): 1686–1697.

Duffy, Philip, et al. “Letter to the Senate on Carbon Neutrality of Forest Biomass.” Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. February 26, 2016.

Alexandratos, Nikos and Jelle Bruinsma. “World Agriculture: Towards 2030/2050.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. June 2012.

The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture: Managing Systems at Risk. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Earthscan. 2011.

New England

Wotzak, Rob. “Best Energy-Smart Home 2017: Net-Positive in New England.” Houses 267 (2017).

Murcott, Susan. “D-Lab and MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Lessons in Mentoring, Transdisciplinarity, and Real World Engineering for Sustainable Development.” In New Developments in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development. Leal Filho W., Nesbit S. (eds). World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham, 2016.

“Greenovate Boston: 2014 Climate Action Plan Update.” City of Boston.