Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Toxikologie

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Modeling Impacts of Climate Change

Vihaan P

Building community resilience and adaptation ability becomes a crucial and necessary component of local planning in the face of climate change uncertainty. But fundamental social elements that support the efficient construction and upkeep of urban resilience are poorly understood. Regarding planning methods and actions related to mitigation and adaptation strategies, as well as in relation to social features that are thought to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change, two groups of US cities that have very different commitments to addressing climate change are contrasted. When it comes to preventing and adapting to climate change, the first group has shown a strong dedication, whereas the second group has shown little to no such commitment [1-5]. The level of social capital, the prevalence of alternative thinking, and the degree of cultural variety are only a few notable social characteristics that are compared between these locations. In order for communities to be able to adapt to the effects of climate change, it is hypothesised that they must possess certain qualities. The goal is to ascertain whether there is any correlation between social or cultural structures and urban commitment to and preparation for climate change that could distinguish between metropolitan areas that are climate change resilient and those that are not. One of the most well-known endangered animals in the world is the giant panda [6-10]. The primary risks to giant pandas are habitat loss and fragmentation, and climate change may have a substantial impact on their survival. To forecast the geographic distribution and habitat fragmentation of giant pandas in the future, we combined information on giant panda habitat with broad climate models. The findings are consistent with a significant general forecast of climate change—a shift in habitats towards higher elevations and higher latitudes. According to our projections, over the next 70 years, climate change may result in a 60% reduction in giant panda habitat. Although many of these sites are distant from the giant panda's present range and just 15% are included in the current protected area system, new areas may become viable outside the giant panda's current geographic range.