If you are working on climate change, the General Circulation Models (GCMs) can be useful. There are plenty of downscaling methods for your study areas, some are reviewed here (page 52+).
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The term “No-regrets”
I first heard of this term from my supervisor when he talked about climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. In fact, it has been largely used in climate change work such as in IPCC or CSIRO reports. However, I personally think that it is an infeasible term (if you know what I mean, that’s we can theoretically define it, but we will never find it in reality -So what’s the point of using the term in practical decision-making?). I found that WWF did not use the term elsewhere, and now I know why :D. Interesting. We will come back to this topic soon.
Keep working, avoid back pain :)
A framework for identifying priority areas
This framework is applied for Multi-criteria Analysis. This could be an excuse for many conferences, workshops and meetings in Vietnam 🙂
Mean-variance theory
I’ve just got across the theory in a talk with my supervisor. Again, simple is the best. This entry is for some some who are on the same page:
– A nice lecture note on the theory.
Questions
This section started in Venice, couple of questions occurred:
Is “Loss aversion” really different to “risk aversion”? I need to talk more with Prof David
“IPCC Likelihood scale” pp.3 (for thesis)
Databases and projects to keep track of in the Mekong delta
Some databases:
- Climate change and its effects on the Mekong Delta by ESRI
- Impact of SLR on seawater intrusion in Mekong Delta by Vu, Yamada and Ishidaira (2018)
- MRC data portal on water, drought, flood and adaptation
- Socio-economic data by the Greater Mekong Sub-region
- Scenarios by the project Mekong Delta Plan*
- Climate data (e.g. temperature, rainfall) by World Bank
- NASA Vital signs of the planet
- Database and map of Tổng cục phòng chống thiên tai*** (Best)
Some projects:
Handy tool for concept maps
Cứ đi đi, rồi sẽ đến
“Cứ đi đi, rồi sẽ đến”, I’ve heard this saying long time ago in Vietnamese . Just now, It’s become a real inspiration to me. I would repeat it every day to myself until I finish all the conferences and the final thesis this year.
Not sure how you say it in English, but it means “keep going, you will arrive”. Guess there is a similar quote “Keep going sure it is grand”.
Quotes on environment, economics and climate change
I’m saving some quotes for my thesis here:
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. Evo Morales
Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change. What is the difference? Frank Luntz
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it. David Attenborough
Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices…What will you choose today for your tomorrows? – Robert G. Allen
When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money. – Cree ProphecyIf the wars of [the 20th] century were fought over oil,
the wars of the next century will be fought over water.— Ismael Serageldin, former VP for sustainable Development at the World Bank (Newsweek, 1995)Water will be to the 21st Century what oil was to the 20th.—Fortune Magazine
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