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Abstract Service providers and policymakers require data on the value of a service to consumers to justify investment. Due to the high reliability of electricity services in Europe, data on the value of constant electricity supply is not available. A choice experiment framework is used to estimate the welfare cost to households of power outages in northwest England. The willingness to pay (WTP) estimates obtained suggest that a household in northwest England is WTP; £5.29 to avoid having power outages in peak periods, £7.37 to have outages during the week rather than the weekend or bank holiday, and £31.37 to avoid power outages in winter. Households are also WTP between £1.17 (20 min) and £0.05 (480 min) to avoid a power outage depending on the length of the power outage. The use of a mixed logit model also demonstrated the impact of different socio-demographic and household characteristics on respondents WTP to avoid a power outage. From a policy perspective, the results provide data or a 'price' on the importance of constant electricity supply to domestic customers. Through engagement with policy makers and industry, these 'price signals' may be used to justify future investment and policy in the electricity sector.

The rapidly evolving ocean economy, driven by human needs for food, energy, transportation and recreation, has led to unprecedented pressures on the ocean that are further amplified by climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution. The need for better governance of human activities in the ocean space has been widely recognized for years, and is now also incorporated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Even so, many challenges relating to the implementation of existing governance frameworks exist. Here, we argue that integrated ocean management (IOM) should be the key overarching approach-building upon and connecting existing sectoral governance efforts-for achieving a sustainable ocean economy. IOM is a holistic, ecosystem-based and knowledge-based approach that aims to ensure the sustainability and resilience of marine ecosystems while integrating and balancing different ocean uses to optimize the overall ocean economy. We discuss examples of IOM in practice from areas where preconditions differ substantially, and identify six universal opportunities for action that can help achieve a sustainable ocean economy.

The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet Countdown represents the consensus of leading researchers from 43 academic institutions and UN agencies. The 44 indicators of this report expose an unabated rise in the health impacts of climate change and the current health consequences of the delayed and inconsistent response of countries around the globe—providing a clear imperative for accelerated action that puts the health of people and planet above all else.\ud \ud The 2021 report coincides with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), at which countries are facing pressure to realise the ambition of the Paris Agreement to keep the global average temperature rise to 1·5°C and to mobilise the financial resources required for all countries to have an effective climate response. These negotiations unfold in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic—a global health crisis that has claimed millions of lives, affected livelihoods and communities around the globe, and exposed deep fissures and inequities in the world's capacity to cope with, and respond to, health emergencies. Yet, in its response to both crises, the world is faced with an unprecedented opportunity to ensure a healthy future for all.

Adoption of new technologies necessitates changes in behaviours, attitudes, and social norms that cannot be sufficiently explained by a single predictor or group of predictors, particularly in heterogeneous populations. Aiming to add a greater understanding of intention to adopt Rooftop Photovoltaic (PV), this paper utilised an established population segmentation tool, the Sinus-Milieus and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to account for population heterogeneity of the sample of German homeowners (n = 1800). By employing partial least squares structural equation modelling, we confirmed that attitudes, social norms, and financial evaluation significantly influence adoption intention at the population level. A multi-group analysis revealed noteworthy variations in the relative impact of attitudes and social norms on adoption intention across different milieugroups. Notably, even milieugroups sharing the same broad social status and/or values, as defined by the Sinus-Milieu tool, exhibited significant differences in the influence of attitudes and social norms on adoption intention. Moreover, a Kruskal–Wallis H-test indicated significant differences in the reported level of adoption intention among milieugroups, with the Leading milieus showing the highest intention and the Deprived the lowest. Differences were also observed for the determinants of social norms, attitudes, environmental concern, and novelty-seeking behaviour. Our findings confirm the relevance of considering potential adopters as a heterogeneous group in terms of overall lifestyle characteristics. Tailoring communication strategies to target the underlying motivations of specific milieus can lead to more effective interventions.

Le compte à rebours du Lancet suit les progrès en matière de santé et de changement climatique et fournit une évaluation indépendante des effets sur la santé du changement climatique, de la mise en œuvre de l'Accord de Paris, de la 1 Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques et de l'Accord de Paris. United Nations, New York, NY2015 Google Scholar et les implications sanitaires de ces actions. Il fait suite aux travaux de la 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, 2 Watts N Neil Adger W Agnolucci P et al. Santé et changement climatique : réponses politiques pour protéger la santé publique. Lancet. 2015 ; 386: 1861-1914 Résumé Texte intégral Texte intégral PDF PubMed Google Scholar qui a conclu que le changement climatique anthropique menace de saper les 50 dernières années de gains en matière de santé publique, et inversement, qu'une réponse globale au changement climatique pourrait être « la plus grande opportunité de santé mondiale du XXIe siècle ». Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et al. The 2017 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change : from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet 2017 ; 391: 581-630-Dans cette revue, la méthodologie pour l'indicateur 5.1 (figure 40) a été mise à jour pour répondre aux préoccupations concernant l'utilisation de la même chaîne de recherche dans plusieurs bases de données pour produire ces données. Les bases de données de journaux interprètent les chaînes de recherche différemment et utilisent différents algorithmes pour rechercher et renvoyer des articles. Texte intégral PDF Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et al. The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change : from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet 2018 ; 391: 581-630 - Dans cette revue (publiée en ligne le 30 octobre 2017), l'affiliation de Jonathan Chambers, Ian Hamilton, Robert Lowe et Steve Pye a été corrigée à UCL Energy Institute, Londres, Royaume-Uni ; l'affiliation de Fereidoon Owfi et Mahnaz Rabbaniha a été corrigée à Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, AREEO, Téhéran, Iran ; l'affiliation de Meisam Tabatabaei a été corrigée à Biofuel Research Team, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, AREEO, Karaj, Iran ; et l'affiliation d'Ali Mohammad Latifi a été corrigée à Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Téhéran, Iran. The Lancet Countdown rastrea el progreso en materia de salud y cambio climático y proporciona una evaluación independiente de los efectos del cambio climático en la salud, la implementación del Acuerdo de París, 1 Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio y el Acuerdo de París. Naciones Unidas, Nueva York, NY2015 Google Académico y las implicaciones para la salud de estas acciones. Sigue el trabajo de la Comisión Lancet sobre Salud y Cambio Climático de 2015, 2 Watts N Neil Adger W Agnolucci P et al. Salud y cambio climático: respuestas políticas para proteger la salud pública. Lancet. 2015; 386: 1861-1914 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar concluyó que el cambio climático antropogénico amenaza con socavar los últimos 50 años de avances en salud pública y, por el contrario, que una respuesta integral al cambio climático podría ser "la mayor oportunidad de salud global del siglo XXI". Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et ál. El informe de 2017 de The Lancet Countdown sobre salud y cambio climático: de 25 años de inacción a una transformación global para la salud pública. Lancet 2017; 391: 581-630-En esta Revisión, la metodología para el indicador 5.1 (figura 40) se ha actualizado para abordar las preocupaciones con respecto al uso de confiar en la misma cadena de búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos para producir estos datos. Las bases de datos de periódicos interpretan las cadenas de búsqueda de manera diferente y utilizan diferentes algoritmos para buscar y devolver artículos. Full-Text PDF Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et al. The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet 2018; 391: 581-630-En esta revisión (publicada en línea por primera vez el 30 de octubre de 2017), la afiliación de Jonathan Chambers, Ian Hamilton, Robert Lowe y Steve Pye se ha corregido a UCL Energy Institute, Londres, Reino Unido; la afiliación de Fereidoon Owfi y Mahnaz Rabbaniha se ha corregido a Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, AREEO, Teherán, Irán; la afiliación de Meisam Tabatabaei se ha corregido a Biofuel Research Team, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, AREEO, Karaj, Irán; y la afiliación de Ali Mohammad Latifi se ha corregido a Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teherán, Irán. Texto completo PDF The Lancet Countdown tracks progress on health and climate change and provides an independent assessment of the health effects of climate change, the implementation of the Paris Agreement, 1 United Nations Framework Convention on ChangeParis Agreement. United Nations, New York, NY2015 Google Scholar and the health implications of these actions. It follows on from the work of the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, 2 Watts N Neil Adger W Agnolucci P et al. Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. Lancet. 2015; 386: 1861-1914 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar which concluded that anthropogenic climate change threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public health, and conversely, that a comprehensive response to climate change could be "the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century". Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et al. The 2017 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet 2017; 391: 581–630—In this Review, the methodology for indicator 5.1 (figure 40) has been updated to address concerns regarding the use of relying on the same search string in multiple databases to produce this data. Newspaper databases interpret search strings differently and use different algorithms to search and return articles. Full-Text PDF Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, et al. The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. Lancet 2018; 391: 581–630—In this Review (published online first on Oct 30, 2017), Jonathan Chambers, Ian Hamilton, Robert Lowe, and Steve Pye's affiliation has been corrected to UCL Energy Institute, London, UK; Fereidoon Owfi and Mahnaz Rabbaniha's affiliation has been corrected to Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, AREEO, Tehran, Iran; Meisam Tabatabaei's affiliation has been corrected to Biofuel Research Team, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, AREEO, Karaj, Iran; and Ali Mohammad Latifi's affiliation has been corrected to Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Full-Text PDF يتتبع العد التنازلي لمجلة لانسيت التقدم المحرز في مجال الصحة وتغير المناخ ويوفر تقييماً مستقلاً للآثار الصحية لتغير المناخ، وتنفيذ اتفاقية باريس، 1 اتفاقية الأمم المتحدة الإطارية بشأن تغير باريس. الأمم المتحدة، نيويورك، NY2015 الباحث العلمي من Google والآثار الصحية لهذه الإجراءات. وهو يتبع عمل لجنة لانسيت لعام 2015 المعنية بالصحة وتغير المناخ، 2 واط N نيل أدجر W Agnolucci P et al. الصحة وتغير المناخ: استجابات السياسات لحماية الصحة العامة. لانسيت. 2015 ؛ 386: 1861-1914 ملخص النص الكامل PDF PubMed الباحث العلمي من Google الذي خلص إلى أن تغير المناخ البشري المنشأ يهدد بتقويض السنوات الخمسين الماضية من المكاسب في مجال الصحة العامة، وعلى العكس من ذلك، يمكن أن تكون الاستجابة الشاملة لتغير المناخ "أكبر فرصة صحية عالمية في القرن الحادي والعشرين". قسم ErrorWatts N، Amann M، Ayeb - Karlsson S، et al. تقرير عام 2017 عن العد التنازلي لمجلة لانسيت حول الصحة وتغير المناخ: من 25 عامًا من التقاعس إلى تحول عالمي للصحة العامة. لانسيت 2017 ؛ 391: 581-630 - في هذه المراجعة، تم تحديث منهجية المؤشر 5.1 (الشكل 40) لمعالجة المخاوف المتعلقة باستخدام الاعتماد على نفس سلسلة البحث في قواعد بيانات متعددة لإنتاج هذه البيانات. تفسر قواعد بيانات الصحف سلاسل البحث بشكل مختلف وتستخدم خوارزميات مختلفة للبحث عن المقالات وإعادتها. Full - Text PDF Department of ErrorWatts N, Amann M, Ayeb - Karlsson S, et al. العد التنازلي لمجلة لانسيت حول الصحة وتغير المناخ: من 25 عامًا من التقاعس إلى تحول عالمي للصحة العامة. لانسيت 2018 ؛ 391: 581-630 - في هذه المراجعة (المنشورة على الإنترنت لأول مرة في 30 أكتوبر 2017)، تم تصحيح انتماء جوناثان تشامبرز وإيان هاملتون وروبرت لوي وستيف باي إلى معهد الطاقة UCL، لندن، المملكة المتحدة ؛ تم تصحيح انتماء فريدون عوفي ومهناز ربانيها إلى معهد أبحاث علوم مصايد الأسماك الإيراني، AREEO، طهران، إيران ؛ تم تصحيح انتماء ميسام طباطبائي إلى فريق أبحاث الوقود الحيوي، معهد أبحاث التكنولوجيا الحيوية الزراعية في إيران، AREEO، كرج، إيران ؛ وتم تصحيح انتماء علي محمد لطيفي إلى مركز أبحاث التكنولوجيا الحيوية التطبيقية، جامعة باقية الله للعلوم الطبية، طهران، إيران.

The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks 41 indicators across five domains: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; finance and economics; and public and political engagement.