The Good Life and Climate Adaptation

The Climate Adaptation Frontier

Climate adaptation has emerged as a mainstream risk management strategy for assisting in maintaining socio-ecological systems within the boundaries of a safe operating space. Yet, there are limits to the ability of systems to adapt. Here, we introduce the concept of an ―adaptation frontier‖, which is defined as a socio-ecological system’s transitional adaptive operating space between safe and u...

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

Climate Change and Adaptation

Adaptation and Climate Change

This paper deals with the often ignored issue of adaptation to human-induced climate change. Adaptation is not only inevitable but essential to fashioning the least-social-cost strategy to addressing climate change. The urgency for limiting climate change is inversely proportional to society's adaptability. Some limitation strategies are incompatible with adaptation goals (e.g., reducing CO2 ra...

Breastfeeding in the Hospital is a Good Start to Life

در ماه مارس ۱۹۹۲ از طریق یونیسف و سازمان بهداشت جهانی طرح ابتکاری بیمارستان دوستدار کودک (Baby friendly hospital)، به منظور ترویج تغذیه با شیر مادر ، راه اندازی شد. در این بیمارستانها تدابیری جهت بالا بودن سطح سلامت و بهبود وضعیت نوزادان تازه متولد شده اتخاذ گردید. اولین متمم این طرح ابتکاری، تشویق جهت تغذیه نوزادان با شیر مادر بود که برای نشان دادن این موضوع، نظامنامه بین المللی از طرف WHO به ...