Browsing NIVA Open Access Archive by Author "Adam, Hans Nicolai"
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Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance?
Eriksen, Siri Ellen Hallstrøm; Schipper, Lisa; Scoville-Simonds, Morgan; Vincent, Katharine; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Brooks, Nick; Harding, Brian; Khatri, Dil B.; Lenaerts, Lutgart; Liverman, Diana; Mills-Novoa, Megan; Mosberg, Marianne; Movik, Synne; Muok, Benard; Nightingale, Andrea Joslyn; Ojha, Hemant; Sygna, Linda; Taylor, Marcus; Vogel, Coleen; West, Jennifer Joy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper critically reviews the outcomes of internationally-funded interventions aimed at climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction. It highlights how some interventions inadvertently reinforce, redistribute ... -
Claiming space: Contested coastal commons in Mumbai
Movik, Synne; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Alankar, A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Many of the world’s cities are located on the coast, and coastal ecologies and livelihoods are under increasing pressure from rapid urban transformations and climate change. This necessitates paying attention to how coastal ... -
Measuring riverine macroplastic: Methods, harmonisation, and quality control
Hurley, Rachel; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Nizzetto, Luca; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Lin, Yan; Clayer, Francois; Emmerik, Tim van; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Eidsvoll, David Pettersen; Økelsrud, Asle; Norling, Magnus Dahler; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Olsen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)River systems are a key environmental recipient of macroplastic pollution. Understanding the sources of macroplastic to rivers and the mechanisms controlling fate and transport is essential to identify and tailor measures ... -
The Myanmar Norway Environmental Programme’s Capacity building achievements
Nesheim, Ingrid; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Ballot, Andreas; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Bæk, Kine; Hansen, Jan-Petter; Husby, Vibeke; Karstensen, Kåre Helge; Saha, Palash Kumar; Wedul, Camilla Frøseth (NIVA-rapport;7966-2024, Research report, 2024)This report presents the key capacity building achievements resulting from the Myanmar Norway Environment Programme (2015-2018, and 2019-2023). The programme, a bilateral collaboration, between institutions of the Governments ... -
Plastic bans in India – Addressing the socio-economic and environmental complexities
Nøklebye, Emmy; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Roy-Basu, Avanti; Bharat, Girija K.; Steindal, Eirik Hovland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)As one of the flagship amendments to the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2021, the pan-Indian ban on a group of single-use plastic products (SUPPs) introduced in mid-2022 provided a departure point towards more ... -
Towards improved waste management in Bago Region, Myanmar – An initial assessment - Baseline report
Nesheim, Ingrid; Rognerud, Idun; Nøklebye, Emmy Falk; Tartiu, Valentina; Adam, Hans Nicolai (NIVA-rapport;7706, Research report, 2022)The baseline report draws on research carried out as part of the ‘Bago Waste’ project, led by NIVA, in the Bago Region of Myanmar. It provides an initial assessment of the waste management situation in Myanmar, with special ... -
Towards sustainable waste management in Myanmar – key results from the project ‘Capacity building on waste management in the Bago Region’
Nesheim, Ingrid; Szulecka, Julia; Baann, Cecilie; Hurley, Rachel; Nøklebye, Emmy; Phoo, May Thazin; Plassnig, Sara Noémie; Rognerud, Idun; San, Kyaw Min; Snekkevik, Vilde Kloster; Adam, Hans Nicolai (NIVA-rapport;7923-2023, Report, 2023)This report presents key results from the project ‘Capacity building on waste management in the Bago Region’. It synthesizes primary and secondary data on various aspects of waste management in the Bago Township, including ... -
Transformation as praxis: responding to climate change uncertainties in marginal environments in South Asia
Mehta, Lyla; Srivastava, Shilpi; Movik, Synne; Adam, Hans Nicolai; D’Souza, Rohan; Parthasarathy, Devanathan; Næss, Lars Otto; Ohte, Nobuhito (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper provides some of the conceptual and methodological underpinnings being developed in the ongoing TAPESTRY project which is part of the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) Programme. We debate how the notion ...