Safety in an uncertain world within the Resilience Integrated Model of Climate and Economics (RIMCE)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2025

Authors

Bertolami, O (Author) FCUP; Gonçalves, C (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Anthropocene Review

ISSN: 2053-0196

Publisher: SAGE

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Authenticus ID: P-018-XDA

DOI: 10.1177/20530196251336252

Abstract (EN): In this work, we propose the concept of safety, which encompasses risk, vulnerability, and resilience, fundamental concepts that are needed to consider when discussing the risks that threaten the communities. We argue that the safety index we propose captures the most relevant issues about resilience, which is at the core of the RIMCE (Resilience Integrated Model of Climate and Economics), developed in the authors' previous work. We point out that the social resilience tax, proposed in the context of RIMCE, is an instrumental tool for facing the dimension of uncertainty inherent in the ongoing climate crisis we face. We show that resilience implies a direct improvement in safety, reflected by the safety index.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11