eprintid: 10194461
rev_number: 21
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datestamp: 2024-10-18 10:52:24
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 699
creators_name: Mille, Jonathan
title: Interconnections and interdependencies in risk management in a climate change and energy transition context. A systemic methodology applied to the energy-mining-water nexus in the northern region of Chile
ispublished: unpub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F57
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abstract: Climate change and the energy transition are intertwined long-term challenges that could unfold in a chaotic and uncertain manner. Human systems are dependent on environmental conditions as well as energy supply to grow. A change in one or both parameters will mechanically affect the stability of current human systems. Beyond the structural impact that these changes would have on these systems, all risk management and risk reduction strategies are also affected. Indeed, these strategies are also dependent on environmental conditions and energy supply to function at all stages of risk management (before, during, and after the impact of an extreme event). Therefore, not only do risk management strategies need to consider the changing climate-related hazards and environmental degradation, but they must also take into consideration new potential systemic vulnerabilities linked to a change in the energy industry and supply in the near future. There is a crucial need to communicate on climate change and the energy transition as well as the dynamics and uncertainties surrounding these phenomena to empower current public institutions, private sectors, and risk managers to adapt critical lifeline services and supply chains to mitigate the spread of systemic risks.

Communicating needs and dependencies at a system level is proving challenging, given the complexity of the interconnections and interdependencies between human and natural systems. This research proposes a methodology for 1) explaining the key challenges human systems are now facing, 2) identifying the key needs of human systems and the infrastructures associated with them, 3) understanding the connections between these infrastructures using a systems visualisation tool, and 4) integrating different exposures from various hazards. After a conceptual section, this research takes the example of the Energy-Mining-Water nexus in the northern region of Chile to test this methodology.
date: 2024-07-28
date_type: published
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: doctoral_embargoed
thesis_award: Ph.D
language: eng
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elements_id: 2295532
lyricists_name: Mille, Jonathan
lyricists_id: JJCMI00
actors_name: Mille, Jonathan
actors_id: JJCMI00
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: restricted
pagerange: 39-554
pages: 554
institution: UCL (University College London)
department: Earth Sciences
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Mille, Jonathan;      (2024)    Interconnections and interdependencies in risk management in a climate change and energy transition context. A systemic methodology applied to the energy-mining-water nexus in the northern region of Chile.                   Doctoral thesis  (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).    
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194461/4/Mille_10194461_Thesis.pdf