Karen O'Brien

Former employee

Journal Articles

2007

Klein, Richard J.T., Siri Eriksen, Lars Otto Næss, Anne Hammill, Thomas M. Tanner, Carmenza Robledo and Karen O'Brien, 2007. Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance. Climatic Change, 84 (1): pp. 23-44.
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2006

O'Brien, Karen and C.H. Vogel, 2006. Who can eat information? Examining the effectiveness of seasonal climate forecasts and regional climate-risk management strategies. Climate Research, 33 (1)
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O'Brien, Karen, Siri Eriksen, Linda Sygna and Lars Otto Næss, 2006. Questioning complacency: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in Norway. Ambio, 35 (2): pp. 50-56.
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O'Brien, Karen, Siri Eriksen, Lynn P. Nygaard and Ane Schjolden, 2006. Why different interpretations of vulnerability matter in climate change discourses. Climate Policy, 2007 (7): pp. 73-88.
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2004

O'Brien, Karen, Linda Sygna and Jan Erik Haugen, 2004. Vulnerable or resilient? Multi-scale assessments of the impacts of climate change in Norway. Climatic Change, 64 (1-2): pp. 193-225.
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O'Brien, Karen, R. Leichenko, Ulka Kelkar, Henry Venema, Guro Aandahl, Heather Tompkins, Akram Javed, Suruchi Bhadwal, Stephen Barg, Lynn P. Nygaard and Jennifer West, 2004. Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: Climate change and globalization in India. Global Environmental Change, 14: pp. 303-313.
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Vogel, C.H. and Karen O'Brien, 2004. Vulnerability and global environmental change: Rhetoric and reality. AVISO, 13 (March)
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2003

O'Brien, Karen and R. Leichenko, 2003. Winners and losers in the context of global change. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93 (1): pp. 99-113.
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O'Brien, Karen, Guro Aandahl, Geir Orderud and Bjørnar Sæther, 2003. Sårbarhetskartlegging - et utgangspunkt for klimadialog. Plan: Tidsskrift for Samfunnsplanlegging, byplan og regional utvikling, (5): pp. 12-17.
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2002

Leichenko, R. and Karen O'Brien, 2002. The dynamics of rural vulnerability to global change. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 7 (1): pp. 1-18.
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2000

O'Brien, Karen, 2000. Upscaling tropical deforestation: Implications for climate change. Climatic Change, 44: pp. 311-329.
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O'Brien, Karen and R. Leichenko, 2000. Double exposure: Assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization. Global Environmental Change, 10 (3): pp. 221-232.
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1998

O'Brien, Karen, 1998. Deforestation and climate change: What does the record reveal?. The Professional Geographer, 51 (1): pp. 140-153.
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1996

O'Brien, Karen, 1996. Deforestation and climate change. Progress in Physical Geography, 20 (3): pp. 311-335.
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1995

O'Brien, Karen, 1995. Deforestation and climate change in the Selva Lacondona of Chiapas, Mexico: Some preliminary results. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 49 (2): pp. 105-122.
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1991

Liverman, D.M. and Karen O'Brien, 1991. The impacts of global warming on Mexico. Global Environmental Change, 2: pp. 351-364.
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Books

1998

O'Brien, Karen, 1998. Sacrificing the forest: Environmental and social struggles in Chiapas, Westview Press. Boulder.
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Book Sections

2006

O'Brien, Karen and R. Leichenko, 2006. Is It Appropriate to Identify Winners and Losers?. In: Adger, W. Neil, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq and M.J. Mace (eds.), Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change. MIT Press. Cambridge.
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2004

O'Brien, Karen and R. Leichenko, 2004. Expert Box 5.2: The Vulnerability of Indian Farmers to Environmental, Economic and Institutional Change. In: Steffen, W. (ed.), Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure.. Springer Verlag. Berlin.
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2003

O'Brien, Karen, 2003. Regions, climate change and water: Problems of scale in impact vulnerability, adaptation, environmental justice and governance. In: Lafferty, William M. (ed.), Regional Sustainable Development: Strategies for Effective Multi-Level Governance.
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2001

Liverman, D.L. and Karen O'Brien, 2001. Southern skies: The perception and management of global environmental risks in Mexico. In: Clark, William C., Jill Jäger, Josee van Eijndhoven and Nancy M. Dickson (eds.), Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks: A Comparative History of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain. MIT Press. Cambridge, MA.
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1998

O'Brien, Karen, 1998. Scales of change: The climatic impacts of tropical deforestation in Chiapas, Mexico. In: Hassol, S.J. and J. Katzenberger (eds.), Elements of change. Aspen Global Change Institute. Aspen, Colorado, USA. 86-100 pp.
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1996

O'Brien, Karen, 1996. Climate change and variability in Mexico. Climate Variability, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Semi-Arid Tropics. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 55-70 pp.
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1994

Liverman, D.M., F.B. Dilley, Karen O'Brien and L. Menchaca, 1994. Possible impacts of climate change on maize fields in Mexico. In: Rosenzweig, C. and A. Iglesias (eds.), Implications of Climate Change for International Agriculture: Crop Modeling Study. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Climate Change Division. Washington, DC..
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Edited Books

2003

O'Brien, Karen and C.H. Vogel (eds.), 2003. Coping with climate variability: User responses to seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa. Ashgate. Burlington.
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Conference proceedings

2000

Aunan, Kristin, Karen O'Brien and Bård Romstad, 2000. Implications of sea-level rise for Norway. Proceedings from the SURVAS Workshop. Workshop on European Vulnerability to impacts of sea-level rise, 19-21 June 2000. Hamburg, Germany.
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Thesis

1995

O'Brien, Karen, 1995. Deforestation and climate change in the Selva Lacondona of Chiapas, Mexico. Ph.D. in geography, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
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1990

O'Brien, Karen, 1990. An evaluation of the uncertainties in using general circulation models to assess the impacts of global warming: The case of Mexico. Master of Science in environmental studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Magazine Articles

2001

O'Brien, Karen and R. Leichenko, 2001. The dynamics of vulnerability to global change. Newsletter of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), (2)
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1998

O'Brien, Karen, 1998. What's going on in Chiapas?. Samfunnsgeografen, (2): pp. 10-11.
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Cicerone Articles

2004

Eriksen, Siri, Karen O'Brien and Lynn Rosentrater, 2004. Sårbarhet i Barentshavet: sammenfallende stressfaktorer. Cicerone, 2004 (6): pp.10-11.
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O'Brien, Karen and Tove Kolset, 2004. Bokanmeldelse: Nyheter fra en varmere verden. Cicerone, 2004 (3): pp.11.
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2002

Aandahl, Guro and Karen O'Brien, 2002. Bokanmeldelse: Nytt lys over 1800-tallets tørkekatastrofer. Cicerone, 2002 (6): pp.19.
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2000

O'Brien, Karen, 2000. Stormy skies ahead for Cuba. Cicerone, 2000 (2)
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O'Brien, Karen and Linda Sygna, 2000. Havnivåstigning truer Cuba. Cicerone, 2000 (2): pp.3-5.
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O'Brien, Karen, Jan S. Fuglestvedt and Knut H. Alfsen, 2000. Virkninger av klimaendringer i Norge: Vinnere og tapere. Cicerone, 2000 (3): pp.15-16.
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Olmos, Santiago E., Karen O'Brien and Lynn P. Nygaard, 2000. Climate change in the United States: Does the election matter?. Cicerone, 2000 (5)
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Olmos, Santiago E., Karen O'Brien and Lynn P. Nygaard, 2000. USA og klimaendringer: Valget ikke så viktig for klimapolitikken. Cicerone, 2000 (5): pp.12-15.
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1998

Næss, Lars Otto and Karen O'Brien, 1998. Stor usikkerhet om effekter av globale klimaendringer. Øket fokus på kortsiktige klimavariasjoner. Cicerone, 1998 (3): pp.9.
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Næss, Lars Otto and Karen O'Brien, 1998. SARCOF: Nytte av klimavarsler for landbrukssektoren. Cicerone, 1998 (6): pp.5.
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Næss, Lars Otto and Karen O'Brien, 1998. Stor usikkerhet om effekter av globale klimaendringer: Øket fokus på kortsiktige klimavariasjoner.. Cicerone, 1998 (3): pp.8-11.
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Reports

2007

Eriksen, Siri, Richard J.T. Klein, Kirsten Ulsrud, Lars Otto Næss and Karen O'Brien, 2007. Climate change adaptation and poverty reduction: key interactions and critical measures. GECHS Report 2007:1. Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo. Oslo, Norway.
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Klein, Richard J.T., Siri Eriksen, Lars Otto Næss, Anne Hammill, Thomas M. Tanner, Carmenza Robledo and Karen O'Brien, 2007. Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance. Tyndall Centre Working Paper 102. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia. Norwich, UK.
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CICERO Reports

2004

Næss, Lars Otto, Pål Prestrud, Karen O'Brien and Knut H. Alfsen, 2004. Forstudie til klimatilpasningsstrategi for Norge. Report 2004:11. CICERO, Oslo. Norway. 45pp.
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O'Brien, Karen, Heather Tompkins, Siri Eriksen and Pål Prestrud, 2004. Climate Vulnerability in the Barents Sea Ecoregion: A Multi-Stressor Approach. Report 2004:07. CICERO, Oslo, Norway. 34pp.
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Sygna, Linda, Siri Eriksen, Karen O'Brien and Lars Otto Næss, 2004. Climate change in Norway: Analysis of economic and social impacts and adaptations. Report 2004:12.
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2001

Sygna, Linda and Karen O'Brien, 2001. Virkninger av klimaendringer i Norge. Report 2001:01. CICERO, Oslo, Norway. 37pp.
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2000

O'Brien, Karen (ed.), 2000. Developing strategies for climate change: The UNEP country studies on climate change impacts and adaptations assessment. Report 2000:02. CICERO, Oslo, Norway.
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O'Brien, Karen, Linda Sygna, Lars Otto Næss, Robert Kingamkono and Ben Hochobeb, 2000. Is information enough? User responses to seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa. Report 2000:03. CICERO, Oslo, Norway.
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1998

Gan, Lin, Lars Otto Næss, Sjur Kasa and Karen O'Brien, 1998. Reforestation and climate change mitigation: A background study for Joint Implementation in China and Indonesia. Report 1998:03. CICERO, Oslo, Norway.
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CICERO Working Papers

2004

O'Brien, Karen, Siri Eriksen, Ane Schjolden and Lynn P. Nygaard, 2004. What’s in a word? Conflicting interpretations of vulnerability in climate change research. Working Paper 2004:04. CICERO, Oslo, Norway. 16pp.
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Report Sections

2001

Sygna, Linda and Karen O'Brien, 2001. Utslippskutt eller tilpasning?. CICERO bakgrunnsstoff: Klimaendringer - vitenskapelig grunnlag og politiske prosesser. CICERO. Oslo, Norway.
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1992

Liverman, D.M., F.B. Dilley, Karen O'Brien and L. Menchaca, 1992. The impact of global warming on Mexican maize yields. The Impacts of Climate Change on International Agriculture. EPA. Washington, DC..
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Scientific presentations/posters

2004

O'Brien, Karen, 2004. Methods and issues in vulnerability analysis. START-IIASA Advanced Institute on Vulnerability, May 10, 2004, Laxenburg, Austria.
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2003

Schjolden, Ane, Karen O'Brien, Siri Eriksen and Lynn P. Nygaard, 2003. Are vulnerability and adaptability two sides of the same coin? A critical view of climate impacts research. IHDP Open Meeting, 16. October, Hotel Wyndham, Montreal.
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2002

Eriksen, Siri, Karen O'Brien and Ane Schjolden, 2002. Hva innebærer tilpasning til klimaendringer?. Klimaeffekter og tilpasninger, 25 November 2002, Lysebu.
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O'Brien, Karen, 2002. Double exposure: Climate change impacts in the context of globalization. Annual Meeting of the GECHS Scientific Steering Committee, November 15, 2002, Moscow, Russia.
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O'Brien, Karen, 2002. Climate change vulnerability under economic change. Dept. of Environmental and Geographical Science, March 21, 2002, University of Cape Town.
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O'Brien, Karen and Mike Brklacich, 2002. Vulnerability and climate change: Linking science and policy. Inernational Conference on Social Science and Social Policy in the 21st Century, December 9, 2002, Vienna, Austria.
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2001

O'Brien, Karen, 2001. Climate impacts: What do we think we know and what are the research challenges?. Third National Conference on Climate Research, March 30, 2001, Oslo, Norway.
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Sygna, Linda and Karen O'Brien, 2001. Resilient or vulnerable? Assessing the impacts of climate change in Norway.. The Second Circular International Symposium: Climate Change and Variability in Northern Europe, June 6-8, 2001, Turku, Finland.
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Newspaper Articles

2001

O'Brien, Karen and Linda Sygna, 2001. Klimaeffekter i Norge: bør vi bekymre oss? Dagens Næringsliv, (10/04/2001). Oslo, Norway.
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2000

O'Brien, Karen, Jan S. Fuglestvedt and Knut H. Alfsen, 2000. Vinnere og tapere i det norske drivhus Dagens Næringsliv, (19/04/2000). Oslo, Norway.
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Presentations

2001

O'Brien, Karen, R. Leichenko and Siri Eriksen, 2001. Economic changes in Southern Africa: Are they facilitating or constraining the use of seasonal climate forecasts?. 2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, 6-8 October 2001, Hotel Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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