PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.2/ 2025

Authors :

Adam GRYDEHØJ 1 , Ilan KELMAN 2 3, and Ping SU 1*

1 Research Center for Indian Ocean Island Countries, South China University of Technology, China 

2 Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction / Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK 

3 UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

E-mail : * Corresponding author: suping1983@gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025192021

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