Achieving Sustainable Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
... terms (Lybbert & Summer 2010). The higher prices of food traditionally acts as a boon to farmers because demand for food and other agricultural outputs tend to be inelastic, which means that demand for food falls little even as prices rise. While these predictions seem rather calm, they do not take ...
... terms (Lybbert & Summer 2010). The higher prices of food traditionally acts as a boon to farmers because demand for food and other agricultural outputs tend to be inelastic, which means that demand for food falls little even as prices rise. While these predictions seem rather calm, they do not take ...
4. DENMARK - European Commission
... At present, coastal defence in Denmark is generally not driven by adaptation to climate change. Currently, the general tendency in the coastal protection policy of national authorities is “wait and see”. The Danish tradition of rather strict spatial planning regulations limits the impact of flooding ...
... At present, coastal defence in Denmark is generally not driven by adaptation to climate change. Currently, the general tendency in the coastal protection policy of national authorities is “wait and see”. The Danish tradition of rather strict spatial planning regulations limits the impact of flooding ...
climate change studies in mongolia
... Global System for Analysis, Research and Training (START), Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ...
... Global System for Analysis, Research and Training (START), Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ...
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... Climate variability and climate-related hazards Despite the difficulty to forecast the occurrence of extreme weather events, it is well established that their frequency is likely to become higher than what can be associated with natural fluctuations. Recent observations of increased climate extremes ...
... Climate variability and climate-related hazards Despite the difficulty to forecast the occurrence of extreme weather events, it is well established that their frequency is likely to become higher than what can be associated with natural fluctuations. Recent observations of increased climate extremes ...
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... production and input decisions, which is mainly due to the fact that agriculture in general has a long production cycle and is affected by a large number of endogenous or exogenous uncertainty factors. The prevailing climatic conditions for instance are important sources of uncertainty. Factors such ...
... production and input decisions, which is mainly due to the fact that agriculture in general has a long production cycle and is affected by a large number of endogenous or exogenous uncertainty factors. The prevailing climatic conditions for instance are important sources of uncertainty. Factors such ...
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... To address this, research is needed on how farmers adapt to extreme weather events at present. The explicit involvement of stakeholders as opposed to socalled “desktop-research” is one of the recent advances in CCIA (PARRY et al., 2007). In addition to farmers’ adaptation, the projection of an “adap ...
... To address this, research is needed on how farmers adapt to extreme weather events at present. The explicit involvement of stakeholders as opposed to socalled “desktop-research” is one of the recent advances in CCIA (PARRY et al., 2007). In addition to farmers’ adaptation, the projection of an “adap ...
Economic Globalization, Global energy issues and Climate Change
... quantities depend on the interaction between supply and demand at the world level 2, (ii) climate impacts result from global emissions so that low-carbon trajectories must be set at the world level, and (iii) their implementation involves rethinking trade interactions among regions like China, that ...
... quantities depend on the interaction between supply and demand at the world level 2, (ii) climate impacts result from global emissions so that low-carbon trajectories must be set at the world level, and (iii) their implementation involves rethinking trade interactions among regions like China, that ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
... 7. Additionally, a number of national and international mitigation institutions have been created – institutions which do not necessarily take into considerations the views and interests of indigenous peoples but which indigenous peoples, nevertheless, have to relate to and try to accommodate with. ...
... 7. Additionally, a number of national and international mitigation institutions have been created – institutions which do not necessarily take into considerations the views and interests of indigenous peoples but which indigenous peoples, nevertheless, have to relate to and try to accommodate with. ...
Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest
... other protected areas cover more than 165 million acres of the Southwest, conserving natural resources, and providing income to users such as ranchers, loggers, miners, and tourist operators and recreation to millions of residents and tourists (Clawson 1983; Wilkinson 1992) (see also Chapter 3, Sect ...
... other protected areas cover more than 165 million acres of the Southwest, conserving natural resources, and providing income to users such as ranchers, loggers, miners, and tourist operators and recreation to millions of residents and tourists (Clawson 1983; Wilkinson 1992) (see also Chapter 3, Sect ...
Climate change scenarios for Peru and Ecuador
... HadCM2 has a spatial resolution of 2.5° x 3.75° (latitude by longitude) and the representation produces a grid box resolution of 96 x 73 grid cells. This produces a surface spatial resolution of about 417km x 278 km reducing to 295 x 278km at 45 degrees North and South (comparable to a spectral reso ...
... HadCM2 has a spatial resolution of 2.5° x 3.75° (latitude by longitude) and the representation produces a grid box resolution of 96 x 73 grid cells. This produces a surface spatial resolution of about 417km x 278 km reducing to 295 x 278km at 45 degrees North and South (comparable to a spectral reso ...
The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems
... ecosystems and the economic and social systems that depend upon them. The relationship between temperature and individual performance is reasonably well understood, and much climate-related research has focused on potential shifts in distribution and abundance driven directly by temperature. However ...
... ecosystems and the economic and social systems that depend upon them. The relationship between temperature and individual performance is reasonably well understood, and much climate-related research has focused on potential shifts in distribution and abundance driven directly by temperature. However ...
Australia`s Carbon Tax: A Sheep in Wolf`s Clothing?
... For the case of human induced climate change, GHGs are emitted into the atmosphere without cost to the polluter, but the resulting damages from climate change will be borne by a wide range of victims across time and space (Spash 2002). GHG taxation aims to correct this market failure by making the v ...
... For the case of human induced climate change, GHGs are emitted into the atmosphere without cost to the polluter, but the resulting damages from climate change will be borne by a wide range of victims across time and space (Spash 2002). GHG taxation aims to correct this market failure by making the v ...
Mitigation of What and by What? Adaptation by Whom and
... are met and that their wellbeing is positively influenced and improved through changes in development (ActionAid, 2009 and 2010; Cole, 2007; Page, 2006 cited in Sowers, 2007). Thus, issues of social justice have started to extend beyond the moral (as an abstract) to include considerations of how the ...
... are met and that their wellbeing is positively influenced and improved through changes in development (ActionAid, 2009 and 2010; Cole, 2007; Page, 2006 cited in Sowers, 2007). Thus, issues of social justice have started to extend beyond the moral (as an abstract) to include considerations of how the ...
Annual report 2014
... pleasing to see that many meetings of that kind indeed have taken place. These meetings have not only made it possible to share knowledge about research findings; they have also been an opportunity for dialogue with users. Reality often turns out to be more complicated than we first think. When user ...
... pleasing to see that many meetings of that kind indeed have taken place. These meetings have not only made it possible to share knowledge about research findings; they have also been an opportunity for dialogue with users. Reality often turns out to be more complicated than we first think. When user ...
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... The aim of the paper is to make decision on annual release of water for rice production dependent of current water availability considering climate change for which the present value of allocation is maximized. Climate change scenarios for Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countrie ...
... The aim of the paper is to make decision on annual release of water for rice production dependent of current water availability considering climate change for which the present value of allocation is maximized. Climate change scenarios for Bangladesh Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countrie ...
Introduction
... in an extended time frame. The purpose of IAM is to integrate all these measures against climate change, and its positive or negative impacts in a global framework. The aim of this integration is to define an indicator of efficiency for each possible strategy involving mitigation and adaptation meas ...
... in an extended time frame. The purpose of IAM is to integrate all these measures against climate change, and its positive or negative impacts in a global framework. The aim of this integration is to define an indicator of efficiency for each possible strategy involving mitigation and adaptation meas ...
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
... When I first removed my hand from the card, why did the water stay in the cup? Where was there air during the first part of this demonstration, and why was it important to the results? When I peeled a corner of the card away from the cup, why did the water flow out? Where was there air during the se ...
... When I first removed my hand from the card, why did the water stay in the cup? Where was there air during the first part of this demonstration, and why was it important to the results? When I peeled a corner of the card away from the cup, why did the water flow out? Where was there air during the se ...
Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes
... ABSTRACT: The boreal and boreo-nemoral forests in Europe, which occur in northern and northeastern Europe, are dominated by 2 coniferous species, Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. being economically the most important one. Forestry is of major economic importance in this region. Forestry plannin ...
... ABSTRACT: The boreal and boreo-nemoral forests in Europe, which occur in northern and northeastern Europe, are dominated by 2 coniferous species, Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst. being economically the most important one. Forestry is of major economic importance in this region. Forestry plannin ...
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... Marx and Engels themselves on nature, refined by contemporary ecological Marxists.7 But Gramsci says different things about good sense. This is fine, because good sense really do consist of multiple resources. But I am dubious of some passages where Gramsci seems to equate good sense with Marxism, o ...
... Marx and Engels themselves on nature, refined by contemporary ecological Marxists.7 But Gramsci says different things about good sense. This is fine, because good sense really do consist of multiple resources. But I am dubious of some passages where Gramsci seems to equate good sense with Marxism, o ...
PETITION FOR RULEMAKING SEEKING THE REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS
... plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones." (Id.) The Bali Action Plan adopted at the December, 2007 United Nations climate conference recognizes that "deep cuts in global emissions" will be required to avoid dangerous climate change. Specifically, it acknowledges the need for industrialized nati ...
... plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones." (Id.) The Bali Action Plan adopted at the December, 2007 United Nations climate conference recognizes that "deep cuts in global emissions" will be required to avoid dangerous climate change. Specifically, it acknowledges the need for industrialized nati ...
Climate Change North | Signs of Change: Studying Tree Rings
... rings can tell us stories about relative temperatures, precipitation and growing seasons, and about extraordinary events, such as fires, that may have affected tree growth. Before this lesson, go over the basics of climate change and the potential impacts outlined in Intermediate Backgrounders #1 an ...
... rings can tell us stories about relative temperatures, precipitation and growing seasons, and about extraordinary events, such as fires, that may have affected tree growth. Before this lesson, go over the basics of climate change and the potential impacts outlined in Intermediate Backgrounders #1 an ...
Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... and policy debates (e.g., Kolk and Pinkse 2007; Levy and Egan 2003; MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). It also appears that a number of companies issued official communications that misinformed stakeholders (MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). Businesses’ selfpromotion and their lac ...
... and policy debates (e.g., Kolk and Pinkse 2007; Levy and Egan 2003; MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). It also appears that a number of companies issued official communications that misinformed stakeholders (MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). Businesses’ selfpromotion and their lac ...
The Climate of History: Four Theses
... destructive of our general sense of history. I will return to Weisman’s experiment in the last part of this essay. There is much in the debate on climate change that should be of interest to those involved in contemporary discussions about history. For as the idea gains ground that the grave environ ...
... destructive of our general sense of history. I will return to Weisman’s experiment in the last part of this essay. There is much in the debate on climate change that should be of interest to those involved in contemporary discussions about history. For as the idea gains ground that the grave environ ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... the SRES scenarios, sometimes focussing on specific levels of global warming. Although some assessments of global hydrological impacts have used runoff projections directly from GCMs (e.g. Nohara et al., 2006), a more usual methodology for impact assessments is to use meteorological outputs from GCM ...
... the SRES scenarios, sometimes focussing on specific levels of global warming. Although some assessments of global hydrological impacts have used runoff projections directly from GCMs (e.g. Nohara et al., 2006), a more usual methodology for impact assessments is to use meteorological outputs from GCM ...