Climate change response strategies for agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century
... identifies possible climate change responses that address agricultural production at the crop, farm, regional, and global scales. We propose that adaptation must be fully consistent with agricultural rural development activities that safeguard food security and increase the provision of sustainable ...
... identifies possible climate change responses that address agricultural production at the crop, farm, regional, and global scales. We propose that adaptation must be fully consistent with agricultural rural development activities that safeguard food security and increase the provision of sustainable ...
Change - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... in representing important features of the general circulation across shorter time scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous pi ...
... in representing important features of the general circulation across shorter time scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous pi ...
Climate Change in Northern New Hampshire
... The northeast United States has already experienced ...
... The northeast United States has already experienced ...
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... development, food security and poverty reduction in the Republic of Fiji. Fiji‟s people and its environment have been historically exposed to several risks such as cyclones and changes of rainfall patterns and temperature fluctuations caused by weather extremes and climate variability. Climate chang ...
... development, food security and poverty reduction in the Republic of Fiji. Fiji‟s people and its environment have been historically exposed to several risks such as cyclones and changes of rainfall patterns and temperature fluctuations caused by weather extremes and climate variability. Climate chang ...
fellmann
... 2000, Füssel et al., 2007, O‘Brian et al., 2007, Maru et al., 2011). Moreover, the broad characteristics of ...
... 2000, Füssel et al., 2007, O‘Brian et al., 2007, Maru et al., 2011). Moreover, the broad characteristics of ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... attention due to the pressure from groups such as the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP), CDP (formally the Carbon Disclosure Project) and the Climate Institute. Research from the IIGCC (2012) shows that although Australian investors scored ...
... attention due to the pressure from groups such as the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP), CDP (formally the Carbon Disclosure Project) and the Climate Institute. Research from the IIGCC (2012) shows that although Australian investors scored ...
A Brewing Storm - The Climate Institute
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
Climate change and eastern Africa: a review of impact on major crops
... Zambia, which were selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Feed the Future (FtF) program. These countries were selected by the USAID based on prevalence of poverty and hunger, potential for agricultural-led growth, opportunities for regional cooperation, co ...
... Zambia, which were selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Feed the Future (FtF) program. These countries were selected by the USAID based on prevalence of poverty and hunger, potential for agricultural-led growth, opportunities for regional cooperation, co ...
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... Second, we implement the hedonic approach using all the available data on agricultural land values. We find that estimates of the effect of the benchmark doubling of greenhouse gasses on the value of agricultural land range from -$200 billion (1997$) to $320 billion (or -24% to 39%), which is an eve ...
... Second, we implement the hedonic approach using all the available data on agricultural land values. We find that estimates of the effect of the benchmark doubling of greenhouse gasses on the value of agricultural land range from -$200 billion (1997$) to $320 billion (or -24% to 39%), which is an eve ...
Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing
... Office of Science and Technology Policy _________________________________________________________________ 4 United States Global Change Research Program __________________________________________________________ 5 National Climate Adaptation Summit ________________________________________________ ...
... Office of Science and Technology Policy _________________________________________________________________ 4 United States Global Change Research Program __________________________________________________________ 5 National Climate Adaptation Summit ________________________________________________ ...
i Dissertation Topic: An assessment of the RDP settlements
... Figure 14: Climatic Zone Map of South Africa .......................................................... 47 Figure 15: settlements in South Africa impacted by climate change ........................ 52 Figure 16: Coastal erosion affecting settlements in Durban ..................................... 52 ...
... Figure 14: Climatic Zone Map of South Africa .......................................................... 47 Figure 15: settlements in South Africa impacted by climate change ........................ 52 Figure 16: Coastal erosion affecting settlements in Durban ..................................... 52 ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
- CSIRO Publishing
... influenced by the movement of air masses. Climate, on the other hand, should more accurately be the term applied to the average weather conditions over longer periods of years to decades. One may often hear mention of ‘climate variability’ and ‘climate change’ together. They are different facets of ...
... influenced by the movement of air masses. Climate, on the other hand, should more accurately be the term applied to the average weather conditions over longer periods of years to decades. One may often hear mention of ‘climate variability’ and ‘climate change’ together. They are different facets of ...
Integrating Community and Ecosystem
... and this is projected to get worse, reversing decades of development gains. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that if current trends in emissions continue unabated, global warming will continue to be a reality. A recent report on extreme events by the IPCC suggests that ...
... and this is projected to get worse, reversing decades of development gains. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that if current trends in emissions continue unabated, global warming will continue to be a reality. A recent report on extreme events by the IPCC suggests that ...
Population and climate change scoping paper
... The Population and Sustainability Network was commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to produce this scoping paper on the links between population dynamics and climate change, in advance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference i ...
... The Population and Sustainability Network was commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to produce this scoping paper on the links between population dynamics and climate change, in advance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference i ...
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SUB~ANTARCTIC
... Table 1 gives some basic information for most of the meteorological stations in or near the sub-Antarctic. The data were obtained from a number of different sources, as noted with the table. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recommends the use of the period from 1961-1990 to calculate "cli ...
... Table 1 gives some basic information for most of the meteorological stations in or near the sub-Antarctic. The data were obtained from a number of different sources, as noted with the table. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recommends the use of the period from 1961-1990 to calculate "cli ...
Climate Finance Study Group
... economy.6 An explicit price on GHG emissions (hereafter “carbon pricing”) aims to reflect the social costs from GHG emissions in the prices of goods and services, thereby providing economic incentives that will influence production, consumption and investment decisions. A rising price over time woul ...
... economy.6 An explicit price on GHG emissions (hereafter “carbon pricing”) aims to reflect the social costs from GHG emissions in the prices of goods and services, thereby providing economic incentives that will influence production, consumption and investment decisions. A rising price over time woul ...
Paulo Nobre
... Paulo Nobre, V. B. Capistrano, M. Baptista Jr., E. Giarolla, M. Bottino, D. S. Moreira, S. N. Figueroa, D. Alvin, P. Kubota, J. P. Bonatti, E. Ramirez, B. Antunes, T. Tarasova, F. Pesquero, M. H. Costa, G. Sampaio, M. Cardoso, C. Augusto Jr, M. Sanches, H. C. Soares, F. Casagrande, F. Odorizi, C. Fo ...
... Paulo Nobre, V. B. Capistrano, M. Baptista Jr., E. Giarolla, M. Bottino, D. S. Moreira, S. N. Figueroa, D. Alvin, P. Kubota, J. P. Bonatti, E. Ramirez, B. Antunes, T. Tarasova, F. Pesquero, M. H. Costa, G. Sampaio, M. Cardoso, C. Augusto Jr, M. Sanches, H. C. Soares, F. Casagrande, F. Odorizi, C. Fo ...
Impacts of Climate Change on all European islands
... (IEEP) for the Greens/EFA of the European Parliament. Final Report. Brussels. 2013. ...
... (IEEP) for the Greens/EFA of the European Parliament. Final Report. Brussels. 2013. ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... problems, we cannot avoid really hard problems. Climate change is not only a problem that may be impossible to solve, but also one that raises difficult questions about how we should conceptualize international law. This essay attempts to take on that challenge. It grapples with the symposium's topi ...
... problems, we cannot avoid really hard problems. Climate change is not only a problem that may be impossible to solve, but also one that raises difficult questions about how we should conceptualize international law. This essay attempts to take on that challenge. It grapples with the symposium's topi ...
Table of Content
... The main findings within coordination and funding: The funding landscape for climate change is undergoing rapid development. It is fairly complex, and financing is managed through a multitude of mechanisms, often with their own priorities and decision-making structures, such as global and regional ...
... The main findings within coordination and funding: The funding landscape for climate change is undergoing rapid development. It is fairly complex, and financing is managed through a multitude of mechanisms, often with their own priorities and decision-making structures, such as global and regional ...
Climate Science, the Public and the News Media
... climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public assimilate and process information and these should be taken into account when designing a communications approach. Opportunities to do this include: encouraging a range of talented science ...
... climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public assimilate and process information and these should be taken into account when designing a communications approach. Opportunities to do this include: encouraging a range of talented science ...
France - Met Office
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...