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... What would be the impact of such changes on farmer income and how might such changes vary by region? ...
... What would be the impact of such changes on farmer income and how might such changes vary by region? ...
the eastern European Alps Climate change and geomorphological
... As a result, the dynamics of, and controls on, geomorphological hazards under the effects of ongoing climate change are presently a major issue for landscape management and planning in the European Alps and similar mountain settings worldwide (Agrawala 2007; López-Moreno et al. 2008), particularly i ...
... As a result, the dynamics of, and controls on, geomorphological hazards under the effects of ongoing climate change are presently a major issue for landscape management and planning in the European Alps and similar mountain settings worldwide (Agrawala 2007; López-Moreno et al. 2008), particularly i ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
Maldives Climate Change Policy Framework
... The Maldives is of the view that the scientific underpinnings of the discussions on climate change are clear in defining impact thresholds. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like the Maldives are the ones who will be hit first an ...
... The Maldives is of the view that the scientific underpinnings of the discussions on climate change are clear in defining impact thresholds. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like the Maldives are the ones who will be hit first an ...
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... transition to flowering earlier due to a general increase in the rate of vegetative development (because climate change improves the quality of the environment), plants can both flower earlier and be larger (therefore increasing their fitness). A better understanding of the mechanism through which f ...
... transition to flowering earlier due to a general increase in the rate of vegetative development (because climate change improves the quality of the environment), plants can both flower earlier and be larger (therefore increasing their fitness). A better understanding of the mechanism through which f ...
Content - STORMBRINGER!
... Title: Land-atmosphere interactions and regional Earth system dynamics due to natural and anthropogenic vegetation changes Abstract Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural an ...
... Title: Land-atmosphere interactions and regional Earth system dynamics due to natural and anthropogenic vegetation changes Abstract Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural an ...
Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Indian Policy Planning
... The current concern is on the extent and magnitude of climate change. Climate change affects the balance of natural eco-systems (i.e. forests, river basins, sea level) and socio-economic systems (i.e. agriculture, fisheries, irrigation and power projects). The impacts arise through changing temperat ...
... The current concern is on the extent and magnitude of climate change. Climate change affects the balance of natural eco-systems (i.e. forests, river basins, sea level) and socio-economic systems (i.e. agriculture, fisheries, irrigation and power projects). The impacts arise through changing temperat ...
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... changes in temperature and frequency of rains are associated positively and significantly with a higher probability to implement at least one adaptation strategy to climate change. These results are consistent with results found by Nhemachena and Hassan (2007), and Gbetibouo (2009) for South Africa, ...
... changes in temperature and frequency of rains are associated positively and significantly with a higher probability to implement at least one adaptation strategy to climate change. These results are consistent with results found by Nhemachena and Hassan (2007), and Gbetibouo (2009) for South Africa, ...
The science of climate change in Africa: impacts and
... Attempting to understand the effects of climate change on Africa is fraught with difficulties. While some things are known and relatively well understood, there is still great uncertainty about the key climatic processes and their consequences. There is also much that is simply unknown. In this repo ...
... Attempting to understand the effects of climate change on Africa is fraught with difficulties. While some things are known and relatively well understood, there is still great uncertainty about the key climatic processes and their consequences. There is also much that is simply unknown. In this repo ...
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... Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Jeffrey D. Mullen is an associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. John ...
... Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Jeffrey D. Mullen is an associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. John ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... significant when examined in the context of land degradation risk and the unsustainable management of natural resources, including biodiversity. Severe climates in northern Namibia lead inevitable to pressure on the land and on natural resources. In times of severe drought high livestock pressure le ...
... significant when examined in the context of land degradation risk and the unsustainable management of natural resources, including biodiversity. Severe climates in northern Namibia lead inevitable to pressure on the land and on natural resources. In times of severe drought high livestock pressure le ...
View/Open - Sokoine University of Agriculture
... minimum temperatures. Temperatures during the two phenologically important phases of flowering and ripening also display gradual increases over the 49 year period. Most noteworthy is the more pronounced increases in minimum temperatures during flowering (TminF ) (+0.35 ◦ C/decade; P = 8.65e-09) and ri ...
... minimum temperatures. Temperatures during the two phenologically important phases of flowering and ripening also display gradual increases over the 49 year period. Most noteworthy is the more pronounced increases in minimum temperatures during flowering (TminF ) (+0.35 ◦ C/decade; P = 8.65e-09) and ri ...
Dr Tam - Climate Change and Beekeeping
... Promulgate policies to protect the honeybees and floral sources; regulations for using pesticides, beekeeping preservation, good beekeeping practice, quality standards for bee products and equipment Enhance capacity of lab to control quality Support for training courses, beekeeping extension, market ...
... Promulgate policies to protect the honeybees and floral sources; regulations for using pesticides, beekeeping preservation, good beekeeping practice, quality standards for bee products and equipment Enhance capacity of lab to control quality Support for training courses, beekeeping extension, market ...
Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change
... minimum temperatures. Temperatures during the two phenologically important phases of flowering and ripening also display gradual increases over the 49 year period. Most noteworthy is the more pronounced increases in minimum temperatures during flowering (TminF ) (+0.35 ◦ C/decade; P = 8.65e-09) and ri ...
... minimum temperatures. Temperatures during the two phenologically important phases of flowering and ripening also display gradual increases over the 49 year period. Most noteworthy is the more pronounced increases in minimum temperatures during flowering (TminF ) (+0.35 ◦ C/decade; P = 8.65e-09) and ri ...
INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO
... Assessment Report (AR5, 2013/2014) provides additional perspectives on biodiversity vulnerabilities. For example, using studies on the speed at which the populations of different taxonomic groups may move across a relatively flat landscape, and with unabated emissions, plants (whether trees or herba ...
... Assessment Report (AR5, 2013/2014) provides additional perspectives on biodiversity vulnerabilities. For example, using studies on the speed at which the populations of different taxonomic groups may move across a relatively flat landscape, and with unabated emissions, plants (whether trees or herba ...
Ecological theory and continental margins: where shallow meets deep
... energy resources, and perform essential functions such as carbon burial and nutrient cycling. They exhibit remarkably high species and habitat diversity, but this is threatened by our increasing reliance on the resources that margins provide, and by warming, expanding hypoxia and acidification assoc ...
... energy resources, and perform essential functions such as carbon burial and nutrient cycling. They exhibit remarkably high species and habitat diversity, but this is threatened by our increasing reliance on the resources that margins provide, and by warming, expanding hypoxia and acidification assoc ...
Department of Defense Natural Resources Program Fall 2015
... sight security threats, and stresses on threatened, endangered, and at-risk species. Examples of mission hindering invasive species on western training ranges, exacerbated by climate change, include yellow star thistle, tamarisk, cheatgrass, and spotted knapweed. Climate change also can result in na ...
... sight security threats, and stresses on threatened, endangered, and at-risk species. Examples of mission hindering invasive species on western training ranges, exacerbated by climate change, include yellow star thistle, tamarisk, cheatgrass, and spotted knapweed. Climate change also can result in na ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... In ICF (2008) the impact of sea level rise on various types of transportation infrastructure along the East Coast of the United States is analyzed. Using digital elevation models they identify ‘‘transportation infrastructure that, without protection, will regularly be inundated by the ocean or at-ri ...
... In ICF (2008) the impact of sea level rise on various types of transportation infrastructure along the East Coast of the United States is analyzed. Using digital elevation models they identify ‘‘transportation infrastructure that, without protection, will regularly be inundated by the ocean or at-ri ...
3.3 Evidence of temperature changes in the study regions
... dependence on rain-fed cultivation. The amount and pattern of rainfall plays a key role in determining agricultural productivity (Haile 2005). Ghana has experienced considerable variations in temperature and rainfall patterns since the 1960s (EPA 2003). Whilst uncertainties remain on future estimat ...
... dependence on rain-fed cultivation. The amount and pattern of rainfall plays a key role in determining agricultural productivity (Haile 2005). Ghana has experienced considerable variations in temperature and rainfall patterns since the 1960s (EPA 2003). Whilst uncertainties remain on future estimat ...
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance
... major decline in the ski industry in Park City, Utah alone could result in $120 million in lost economic activity, with 1,137 lost jobs and $20.4 million in the form of lost earnings.3 Tourism could also be affected by higher wildfire risk, while places threatened by flash floods may lose businesses ...
... major decline in the ski industry in Park City, Utah alone could result in $120 million in lost economic activity, with 1,137 lost jobs and $20.4 million in the form of lost earnings.3 Tourism could also be affected by higher wildfire risk, while places threatened by flash floods may lose businesses ...
ecologyRapp2012 - Duke University
... contrast, a negative growth-temperature relationship seen at some sites in the lowland tropics has ...
... contrast, a negative growth-temperature relationship seen at some sites in the lowland tropics has ...
Climate Change Vulnerabilities: Case Studies of the Maldives and
... food security and health, considerable economic decline, inundation of coastal areas, and degradation of land and freshwater resources”, while in DCs (Developed Countries), threats are “generally less extreme” (Reuveny 2007, 657). The article ...
... food security and health, considerable economic decline, inundation of coastal areas, and degradation of land and freshwater resources”, while in DCs (Developed Countries), threats are “generally less extreme” (Reuveny 2007, 657). The article ...
Threats and impacts of exotic pests under climate change
... more extreme weather events could also possibly benefit forest pests by increasing the vulnerability of trees to infestation (e.g. more extreme weather events such as windstorms can produce damage on trees and allow entry to pathogens, while more lightning strikes can encourage bark beetle infestati ...
... more extreme weather events could also possibly benefit forest pests by increasing the vulnerability of trees to infestation (e.g. more extreme weather events such as windstorms can produce damage on trees and allow entry to pathogens, while more lightning strikes can encourage bark beetle infestati ...
Climate impacts on the health of remote northern Australian
... the increasing population in this region. On a positive note, there are some potential economic and employment advantages created by new national and international climate change policies. The West Arnhem land fire abatement project is one such example, that has taken a highly inclusive approach to ...
... the increasing population in this region. On a positive note, there are some potential economic and employment advantages created by new national and international climate change policies. The West Arnhem land fire abatement project is one such example, that has taken a highly inclusive approach to ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... The summer or ‘kharif’ crop growing season (June–September) coincides with southwest monsoon. The major ‘kharif’ crops are rice, maize, sugarcane, cotton, jute, groundnut, soybean and Bajra etc. Depending on crop duration, ‘kharif’ crops can be harvested during the autumn (October–November) or winte ...
... The summer or ‘kharif’ crop growing season (June–September) coincides with southwest monsoon. The major ‘kharif’ crops are rice, maize, sugarcane, cotton, jute, groundnut, soybean and Bajra etc. Depending on crop duration, ‘kharif’ crops can be harvested during the autumn (October–November) or winte ...