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... II Climate Change and Net Primary Productivity Chapter Climate Change Effects on the Water Supply in Some Major River Basins 147 Ranjan S Muttiah and Ralph A Wurbs Chapter Climate Change ... III Climate Change and Agronomic Production Chapter 10 Climate Change, Agriculture, and Sustainability 243 Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel Chapter 11 Assessing the Consequences of Climate ... Group on Climate Change (2001) The tropics will face a special challenge in coping with climate change Issues discussed are arranged in terms of impact, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change...

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... forest and woodland Mixed coniferous and broadleaf deciduous forest and woodland Coniferous forest and woodland High-latitude deciduous forest and woodland C4 Wooded grassland C4 Grassland Shrubs and ... D Ramsden, M.C Reader, and A.J Weaver 2000 The Candian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis global coupled models and its climate Climate Dynamics, 16:451–467 Food and Agriculture Organization ... Simulations are forced with historical climate and CO2 concentration and projected climate change and CO2 Projected climate change is output from parallel climate model using a stabilization CO2...

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... C and D Hillel 2000 Soils and global climate change: challenges and opportunities Soil Sci., 165:47–56 Rosenzweig, C., A Iglesias, X.B Yang, P.R Epstein, and E Chivian 2001 Climate change and ... pesticide usage and climate change Climatic Change, 50:475–487 Doll, P 2002 Impact of climate change and variability on irrigation requirements: a global perspective Climatic Change, 54:269–293 ... of climate change and agricultural sustainability 10.1 CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change projections are fraught with much uncertainty in regard to both the rate and magnitude of temperature and...

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... Panel on Climate Change 2000 Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry Cambridge University Press, London; New York Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2001 Climate Change ... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1996 Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University ... understand and predict SOC and food production responses to soil, climate, and management combinations Biophysical models integrate crop, soil, weather, and management practice information and predict...

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... provide rules for land use, land use change, and forestry (UNFCCC, 2002a) The accords recognize revegetation and improved management of cropland and grazing land as carbon sinks, and allow parties ... Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 682 Antle and Young and application of climate- friendly technology, undertake research on climate change and its mitigation, and compile and submit a national inventory ... development/transfer and adoption, elementary schooling, and infrastructure (Tweeten and McClelland, 1997) An important and challenging role for government is to gather and apply information...

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... Industrialized and Developing Countries 739 30.1.4.2 Climate Change, Poverty, and Resource-Friendly Agriculture 740 30.1.4.3 Climate Change and Public Policy Challenges 741 30.1.4.4 Climate Change ... sequestration 30.1.4.3 Climate Change and Public Policy Challenges Several current treaties and conventions on climate change and biodiversity will be difficult to implement, and thus, they are unlikely ... impacts of climate change on food production What is the current status of food supply and demand for individual nations and for the world, and how might it change because of climate changes? Current...

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... anthropogenic greenhouse gas, and emissions increased by approximately 80% between 1970 and 2004 [78] Climate change resulting © 2010 Esmon Publicidad Urban Air Pollution and Climate Changes from greenhouse ... period and possible variations induced by climate change is of great importance The climate changes projected during the next century will influence plant and fungal reproductive systems and alter ... Woodruff RE, Hales S Climate change and human health: present and future risks Lancet 2006;367:859-69 83 Shea KM, Truckner RT, Weber RW, Peden DB Climate change and allergic disease J Allergy...

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... Climate Change Challenges 54 Overview, 54 Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Human Health, 57 Andy Haines, M.B.B.S., M.D Climate Change and Human Health, 74 Paul R Epstein, M.D., M.P.H Climate Change ... Natural and Human Influences on Climate Regional and Local Weather Change Changes in Intermediate Factors Heat-Related Illnesses and Deaths Adverse Health Effects Global Climate Change and Extreme ... Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12435.html Global Climate Change and Extreme...

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... CONCLUSION Vietnam climate change and variability are a part of global climate change, if it occurs will definitely effect agriculture In Vietnam the change and variability of climate elements ... Figure climate change, desertification and loss of biological diersity are intimately conected to one another- they overlap and affect, and are affectedby, eachother Studies of climate change and ... the degree of climate change Adaptation is essential to cope with the climate change we cannot avoid now and in the near future, while mitigation would limit the exten of the climate change over...

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... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), climate change refers to direct or indirect activities of humans, leading to change in global atmosphere components and create changes of natural climate variability ... moisture of sandy soil in coastal and inland areas Land use and land cover tools are considered adaptation options in desertification phenomenon in sandy and coastal areas (Pyke & Andelman, 2007) ... influenced climate change Climate change, in turn, has large impacts on the growth and productivity of plants, cropping seasons and increase pestilent insect Climate change also affects growth and productivity...

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... season and droughts in dry season • Increase in frequency and intensity of typhoons, storms would cause high floods & inundation, flash floods, landslide and erosion • Increasing water shortage and ... Typhoon trajectory moves southward and typhoon season shifts to later months of the year; Climate Change in Vietnam • High floods occur more frequently in the Central and Southern Vietnam • Drought ... dwelling populations [Source: Nicholls et al., 2007] Impacts of Climate Change Water Respurses Public Health Environ ment Agriculture Climate Change Tourism Energy Forestry Impact on Agriculture Yield...

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... in causing and accelerating climate change According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the probable effects of climate change include a rise in the average global temperature ... benefit from climate change Higher temperatures and lower levels of precipitation could extend the summer season and make the sometimes harsh climate more pleasant for sea and sand holidays Apart ... decide to change e.g from the hotter Greece to Croatia Water shortages on Malta and Cyprus Malta and Cyprus will be seriously affected by climate change The island states of Malta and Cyprus...

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... fertilizers and from animal manure; • land-use changes for feed production and for grazing; • land degradation; • fossil fuel use during feed and animal production; and • fossil fuel use in production and ... competitive demand between users Changes in land use have an impact in carbon fluxes, and many of the land-use changes involve livestock, either occupying land (as pasture or arable land for feedcrops) ... negative consequences of climate change because of their weak capacity to develop coping mechanisms Global agriculture will face many challenges over the coming decades and climate change will complicate...

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... Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop 34 FRONTIERS IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLAR ECOSYSTEMS has led to drastic changes in forest ecosystems Such changes ... in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop 10 FRONTIERS IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLAR ECOSYSTEMS Ecosystem Connectivity, Vulnerability, and Resilience ... Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Summary of a Workshop 24 FRONTIERS IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLAR ECOSYSTEMS preferred prey for the familiar polar faunas; and ice-avoiding...

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... periods associated with climate change 1.1 Health and climate change Effects of climate change on health will impact on most populations in the coming decades and put the lives and well-being of billions ... words and definitions Washington, DC, World Bank, 2010 (http://climatechange.worldbank.org/climatechange/content/ adaptation-guidance-notes-key-words -and- definitions) 36 Gender, Climate Change and ... hardening of the skin, dark spots on the hands and feet, swollen limbs and loss of sensation in the hands and legs (UNICEF, 2008) 12 Gender, Climate Change and Health In the south-west region of...

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... cause climate change Our approach is concrete, practical, and will mean real improvements to our climate and environment For the first time in this country, doing something about climate change ... environmental products and know-how abroad mean long-term economic benefits for Canada and more jobs for Canadians Action on Greenhouse Gases Climate change is a serious environmental challenge and our Government ... about climate change and air pollution, and we all need to be part of the solution Tough and real action on the environment comes at a cost that will be borne, at least in part, by each and every...

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... Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios Project; CCME Climate Change Indicators Project; Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada; Climate Change- Human and Animal Diseases; Climate Change and Water ... climate related issues, particularly global climate and sea level changes and on the development of integrated models for assessing the effects of climate change and variability at national and ... researched on hydrological and climate extremes, natural hazards and their management, climate change and water resources and associated vulnerability, impact and adaptation and environmental impacts...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... estimating ground water and changes in ground water volume; forecasting flood volume, depth and duration; assessing changes in land-use; and assessing impacts of changes in climate The choice of ... “present/control” (1981-2000) and “future/GHG” (2041-2060) climate data Land Cover/Land-Use Layer: Classified land cover using remote sensing by the University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility with ... Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) basins (Fig 2.4) in Bangladesh to future climate changes; and (2) estimating the consequent changes in flood magnitude, depth and extent Fig 2.4 The Ganges, Brahmaputra and...

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... Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change ... Ratio Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (+) No Change Kruskal-Wallis Mann-Whitney Change (-) Change (+) Change (+) No Change ... India Bangladesh Cumulative U Deviation Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change Change (-) Note: The shaded rows denote...

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... T and Wandel, J.: “An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability” Climatic Change 45 (2000), pp.223-251 Smithers, J and Smit, B.: “Human Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change ... Vulnerability to Climate Change and Climate Variability” Global Environmental Change (1999), pp.233-249 Yohe, G and Schlesinger, M.: “Sea Level Change: The Expected Economic Cost of Protection or Abandonment ... assessments Step II: Assess Current Vulnerability Assess climate risks, impacts and damages (note climate variability and change) Identify socio-economic and natural resource drivers Assess experience...

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