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Climate smart strategies to strengthened coffee farmers adaptive capacity to climate change. [P74] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In the last 30 years Kenya's national coffee production decreased by about 70%. In some areas like Muranga County, the decline was up to fivefold and coffee is now replaced by food crops in lower altitudes due to erratic rainfall and increased ...
Asayehegn, Kinfe   +4 more
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Future projections of temperature-related indices in Prince Edward Island using ensemble average of three CMIP6 models

open access: yesScientific Reports
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is an agricultural province heavily relying on rainfed agriculture. The island has already experienced significant impacts from climate change.
Junaid Maqsood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implications of a lowered damage trajectory for mitigation in a continuous-time stochastic model [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides counterexamples to the idea that mitigation of greenhouse gases causing climate change, and adaptation to climate change, are always and everywhere substitutes.
Strand, Jon
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Assessment of Population Exposure to Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter in the Urban Areas of Chennai, India

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2015
Research outcomes from the epidemiological studies have found that the course (PM10) and the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are mainly responsible for various respiratory health effects for humans.
Ramachandran Prasannavenkatesh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commentary - The Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program: Indigenous climate leaders’ championing adaptation efforts

open access: yesHealth Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2019
The Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program (CCHAP) is a program within the First Nations Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada (which was previously under the responsibility of Health Canada).
Gabrielle Richards   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritisation for adaptation in tropical forest ecosystems : Working paper n°44 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Under natural resource ecosystems shared across communities and nations, the distribution among stakeholders of risks and vulnerability to climate change is likely to be uneven on account of the nature of their stakes in the ecosystems, the degree of ...
Forner, Claudio   +6 more
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Tackling climate change through adaptation finance in the Least Developed Countries: Is the LDC Fund still fit for purpose? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper considers the challenges confronting LDCs in meeting the adaptation and mitigation requirements brought on by the climate crisis and addresses the question as to whether the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF), which is a key source of LDC ...
Davis, Junior, Tan, Celine
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What is needed to make climate resilient development pathways planning actionable in cities?

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Communications
Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP) is a promising concept for cities to integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation to achieve sustainable development for all.
Sadie McEvoy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Projected and Observed Aridity and Climate Change in the East Coast of South India under RCP 4.5

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2015
In the purview of global warming, the present study attempts to project changes in climate and quantify the changes in aridity of two coastal districts in south India under the RCP 4.5 trajectory.
A. Ramachandran   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change adaptation through coastal and use management: The context of environmental justice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite an increasing literary focus on climate change adaptation, the facilitation of this adaptation is occurring on a limited basis (Adger et al.
Allen Owens, Marcia   +3 more
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