Increasing climate variability and change : reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry / edited by James Salinger, M.V.K. Sivakumar, Raymond P. Motha
Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability; Foreword; Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future -- an Overview; Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture and Forestry in the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics; Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics; Impacts of Present and Future Climate Variability on Agriculture and Forestry in the Temperate Regions: Europe
Impacts of Present and Future Climate Change and Climate Variability on Agriculture in the Temperate Regions: North AmericaAssessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCC; Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture; The Development of Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting; Seasonal and Inter-Annual Climate Forecasting: The New Tool for Increasing Preparedness to Climate Variability and Change in Agricultural Planning and Operations; Using Tra
Summary
This book reviews the latest assessments of climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on agriculture and forestry, and recommends appropriate adaptation strategies for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate variability and climate change. Among other solutions, the text offers management strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from different agroecosystems, and proposes the use of seasonal climate forecasts to reduce climate risk
