Climate-change strategy needs to be robust

German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change

Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change

This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models. We label it a ‘structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer will select and then examines the conditional net revenue of that crop. The model is estimated using a sample of ...

Robust Strategies for Abating Climate Change

People are of two minds about uncertainty. On the one hand we crave predictions about the future. Virtually every newspaper, magazine, and trade publication has articles predicting some aspect of the future and many people make good livings foretelling what the future will bring. The quest for prediction probably fills some deep human need. Even though the accuracy of most predictions has prove...

Prioritizing climate change adaptation needs for food security in 2030.

Investments aimed at improving agricultural adaptation to climate change inevitably favor some crops and regions over others. An analysis of climate risks for crops in 12 food-insecure regions was conducted to identify adaptation priorities, based on statistical crop models and climate projections for 2030 from 20 general circulation models. Results indicate South Asia and Southern Africa as tw...

Food Security in 2030 Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs

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