Technologies for adaptation to climate change. Examples from the agricultural and water sectors in Lebanon
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Climate Change and Agricultural Adaptation
Acknowledgements: This paper serves as background to the sixth presentation in a symposium series on Global Food Policy and Food Security hosted by the Center on Food Security and Environment at Stanford University, and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I would like to thank Wally Falcon and Michela Biasutti for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Abstract Food ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Climatic Change
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0165-0009,1573-1480
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1158-4