Farmers are facing increasingly extreme weather—floods, droughts, and storms that threaten food production and livelihoods. In this episode, we spoke with Associate Professor Liu Juan from China Agricultural University about how small-scale farmers, large agribusinesses, and rural communities are ...
How are Farmers Adapting to Climate Change in Vietnam?Endogeneity and Sample Selection in a Rice Yield Mode. Yu,B,Zhu,T,Breisinger,G. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRr)Discussion Paper 01248 . 2013are farmers adapting to climate change in Vietnam?: Endogeneity and sample ...
Farming and Climate ChangeFarming produces the vast majority of food that humans consume on a regular basis. This includes both crop farming and ranching upon which climate change can have a major impact.Answer and Explanation: Farmers can adapt to climate change in a variety of ways. Depending...
The climate crisis has made heatwaves more likely and more intense around the world.Record-breaking high temperaturesare being reported across the world. According to international data, the first week of July 2023 wasthe hottest week on record, putting millions of people in danger. All throughou...
We do that at our own peril, according toMark Merrifield, director of theScripps Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation. "Over time, it is just undeniable. The measurements all say the same thing. The glaciers are melting and the ice sheets," Merrifield said while standing on the...
Why biodiversity may be more important to your business than you realize Businesses should act now to measure and mitigate their impact on biodiversity. 25 Apr 2022Alexis Gazzo Summary The EY CCRI for the MENA region is designed to track the climate change adaptation a...
A central issue in the climate-economy debate is the extent to which economic agents are able to adapt to climate stress. More optimistic researchers emphasize the aptitude of economic agents, such as farmers, to adjust their production techniques to different climate conditions (e.g., Seo et ...
basedadaptationto climate change held in Vietnam in April.Farmers are trying to adapt, too. Whether by growinggingerin the shade of bananafrondsin Southeast Asia or plantingmilletbeneath new trees in theSahelregion of Africa.Those who can't adapt have to move, likeAlaskanswhose coastal towns ...
Lizards that can outrun blazes. Birds that lay ash-colored eggs. Wildlife may have a limited ability to evolve in this fiery new era known as the Pyrocene.
Adding gender into the discourse on vulnerability and adaptive capacity creates an additional layer of complexity to an already complex problem. Much of the literature on gender and climate change acknowledges that women are more vulnerable to climate change, and women are often represented as a homo...