The authors discuss the main climate change impacts on pastoralist societies,
including those on rangelands, livestock and other natural resources, and their
extended repercussions on food security, incomes and vulnerability. The impacts of
climate change on the rangelands of the globe and on the...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Addison, Jane
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Bedelian, Claire
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Carabine, Elizabeth
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Havlík, Petr
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Le changement climatique et le pastoralisme : effets, conséquences et adaptation, Cambio climático y pastoreo: efectos directos, repercusiones y adaptación]
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[Climate change and pastoralism: impacts, consequences and adaptation]
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Climate change and pastoralism: impacts, consequences and adaptation
Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production is highly vulnerable even to 2C (lowend) predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both rural and urban food security. Agriculture...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Ainslie, A.
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Angelone, C.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Hansen, James
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Ingram, J.S.I.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Lau, Charlotte
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Agriculture, food security and climate change: Outlook for knowledge, tools and action]
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Agriculture, food security and climate change: Outlook for knowledge, tools and action
Information about the global structure of agriculture and nutrient production and its diversity is essential to improve present understanding of national food production patterns, agricultural livelihoods, and food chains, and their linkages to land use and their associated ecosystems services. H...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Power, B.
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Bogard, Jessica R.
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Remans, R.
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Fritz, S.
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Gerber, James S
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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See, L.
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Waha, K.
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Watson, R.A.
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West, Paul C.
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Samberg, L.H.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Stephenson, E.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Havlík, Petr
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[Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis]
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Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis
Estimates of global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions attributable to livestock range from 8 to 51%. This variability creates confusion among policy makers and the public as it suggests that there is a lack of consensus among scientists with regard to the contribution of livestock to global GHG em...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Gerber, Pierre J.
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Vellinga, T.
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Garnett, Tara
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Leip, A.
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Opio, C.
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Westhoek, H.J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Olesen, J.E.
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Hutchings, N.
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Montgomery, H.
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Soussana, J.F.
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Steinfeld, H.
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McAllister, T.A.
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[Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting the numbers right]
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Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting the numbers right
Climate change impacts on agriculture have become evident, and threaten the achievement of global food security. On the other hand, the agricultural sector itself is a cause of climate change, and if actions are not taken, the sector might impede the achievement of global climate goals. Science-p...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Totin, Edmond
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Solomon, Dawit
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Shirsath, Paresh
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Pede, Valerien
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Läderach, Peter
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Körner, Jana
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Hegger, Dries
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Friis, Anette Engelund
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Driessen, Peter P.J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement]
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Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement
If climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is meaningfully to address the development challenges posed by climate change, effective approaches will be needed to scale up research findings. Here, eleven case studies are used to exemplify scaling-up strategies based on (1) value chains and private sector i...
Westermann, Olaf
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Körner, Jana
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Cramer, Laura
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture]
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Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture
Livestock are responsible for 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable intensification of livestock production systems might become a key climate mitigation technology. However, livestock production systems vary substantially, making the implementation of climate mitigation poli...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Schmid, Erwin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Mosnier, Aline
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Böttcher, Hannes
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Conant, Richard T.
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Frank, S.
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Fritz, Steffen
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Fuss, S.
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Kraxner, Florian
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions]
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Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions
The challenges facing agriculture in the coming decades are daunting. Recent research suggests that the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food systems may be wider-ranging than previously understood. Can feasible pathways to a food secure and sustainable future be identified? The scale...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Cramer, Laura
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse]
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Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse
Incremental adaptation may be inadequate to deal with rapid shifts and tipping points for food production under climate change. The concepts of transformative and transformational adaptation have emerged in recent years to address the need for major, non-marginal transitions in sectors, such as a...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Howden, S. Mark
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Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Transformation in Practice: A Review of Empirical Cases of Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture Under Climate Change]
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Transformation in Practice: A Review of Empirical Cases of Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture Under Climate Change
Projections of climate change are available at coarse scales (70–400 km). But agricultural and species models typically require finer scale climate data to model climate change impacts. Here, we present a global database of future climates developed by applying the delta method –a method for clim...
Navarro-Racines, Carlos Eduardo
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Tarapues, Jaime
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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[High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments]
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High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments