consists of three sub-sectors: subsistence smallholder farming‚ a commercial sub-sector‚ and large plantations (Central Bank of Solomon Islands‚ 2006‚ Annual Report 2005). On the other hand‚ the climate of the Solomon Islands is changing and people are now experiencing increased in intensity or severity of extreme events like cyclones‚ storm surges‚ floods and droughts. These extreme events are causing substantial damage to agriculture and associated infrastructure with negative impact on food production
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Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges‚ with implications for food production‚ water supply‚ health‚ energy‚ etc. Addressing climate change requires a good scientific understanding as well as coordinated action at national and global level. This paper addresses these challenges. Historically‚ the responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions’ increase lies largely with the industrialized world‚ though the developing countries are likely to be the source of an increasing
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1 Climate Change and Food Security Prepared by Lauren Sacks and Cynthia Rosenzweig Introduction Over the past fifty years‚ human ingenuity has led to technological advances in agriculture that have dramatically increased crop yields. However‚ despite these improvements‚ agriculture is still highly dependent on climate since solar radiation‚ temperature‚ and precipitation are the main drivers of crop growth. Since the industrial revolution‚ humans have been changing the global climate by emitting
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elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Climate change‚ human security and violent conflict Jon Barnett a‚*‚ W. Neil Adger b School of Social and Environmental Enquiry‚ University of Melbourne‚ Victoria 3010‚ Australia b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and CSERGE‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich NR4 7TJ‚ UK a Abstract Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem‚ and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent
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Impacts of Climate Change On Water Resources In Istanbul Tuğba CANGEL (1) (2)‚ Pelin KARAÇAY(2) Kocaeli University‚ Hereke Ö.İ.Uzunyol Vocational School‚ the Gulf-Kocaeli‚ Turkey. (1) Istanbul Technical University‚ Civil Engineering Faculty‚ Division of Hydraulics‚ Maslak‚ Turkey. ABSTRACT In many regions of the world‚ increasing and decreasing trends are observed on volume of river flows. Climate change has different effects in different regions. As an effect of the change of rainfall
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EKITI STATE‚ NIGERIA *Ogundele‚ J. A. Jegede‚ A. O. Department of Geography and Planning Science Faculty of the Social Sciences‚ University of Ado-Ekiti Ado-Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. *E-mail: joeogundele@yahoo.com‚honj23@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Climate change will impact agriculture and food production around the world due to; the effects of elevated Carbondioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere‚ higher temperature‚ altered precipitation
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Introduction Climate change concerns to a statistically momentous deviation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability‚ remaining for an extensive period (normally decades or longer) (What is climate change‚ 2001). Climate change is term that adverts to any major and long-term change in average weather in a specified region or whole Earth. Fundamentally important variability of average weather over longer time period can be depicted as climate change. Climate change is due to natural
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Climate Change and its Impact on Agriculture Climate change is an emerging issue of agricultural production and geographical location of India makes it vulnerable to climate change. For most people‚ the expression “climate change” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing‚ through fossil fuel burning‚ clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. However‚ scientists often use the term for any change
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In recent years‚ due to the constant change of climate‚ floods‚ droughts‚ landslides‚ and storms have frequented our earth‚ the only human habitat. Therefore‚ climate change has become one of the most important issues in many urban areas of many countries and it is a serious impact on them. There is half of the world ’s population in urban areas and the proportion will increase rapidly in future years. Climate change is a mean state of the climate or in its variability‚ continue for a long period
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REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH EFFECTS Presented By: THEODORA CECILE G. MAGTURO MD. MHA NCDPC-DOH ENGR. JEAN ROSETE EMB-DENR MR. NINIO RELOX PAGASA-DOST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Republic of the Philippines COUNTRY DESCRIPTION •7107 Islands •No land boundaries Taiwan- north Vietnam –west China – northwest Malaysia and Indonesia–South 3 major islands •Luzon •Visayas •Mindanao DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Republic
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