Search Results - subject:"Climate Variability"

Adaptation to climate change and climate variability: Do it now or wait and see?

Narita, Daiju; Quaas, Martin F. - 2012

change and climate variability affect individuals' (farmers') investment decisions with regard to adaptation. As a plausible …As growing attention is paid to climate change adaptation as an actual policy issue, the significant meaning of climate … variability in adaptation decisions is beginning to be recognized. By using a real option framework, we shed light on how climate …

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The 2011 Basin Plan, Climate Change and the Buy-Back

Adamson, David - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2012

given year. The price paid for these entitlements reflects their ability to provide water under known climate variability …

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The effect of weather shocks and risk on schooling and child labour in rural Indonesia

Korkeala, Outi - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2012

Agriculture employs 60% of workers in rural Indonesia whose crop production and incomes are threatened by variation in climatic conditions. Delayed monsoon onset related to El Niño is likely to become more frequent with climate change. Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey, IFLS, this paper...

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Climate and Food Production: Understanding Vulnerability from Past Trends in Africa’s Sudan-Sahel

Yengoh, Genesis T. - In: Sustainability 5 (2012) 1, pp. 52-71

-Sahel. The implications of climate variability on agriculture are discussed within the context of food security with particular …

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Reducing Global Warming and Adapting to Climate Change: The Potential of Organic Agriculture

Muller, Adrian; Olesen, Joergen; Smith, Laurence; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

Climate change mitigation is urgent, and adaptation to climate change is crucial, particularly in agriculture, where food security is at stake. Agriculture, currently responsible for 20-30% of global greenhouse gas emissions (counting direct and indirect agricultural emissions), can however...

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Local Perceptions and Responses to Climate Change and Variability: The Case of Laikipia District, Kenya

Ogalleh, Sarah Ayeri; Vogl, Christian R.; Eitzinger, Josef - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 12, pp. 3302-3325

Agricultural policies in Kenya aim to improve farmers’ livelihoods. With projected climate change, these policies are short of mechanisms that promote farmers’ adaptation. As a result, smallholders are confronted with a variety of challenges including climate change, which hinders their...

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No more blaming the weather: a retailer’s approach to measuring and managing weather variability

Bertrand, Jean-Louis; Parnaudeau, Miia - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 45 (2017) 7/8, pp. 730-761

time focus their efforts on improving resiliency to increasing climate variability. Originality/value In this paper, the …

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No more blaming the weather : a retailer's approach to measuring and managing weather variability

Bertrand, Jean-Louis; Parnaudeau, Miia - In: International journal of retail & distribution management 45 (2017) 7/8, pp. 730-761

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Women, weather, and woes : the triangular dynamics of female-headed households, economic vulnerability, and climate variability in South Africa

Flatø, Martin; Muttarak, Raya; Pelser, André - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 90 (2017), pp. 41-62

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Vulnerability to cumulative hazards : coping with the coffee leaf rust outbreak, drought, and food insecurity in Nicaragua

Bacon, Christopher M.; Sundstrom, William Andrew; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 93 (2017), pp. 136-152

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