From Observations to Predictions and Projections: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Risk Assessment and Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | From Observations to Predictions and Projections: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Risk Assessment and Management in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Joerg Helmschrot |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | 175 |
Release | 2022-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2832508855 |
Climate Risk in Africa
Title | Climate Risk in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Declan Conway |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 2021-01-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030611604 |
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including the robustness of information and the construction of knowledge through co-production. Chapters then move on to explore examples of using climate information to inform adaptation and resilience through early warning, river basin development, urban planning and rural livelihoods based in a variety of contexts. These insights inform new ways to promote action in policy and praxis through the blending of knowledge from multiple disciplines, including climate science that provides understanding of future climate risk and the social science of response through adaptation. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate students and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners in geography, environment, international development and related disciplines.
Global Trends 2040
Title | Global Trends 2040 PDF eBook |
Author | National Intelligence Council |
Publisher | Cosimo Reports |
Total Pages | 158 |
Release | 2021-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781646794973 |
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA)
Title | Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) PDF eBook |
Author | Mendoza, Guillermo |
Publisher | UNESCO Publishing |
Total Pages | 157 |
Release | 2018-12-31 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
ISBN | 9231002872 |
Use of Earth Observations for Actionable Decision Making in the Developing World
Title | Use of Earth Observations for Actionable Decision Making in the Developing World PDF eBook |
Author | Niall Patrick Hanan |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | 231 |
Release | 2021-01-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889663825 |
Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture
Title | Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Mannava VK Sivakumar |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 520 |
Release | 2008-01-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3540727469 |
Based on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India, this work should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture. In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. Both structural and non-structural measures can be used to reduce the impacts of the variability (including extremes) of climate resources on crop production.
Climate change information for regional impact and risk assessment
Title | Climate change information for regional impact and risk assessment PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Lamptey |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | 126 |
Release | 2023-06-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2832525334 |