Climate change vulnerability index for South African aquifers

Vulnerability of Southern African Fauna and Flora to Climate Change

Designing an index of structural vulnerability to climate change

Introduction Since climate change has been recognized as a dominant issue for world economy and policy, resources have been looked for financing mitigation as well as adaptation. Logically allocation criteria should be different for mitigation and adaptation. As for adaptation, the criteria should reflect the need of the countries and their capacity to effectively use the resources. The same is...

Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability

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Adaptation to Climate Variability and South African Livestock Systems: Lessons for Long-term Climate Change

Adaptation Adaptation is a concept derived from evolutionary biology, which, in its strict biological sense refers to the ability of organisms to pass on their genetic material to the next generation. It is measured through genetic fitness. Another, broader view of adaptation refers to the ability of individuals or groups to respond to changes in their environment. Until the last decade or so, ...

Projected impacts of climate change on farmers' extraction of groundwater from crystalline aquifers in South India

Local groundwater levels in South India are falling alarmingly. In the semi-arid crystalline Deccan plateau area, agricultural production relies on groundwater resources. Downscaled Global Climate Model (GCM) data are used to force a spatially distributed agro-hydrological model in order to evaluate Climate Change (CC) effects on local groundwater extraction (GWE). The slight increase of precip...