EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Directorate General for Research, STOA CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION No EP/IV/B/STOA/98/0201/01 an Assessment Report for STOA FINAL REPORT
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The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production and to propose measures and initiatives on behalf of the European Parliament in the framework of the European Union Agricultural Policy. This study was carried out by a group of experts who collected information on the project, from relevant sources. Furthermore, we would like to thank Mr Marcelo Sosa Judicissa, for the help given to our team as supervisor of the project. 5 2.1 Possible changes in the frequency and/or intensity of extreme events 5 2.1.1 Floods 5 2.1.2 Droughts 6 2.1.3 Relations between climate change and natural periodic phenomena such as El Nino 6 2.1.4 Increase in storm-surge hazards 7 2.2 Sea level rise 7 2.3 Hydrology and water resources 8 2.3.1 Precipitation 8 2.3.1.1 Mid and high latitude regions 10 2.3.1.2 Tropics and sub-tropics 10 2.3.2 Undergroud water reservoirs 11 2.4 Effects on forests and major ecosystems 11 2.4.1 Increased wind damage and increased risks of forest fires 12 2.4.2 Shifts of vegetation boundaries 12 2.4.3 Influence of climate change on sensitive stages in trees= life cycle 13 2.4.4 Potential climatic stress factors 13 2.4.5 Climate change impact on forest resources 13 3.
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تاریخ انتشار 1998