scholarly journals A Survey of Global Impacts of Climate Change: Replication, Survey Methods, and a Statistical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Nordhaus ◽  
Andrew Moffat
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Global Impacts ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

A Climate Policy for the Short and Medium Term: Stabilization or Adaptation?

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 667-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indur M. Goklany
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Global Impacts ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

An evaluation of analyses sponsored by the predecessor to the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the global impacts of climate change under various mitigation scenarios (including CO2. stabilization at 550 and 750 ppm) coupled with an examination of the relative costs associated with different schemes to either mitigate climate change or reduce vulnerability to various climate-sensitive hazards (namely, malaria, hunger, water shortage, coastal flooding, and losses of global forests and coastal wetlands) indicates that, at least for the next few decades, risks and/or threats associated with these hazards would be lowered much more effectively and economically by reducing current and future vulnerability to those hazards rather than through stabilization. Accordingly, over the next few decades the focus of climate policy should be to: (a) broadly advance sustainable development (particularly in developing countries since that would generally enhance their adaptive capacity to cope with numerous problems that currently beset them, including climate-sensitive problems), (b) reduce vulnerabilities to climate-sensitive problems that are urgent today and might be exacerbated by future climate change, and (c) implement “no-regret” emission reduction measures while at the same time striving to expand the universe of such measures through research and development of cleaner and more affordable technologies. Such a policy would help solve current urgent problems facing humanity while preparing it to face future problems that might be caused by climate change.

scholarly journals Household Indigenous Drought Coping and Adaptation Strategies in Baringo County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Maurice Manyonge Pepela ◽  
Ferdinand Nabiswa ◽  
Edward Mugalavai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Global Impacts ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Coping and adaptation to the impacts of climate change such as drought is increasingly necessary. Due to the expanding global impacts of climate change coping and adaptation agenda among various agencies, it is of primary importance to understand the coping and adaptation strategies in order to generate the most appropriate and effective interventions. The study established drought coping and adaptation strategies employed by households in Baringo County and this was based on Pressure and Release (PAR) model which grounds the framework for understanding vulnerability to disasters and adaptation. The 224 household heads were selected by simple random sampling out of which 204 completed the questionnaire. The study adopted description research design. Data was analyzed by both descriptive and qualitative statistics where the SPSS package version 22 was used in the analysis where the chi – square and percentages were obtained. The study established that households had various drought coping and adaptation strategies where 77 (37.7%) informed the study that during drought season they normally shift to other ways or sources of livelihoods, herd splitting were 58 (28.4%) while 44 (21.6%) do herd and crop diversification. A calculated chi – square (χ2 =79.186, p–value=0.000 df=4) of the main coping mechanisms indicated that the variation was statistically significant. The study provided baseline information for further research. However, there is need for outside intervention or strategies for effectiveness since the community does not have well laid down strategies for climate change coping and adaptation.

The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change
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