Climate Change in Complex Systems

Climate change is altering agricultural production and ecosystems around the world. Future projections indicate that additional change is expected in the coming decades, forcing individuals and communities to respond and adapt. Frequently, agriculture and ecosystems are seen as separate entities, re...

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description Climate change is altering agricultural production and ecosystems around the world. Future projections indicate that additional change is expected in the coming decades, forcing individuals and communities to respond and adapt. Frequently, agriculture and ecosystems are seen as separate entities, resulting in entity-specific solutions in response to threats. Anthropogenic climate change simultaneously stresses both agriculture and ecosystems (AE) along with their interactions, and current research efforts examining climate change effects and possible adaptations fail to integrate agriculture and ecosystems. Research has quantified many AE impacts of climate change, and yet greater impacts are anticipated as climate change proceeds. Thus, an understanding of the implications for changing AE systems is crucial. AE function, health and productivity depend heavily on climatic characteristics. Failure to jointly consider these systems and the associated externalities may underestimate the impacts of climate change or cause adaptation implementation surprises such as the worsening of the adaptation status of some groups or ecosystems. This collection of papers draws on specific studies to explain why ecosystem and agriculture adaptation requires an integrated analytical approach. A synthesis of current literature is used, as well as examples from around the world to help explain concepts and current challenges. Researchers are encouraged to adopt integrated modeling as a means of avoiding implementation challenges and surprises when formulating and implementing adaptations. Failure to incorporate the overlapping effects of agriculture and ecosystems could lead to maladaptation and greater long-term damage under climate change. The papers in this volume address several aspects of these challenges.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-690492024-03-28T03:31:23Z Climate Change in Complex Systems McCarl, Bruce A. Thayer, Anastasia W. Lacher, Thomas Vargas, Aurora agriculture carbon dioxide environmental Kuznets curves South Africa sustainable development goals climate change forest pests economic impacts Korean oak wilt representative concentration pathways drought frequency water use land conversion livestock production ecological implications adaptation failure adaptation planning economic interests ecosystem spillovers policy risk perception transformation adaptation coastal community local government responses ecosystems externalities vulnerability contagion land degradation n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Climate change is altering agricultural production and ecosystems around the world. Future projections indicate that additional change is expected in the coming decades, forcing individuals and communities to respond and adapt. Frequently, agriculture and ecosystems are seen as separate entities, resulting in entity-specific solutions in response to threats. Anthropogenic climate change simultaneously stresses both agriculture and ecosystems (AE) along with their interactions, and current research efforts examining climate change effects and possible adaptations fail to integrate agriculture and ecosystems. Research has quantified many AE impacts of climate change, and yet greater impacts are anticipated as climate change proceeds. Thus, an understanding of the implications for changing AE systems is crucial. AE function, health and productivity depend heavily on climatic characteristics. Failure to jointly consider these systems and the associated externalities may underestimate the impacts of climate change or cause adaptation implementation surprises such as the worsening of the adaptation status of some groups or ecosystems. This collection of papers draws on specific studies to explain why ecosystem and agriculture adaptation requires an integrated analytical approach. A synthesis of current literature is used, as well as examples from around the world to help explain concepts and current challenges. Researchers are encouraged to adopt integrated modeling as a means of avoiding implementation challenges and surprises when formulating and implementing adaptations. Failure to incorporate the overlapping effects of agriculture and ecosystems could lead to maladaptation and greater long-term damage under climate change. The papers in this volume address several aspects of these challenges. 2021-05-01T15:36:11Z 2021-05-01T15:36:11Z 2020 book ONIX_20210501_9783039369423_795 9783039369423 9783039369430 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69049 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2818 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2818 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03936-943-0 10.3390/books978-3-03936-943-0 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039369423 9783039369430 146 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle agriculture
carbon dioxide
environmental Kuznets curves
South Africa
sustainable development goals
climate change
forest pests
economic impacts
Korean oak wilt
representative concentration pathways
drought frequency
water use
land conversion
livestock production
ecological implications
adaptation failure
adaptation planning
economic interests
ecosystem spillovers
policy
risk perception
transformation
adaptation
coastal community
local government
responses
ecosystems
externalities
vulnerability
contagion
land degradation
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thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
Climate Change in Complex Systems
title Climate Change in Complex Systems
title_full Climate Change in Complex Systems
title_fullStr Climate Change in Complex Systems
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change in Complex Systems
title_short Climate Change in Complex Systems
title_sort climate change in complex systems
topic agriculture
carbon dioxide
environmental Kuznets curves
South Africa
sustainable development goals
climate change
forest pests
economic impacts
Korean oak wilt
representative concentration pathways
drought frequency
water use
land conversion
livestock production
ecological implications
adaptation failure
adaptation planning
economic interests
ecosystem spillovers
policy
risk perception
transformation
adaptation
coastal community
local government
responses
ecosystems
externalities
vulnerability
contagion
land degradation
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
topic_facet agriculture
carbon dioxide
environmental Kuznets curves
South Africa
sustainable development goals
climate change
forest pests
economic impacts
Korean oak wilt
representative concentration pathways
drought frequency
water use
land conversion
livestock production
ecological implications
adaptation failure
adaptation planning
economic interests
ecosystem spillovers
policy
risk perception
transformation
adaptation
coastal community
local government
responses
ecosystems
externalities
vulnerability
contagion
land degradation
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
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