Reprint

Climate Change in Complex Systems

Effects, Adaptations, and Policy Considerations for Agriculture and Ecosystems

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September 2020
146 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03936-942-3 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-03936-943-0 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Climate Change in Complex Systems: Effects, Adaptations, and Policy Considerations for Agriculture and Ecosystems that was published in

Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
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.
Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
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; climate change; ecosystem spillovers; policy; risk perception; transformation; climate change; adaptation; coastal community; local government; responses; climate change; adaptation; agriculture; ecosystems; externalities; vulnerability; contagion; climate change; land degradation; n/a

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