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Our Common Future Under Climate Change
International Scientific Conference
7-10 JULY 2015
Paris, France
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Farm in a box: Providing nutritious food to Chinese students
2015
07-09
By
Susan Evans, Founder and CEO GoodtoChina
Food production is in crisis and the people who are already feeling the effects are those that will most likely be hit most by the continued effects of climate change.
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Why are some farmers more food secure than others?
2015
07-09
By
Silvia Silvestri (ILRI) and Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)
What climate adaptation strategies can both men- and women-headed households adapt for a more food secure future?
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Biggest risk of climate change? Failing to take beliefs and values into account
2015
07-09
By
Gwendolyn Blue
Climate change is a game of risk, and the biggest risk is that we might be addressing the wrong problem.
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Extreme weather events: Are humans to blame?
2015
07-09
By
Fay Newbery, University of Reading
Human actions have substantially increased the odds of extreme warm years and summers according to research by the director of the Pacific Climate Consortium.
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Climate favorable but future of Russia�s mountain landscapes still uncertain
2015
07-09
By
Vinogradova Vera, Russian Academy of Sciences
In the Soviet times, the Caucasus in Russia was a very popular tourist region. Snow capped mountains and rushing mountain rivers running through deep gorges were a hiker�s delight. But on many field trips to this region to study the mountain ecosystems and the climactic and vegetation changes taking place there, I have seen this exotic and thrilling destination is dangerously quiet.
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Low carbon building, cars, energy and food options exist - now time to mainstream
2015
07-09
By
Bastien Girod, ETH Zurich
Electric vehicles using renewable power, building with net energy production, products out of regenerative materials, meals with low climate impact: The options to avoid dangerous climate change are already on the table. However, today these products are only present in niche markets.
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Semi-arid lands expanding under climate change
2015
07-09
By
Ana Bastos
Areas affected by water scarcity, or semi-arid regions have expanded by 13% (127 millions of hectares) since the early 20th century, scientists have found, with expansion expected to continue during this century.
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Poverty reduction and climate change mitigation: trade off or win win?
2015
07-09
By
Britta Rennkamp, University of Cape Town
Can we have both poverty reduction and climate change? A decent lifestyle in a cool climate? Or do we need to choose between one of the two?
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How Europe�s migrating trees are affected by climate change
2015
07-09
By
Bruno Fady, INRA
Many of us have seen the maps: European forest trees such as beech and fir are vanishing from large areas they currently occupy and are conquering new habitats in the 21st century. These maps have triggered worried reactions from forest managers and policy makers alike. And it�s all because of climate change.
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Three ways to invigorate broader engagement in climate change
2015
07-09
By
Dan Esty, Yale University
Raising the trajectory of the 2015 Climate Change Agreement demands fresh thinking and an action agenda that goes beyond the efforts of the past two decades. A truly ambitious outcome needs a new bottom-up structure that emphasizes the engagement of a broader set of actors in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts �and celebrates the real progress that mayors, governors, CEOs, and other civil society leaders are already achieving in this regard.
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