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Author Porter, J.R.; Wratten, S.
Title National carbon stocks: Move on to a carbon currency standard Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 506 Issue Pages 295
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Abstract Alongside Robert Costanza and colleagues’ plea to abandon gross domestic product as a measure of national success (see Nature 505, 283–285; 2014), we believe that there is an urgent need to change the way currencies are valued — by using a new ‘carbon standard’ that links economy to ecology. This would work in a similar way to the old gold-exchange standard, except that a country’s currency value would instead be determined by its saved and standing stocks of fossil and non-fossil carbon. Governments would need to decide whether to risk devaluing their currency by depleting carbon stocks — while still honouring a commitment to keep fossil-carbon stocks at 80% as a safeguard against extreme climate change. After the Second World War, huge investments radically altered the economies of the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. In the face of climate change, it is now the global energy system that needs reinvention.
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Author Bonatti, M.; Schlindwein, S.L.; De Vasconcelos, A.C.F.; Sieber, S.; Agostini, L.R.D.; Lana, M.A.; Fantini, A.C.; Homem, L.H.I.; Canci, A.
Title Social organization and agricultural strategies to face climate variability: a case study in Guaraciaba, southern Brazil Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Sustainable Agriculture Research Abbreviated Journal Sustainable Agriculture Research
Volume 2 Issue 3 Pages 118
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Abstract Climate scenarios and projections have suggested that the impacts of climate change on land use will be noticed particularly by the communities that depend on natural resources for their subsistence. The climate vulnerability of poor communities varies greatly, but in general, climate change combines with other threats and becomes superimposed on existing vulnerabilities. This paper presents a case study that strives to understand the social organization in a vulnerable community of Guaraciaba, in southern Brazil, to investigate aspects of an adaptation strategy to climate change based on the local development and conservation of landraces of a set of crop species. Landraces are varieties better adapted to adversities, especially drought, which is an important threat to the famers in the region. Every farmer receives annually a “kit of biodiversity”, a set of local varieties with the amount of seeds necessary to be cultivated in order to produce enough food for the family. The study had a qualitative approach and was carried out through semi-structured interviews with technicians and 30% of the rural families who farm with landraces. The study concludes that the factors that make this adaptation strategy sustainable are: the ability to undertake actions strongly based on local socio-cultural needs (a social support network), biodiversity management practices designed to reduce external economic dependence, self management of genetic resources, the establishment of priorities based on locally available resources, a work plan for community participation (field days, a community based festival), the establishment of the roles of community in the planning and implementation of programs for biodiversity management.
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Author Kowalczyk, A.; Kuźniar, A.
Title The threats of water erosion in the Grajcarek river basin Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Polish Journal of Environmental Studies Abbreviated Journal Pol. J. Environ. Stud.
Volume 21 Issue 5a Pages 217-221
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Author Piccard, I.; Gobin, A.; Curnel, Y.; Goffart, J.-P.; Planchon, V.; Wellens, J.; Tychon, B.; Cattoor, N.; Cools, R.
Title iPot: Improved potato monitoring in Belgium using remote sensing and crop growth modelling Type Conference Article
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Series Volume 18 Series Issue Edition
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Area Expedition Conference Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2016-04-17 to 2016-04-22, Vienna
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Author Hoffmann, H.; Zhao, G.; Constantin, J.; Raynal, H.; Wallach, D.; Coucheney, E.; Sosa, C.; Lewan, E.; Eckersten, H.; Specka, X.; Kersebaum, K.-C.; Nendel, C.; Grosz, B.; Dechow, R.; Kuhnert, M.; Yeluripati, J.; Kiese, R.; Haas, E.; Klatt, S.; Teixeira, E.; Bindi, M.; Trombi, G.; Moriondo, M.; Doro, L.; Roggero, P.P.; Zhao, Z.; Wang, E.; Vanuytrecht, E.; Tao, F.; Rötter, R.; Cammarano, D.; Asseng, S.; Weihermüller, L.; Siebert, S.; Gaiser, T.; Ewert, F.
Title Effects of soil and climate input data aggregation on modelling regional crop yields Type Conference Article
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Area Expedition Conference MACSUR Science Conference, 2015-04-08 to 2015-04-10, Reading, United Kingdom
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