Increasing Climate Variability and Change (eBook)

Jim Salinger is a senior climate researcher. As a leading climate change expert, he has been involved in researching and monitoring past and current climate trends, as a university climate researcher, and later in the former New Zealand Meteorological Service.   Shiv Sivakumar is a senior scientist at the World Meteorological Organisation.     Raymond Motha is Chief Meteorologist of The World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB).

M. James Salinger, Guest Editorial: Increasing climate variability and change: Reducing the vulnerability. M. Jarraud, Foreword. M. James Salinger, Overview - Climate variability and climate change: Past, present and future. M.V.K. Sivakumar, O. Brunini and H.P. Das, Impacts of present and future climate variability on agriculture and forestry in the arid and semi-arid tropics. Zhao Yanxia , Wang Chunyi, Shili Wang and Lourdes V. Tibig, Impacts of present and future climate variability on agriculture and forestry in the sub-humid and humid tropics. Gianpierro Maracchi, Oleg Sirotenko and Marco Bindi, Impacts of present and future climate variability on agriculture and forestry in the temperate regions : Europe. Raymond P. Motha and Wolfgang Baier, Impacts of present and future climate variability on agriculture and forestry in the temperate regions: North America. William Easterling and Michael Apps, Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Food and Forest Resources: A View from the IPCC. Ian Burton and Bo Lim, Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture. Mike Harrison, The development of seasonal and inter-annual climate forecasting. Holger Meinke and Roger C. Stone, Seasonal and inter-annual climate forecasting: the new tool for increasing preparedness to climate variability and change in agricultural planning and operations. C.J. Stigter, Zheng Dawei, L.O.Z. Onyewotu and Mei Zurong, Using traditional methods and indigenous technologies for coping with climate variability. Don C. MacIver and Eliane Wheaton, Tomorrow’s forests: Adapting to a changing climate. R. Desjardins, B. Grant, C. Campbell, and R. Riznek,Management Strategies to Sequester Carbon in Agricultural Soils and to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Mohammed Boulahya, Macol Stewart Cerda, Marion Pratt, and Kelly Sponberg, Climate, Communications, and Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities. Sue Walker, Role of education and training in agricultural meteorology to reduce vulnerability to climate variability. Victorine Pérarnaud, Bernaud Seguin, Eric Malezieux, Michel Deque and Denis Loustau, Agrometeorological research and applications needed to prepare agriculture and forestry adapt to 21st century climate change. M.J. Salinger, M.V.K. Sivakumar and R. Motha, Reducing vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate variability and change in the 21st century: workshop summary and recommendations.