DIPLOMA THESIS Linking Climate Change with Food Security in the highlands of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‚ Northwest Pakistan Presented by: Martin Kienzler Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Faculty of Philosophy I Institute of Geography and Geology Physical Geography DIPLOMA THESIS Linking Climate Change with Food Security in the highlands of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‚ Northwest Pakistan Presented by Martin Kienzler‚ born on June‚ 25th 1985 in Titisee-Neustadt to obtain the degree of
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Environmental Problem: Climate Change Introduction This report sets out to show that climate change is currently the leading environmental threat to the Earth and requires people to tackle this long-term and global problem with worldwide cooperation. Climate change is the build- up of gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapour and methane in the atmosphere; this means the world is warming (Lewis et al‚ 2004). Pakenham (2004‚ pp.217) states that climate change has chain effects leading to global
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First of all‚ you should know that weather and climate are not the same thing. WEATHER IS: • Short term • Limited area • Can change rapidly • Difficult to predict WEATHER is what’s happening outside your window right now. CLIMATE is the average of many years of weather observation. CLIMATE IS: • Long term • Wide area • Seasonal changes • Measured over long spans of time Climate is affected by many factors ABIOTIC FACTORS: BIOTIC FACTORS: Latitude Transpiration Altitude Respiration Ocean
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1 Renewable Energy and Climate Change Coordinating Lead Authors: William Moomaw (USA)‚ Francis Yamba (Zambia) Lead Authors: Masayuki Kamimoto (Japan)‚ Lourdes Maurice (USA)‚ John Nyboer (Canada)‚ Kevin Urama (Kenya/Nigeria)‚ Tony Weir (Fiji/Australia) Contributing Authors: Thomas Bruckner (Germany)‚ Arnulf Jäger-Waldau (Italy/Germany)‚ Volker Krey (Austria/Germany)‚ Ralph Sims (New Zealand)‚ Jan Steckel (Germany)‚ Michael Sterner (Germany)‚ Russell Stratton (USA)‚ Aviel Verbruggen
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McKella Koho Prof. Moonwomon September 5‚ 2011 “We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change” Al Gore In 2010‚ Al Gore wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming that global warming is a matter our generation must concentrate on in order to halt the rapid increases of change to our planet’s climate. He creates a strong‚ convincing argument by addressing and exemplifying issues pertaining to global climate change. Al Gore‚ the forty-fifth vice president of the United States‚ is one of the
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and animals. Today the oceans are at risk because of human activities. The main problem is climate change which leads to other problems within such as ocean acidification and pollution; these effects can all have an ever lasting impact on what’s in the ocean and what’s out. Paragraph 1: Climate Change (ocean acidification‚ CO2 ‚etc.) One of the main dangers of the oceans today is climate change and from this comes a whole range of other issues which can further impact the Earth’s oceans
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of Climate Change Relating To Polar Ice Climate changes occur naturally over long periods of time on Earth‚ and it has been this way throughout Earth’s history. Currently‚ anthropological influences on earth have triggered a quickening rise in global temperatures and this in turn is causing a rapid change in earth’s climate. One of the major changes currently happening on earth is the melting of the polar ice caps. Major impacts relating to the melting of the polar ice caps include changes in ocean
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1 Climate Change and Food Security Prepared by Lauren Sacks and Cynthia Rosenzweig Introduction Over the past fifty years‚ human ingenuity has led to technological advances in agriculture that have dramatically increased crop yields. However‚ despite these improvements‚ agriculture is still highly dependent on climate since solar radiation‚ temperature‚ and precipitation are the main drivers of crop growth. Since the industrial revolution‚ humans have been changing the global climate by emitting
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temperatures are projected to increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the end of this century (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‚ 2001)‚ and this‚ in conjunction with the increasing sea level‚ which‚ in itself‚ causes the number of individuals living in coastal areas to be exposed to increasing flooding and storm surges‚ affects human health. These affects are mostly brought on by climate change‚ which‚ ironically‚ is being heavily influenced by humans themselves. They can cause illness and fatalities
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elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Climate change‚ human security and violent conflict Jon Barnett a‚*‚ W. Neil Adger b School of Social and Environmental Enquiry‚ University of Melbourne‚ Victoria 3010‚ Australia b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and CSERGE‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of East Anglia‚ Norwich NR4 7TJ‚ UK a Abstract Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem‚ and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent
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