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  1. Climate Change 2014 - Synthesis Report

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change · 2015 · 5,322 citations

    The Synthesis Report (SYR) distils and integrates the findings of the three Working Group contributions to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most comprehensive assessment of climate change undertaken thus far by the IPCC: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis; Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; and Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. The SYR also incorporates the findings of two Special Reports on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) and on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (2011).

  2. Resilience Thinking: Integrating Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability

    Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Brian Walker, et al. · 2010 · Ecology and Society · 4,618 citations

    Folke, C., S. R. Carpenter, B. Walker, M. Scheffer, T. Chapin, and J. Rockström. 2010. Resilience thinking: integrating resilience, adaptability and transformability. Ecology and Society 15(4): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03610-150420

  3. Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

    Céline Bellard, Cléo Bertelsmeier, Paul Leadley, et al. · 2012 · Ecology Letters · 4,234 citations

    Many studies in recent years have investigated the effects of climate change on the future of biodiversity. In this review, we first examine the different possible effects of climate change that can operate at individual, population, species, community, ecosystem and biome scales, notably showing that species can respond to climate change challenges by shifting their climatic niche along three non-exclusive axes: time (e.g. phenology), space (e.g. range) and self (e.g. physiology). Then, we present the principal specificities and caveats of the most common approaches used to estimate future biodiversity at global and sub-continental scales and we synthesise their results. Finally, we highlig

  6. CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: MANAGING IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY

    Constance I. Millar, Nathan L. Stephenson, Scott L. Stephens · 2007 · Ecological Applications · 2,000 citations

    We offer a conceptual framework for managing forested ecosystems under an assumption that future environments will be different from present but that we cannot be certain about the specifics of change. We encourage flexible approaches that promote reversible and incremental steps, and that favor ongoing learning and capacity to modify direction as situations change. We suggest that no single solution fits all future challenges, especially in the context of changing climates, and that the best strategy is to mix different approaches for different situations. Resources managers will be challenged to integrate adaptation strategies (actions that help ecosystems accommodate changes adaptively) a

  7. Impact of Climate Change on Crops Adaptation and Strategies to Tackle Its Outcome: A Review

    Ali Raza, Ali Razzaq, Sundas Saher Mehmood, et al. · 2019 · Plants · 1,768 citations

    Agriculture and climate change are internally correlated with each other in various aspects, as climate change is the main cause of biotic and abiotic stresses, which have adverse effects on the agriculture of a region. The land and its agriculture are being affected by climate changes in different ways, e.g., variations in annual rainfall, average temperature, heat waves, modifications in weeds, pests or microbes, global change of atmospheric CO₂ or ozone level, and fluctuations in sea level. The threat of varying global climate has greatly driven the attention of scientists, as these variations are imparting negative impact on global crop production and compromising food security worldwide

  9. A framework for urban climate resilience

    Stephen Tyler, Marcus Moench · 2012 · Climate and Development · 852 citations

    Climate change will have unavoidable impacts on urban systems and populations, especially in Asia where many large cities are exposed. Climate adaptation will be essential, and planning for adaptation can be simplified through operationalizing concepts of climate resilience and vulnerability. This article reviews concepts and theories in a range of diverse fields to illustrate how the general notion of urban climate resilience can be developed into an operational framework for planning practitioners. The framework integrates theoretical and empirical knowledge of the factors contributing to resilience with processes for translating those concepts into practice. The framework includes charact

  10. Adapting to Climate Change: Social-Ecological Resilience in a Canadian Western Arctic Community

    Fikret Berkes, Dyanna Jolly · 2002 · Conservation Ecology · 810 citations

    Human adaptation remains an insufficiently studied part of the subject of climate change. This paper examines the questions of adaptation and change in terms of social-ecological resilience using lessons from a place-specific case study. The Inuvialuit people of the small community of Sachs Harbour in Canada's western Arctic have been tracking climate change throughout the 1990s. We analyze the adaptive capacity of this community to deal with climate change. Short-term responses to changes in land-based activities, which are identified as coping mechanisms, are one component of this adaptive capacity. The second component is related to cultural and ecological adaptations of the Inuvialuit fo

  11. Evolutionary Resilience and Strategies for Climate Adaptation

    Simin Davoudi, Elizabeth Brooks, Abid Mehmood · 2013 · Planning Practice and Research · 452 citations

    The aim of this study is to develop a framework by drawing on three broad perspectives on resilience, engineering, ecological and evolutionary, and to use this framework to critically examine the approach adopted by the draft London climate change adaptation strategy. The central argument of the study is that the Strategy's emergency planning-centred approach to climate adaptation veers between a standard ecological understanding of resilience and the more rigid engineering model. Its emphasis is on identifying ‘exposure’ and ‘vulnerability’ to risk from climate events and on bouncing back from the consequences of such exposures to a normal state, rather than on the dynamic process of transf

  13. Building Agricultural Resilience: Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation

    Mayank Kumar, Anasuya Boruah, Hibu Sonia, et al. · 2024 · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 5 citations

    Climate change has a significant impact on India's agriculture, influencing environmental conditions, agricultural techniques, and production. The term "climate-resilient agriculture" refers to technologies, methods, tools, and frameworks aimed at adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change on agricultural production, food security, and livelihoods. Crop productivity and food security are greatly impacted by climate changes, which calls for creative agricultural methods to maintain food supply while reducing environmental damages. These difficulties are made worse by environmental changes and global population expansion, especially in developing countries. Technological advancem

  14. Resilience, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Combat Climate Change for a Sustainable Future

    Salam Himika Devi, Jenny Salam · 2025 · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 5 citations

    This review delves into climate change resilience and brings forth climate change mitigation strategies and adaptation mechanisms for a sustainable future. Climate change is an unprecedented major global threat. It is an unavoidable phenomenon attributed largely to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by burning fossil fuels. When atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) levels are higher than the permissible level, it causes the Greenhouse effect and, consequently, rising temperatures, the world experiences heat waves. Cutting GHG emissions can slow the pace of global warming - this is known as mitigation. Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies can impac

  15. Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Strategies in Ecologically Fragile Urban Mining Communities: A Review of Existing Research and Practice

    Phanuel Chuka Hakwendenda · 2022 · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 3 citations

    The growing concern about the changing climate and the need to document its observed impacts have resulted into advances in climate change adaptation practices globally. Despite being among the world’s most vulnerable regions, urban mining communities have diverse resources and contribute significantly to the quality of urban climate. The location of urban communities near mining activities has not only attracted urban development in most cities but has also provided these communities with a good opportunity for sustainable ways of living. However, most research on mines seem to have focused on impacts of mining on the environment with little focus on communities’ climate change adaptation r

  17. Climate Change Impacts on Oil Palm Productivity: A Review of Adaptation Strategies and Knowledge Systems for Resilience

    Loso Judijanto · 2026 · Journal of Environment and Pollution

    Climate change has emerged as a key factor influencing the stability of oil palm productivity, particularly through its effects on temperature regimes, rainfall variability, and hydrological conditions. Understanding how these climatic pressures interact with adaptation strategies and knowledge systems is essential for strengthening resilience across oil palm production systems. This study aims to systematically synthesize peer-reviewed evidence on the impacts of climate change on oil palm productivity, with specific attention to documented adaptation measures and the role of knowledge systems in supporting adaptive capacity. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach was employed followi

  18. Multidimensional Scoping Review on Climate Change Vulnerabilities With Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

    Tanmay Ilame · 2025 · Journal of Climate Resilience and Justice

    Abstract Climate change governance is a subject with high complexity to comprehend in the context of modern political and socioeconomic systems. Evidence shows that climate change is responsible for the spread of infectious diseases, heat-related mortality and morbidity, and other disasters like flooding and storms. More than 17.2 million people around the world are displaced due to climate-related disasters and affected by the conflicts over natural resources, including but not limited to water, agriculture, social, and economic stability. Understanding how to adapt to actual or projected effects of climate change in the Anthropocene involves a number of complex elements, mai

  19. Climate Change and Pulses: Impacts, Adaptation Mechanisms and Resilience Strategies

    Mukesh Vishnoi, A.Meena, Harish Shenoy, et al. · 2025 · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change

    Climate change poses a significant threat to pulse crops across various agroecological zones. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and extreme events reduce yield stability and quality. Elevated carbon dioxide alters physiology but does not offset heat and drought stress. Salinity and waterlogging issues are expanding in coastal and irrigated zones. Pests and diseases shift ranges and intensities. This article synthesisesthe impacts across major pulses, including chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil, black gram, green gram, cowpea, and common bean. It reviews physiological responses, yield effects, and nutritional consequences. It then details adaptation options from gene to field to policy. The ar

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