Climate risk to peanut cultivation in Brazil across different planting seasons.
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DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11145
Abstract: BACKGROUND Peanuts are widely grown in Brazil due to their great importance in the domestic vegetable oil industry and the succession of sugarcane, soybean, and maize crops, contributing to soil conservation and improvement in agricultural… read more here.
Keywords: cultivation brazil; risk; water; risk peanut ... See more keywords
Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.019
Abstract: Abstract Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists, particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the extent and the persistence of rural poverty… read more here.
Keywords: risk management; climate risk; risk; rural poverty ... See more keywords
Climate risk, culture and the Covid-19 mortality: A cross-country analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105412
Abstract: Why have some countries done significantly better than others in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic? Had some countries been better prepared than others? This paper attempts to shed light on these questions by examining the role… read more here.
Keywords: climate risk; climate; risk culture; mortality ... See more keywords
Robust Adaptation to Multiscale Climate Variability
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ef001154
Abstract: The assessment and implementation of structural or financial instruments for climate risk mitigation requires projections of future climate risk over the operational life of each proposed instrument. A point often neglected in the climate adaptation… read more here.
Keywords: climate risk; risk; robust adaptation; variability ... See more keywords
Using the adaptive cycle in climate-risk insurance to design resilient futures
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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-017-0044-2
Abstract: Assessing the dynamics of resilience could help insurers and governments reduce the costs of climate-risk insurance schemes and secure future insurability in the face of an increase in extreme hydro-meteorological events related to climate change. read more here.
Keywords: climate risk; using adaptive; climate; risk insurance ... See more keywords
Neural networks in climate spatialization and their application in the agricultural zoning of climate risk for sunflower in different sowing dates
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DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2019.1566715
Abstract: ABSTRACT Sunflower is a species that is sensitive to local climate conditions. However, studies that use artificial neural networks (ANNs) to evaluate this influence and create tools such as agricultural zoning of climate risk (ZARC)… read more here.
Keywords: neural networks; agricultural zoning; zoning climate; climate ... See more keywords
Climate risk in a globalized world: empirical findings from supply chains in the Swedish manufacturing sector
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1660626
Abstract: A consequence of the interconnectedness of global supply chains is that disturbances in one location can propagate between continents. This means that for companies to manage climate risks, it is important not just to assess… read more here.
Keywords: supply; climate risk; supply chains; climate change ... See more keywords
Drivers of climate risk in African agriculture
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DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2016.1167659
Abstract: Climate-related risks to African agriculture are highly contextual. Climatic conditions are changing in diverse agro-ecological environments throughout Africa, and populations are being affected by, and responding to, these changes. The paper describes how climate change… read more here.
Keywords: agriculture; risk african; drivers climate; african agriculture ... See more keywords
Seasonal and geographical distribution of bacillary dysentery (shigellosis) and associated climate risk factors in Kon Tam Province in Vietnam from 1999 to 2013
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DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0325-z
Abstract: BackgroundBacillary dysentery (BD) is an acute bacterial infection of the intestine caused by Shigella spp., with clinical symptoms ranging from fever to bloody diarrhoea to abdominal cramps to tenesmus. In Vietnam, enteric bacterial pathogens are… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; risk factors; province; climate risk ... See more keywords
Corrigendum: Climate Risk Assessment under Uncertainty: An Application to Main European Coastal Cities
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00211
Abstract: In the originally published article, the first line of the sub-section “Future Projections of Sea-Level Rise at City Level” in page 2 says: “Global sea-level has risen by more than 20 cm since 1980 (Hardy… read more here.
Keywords: sea level; global sea; risk assessment; level ... See more keywords
Innovative Corporate Initiatives to Reduce Climate Risk: Lessons from East Asia
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DOI: 10.3390/su10010013
Abstract: Businesses, investors, and insurers are requiring better quantitative assessments of their exposure to climate risks and their impact on climate change. They are incorporating these assessments in their day-to-day management and long-term investment decisions. Already,… read more here.
Keywords: climate; reduce climate; management; climate risk ... See more keywords