Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030

@article{citeulike:2319539, abstract = {Investments aimed at improving agricultural adaptation to climate change inevitably favor some crops and regions over others. An analysis of climate risks for crops in 12 food-insecure regions was conducted to identify adaptation priorities, based on statistical crop models and climate projections for 2030 from 20 general circulation models. Results indicate South Asia and Southern Africa as two regions that, without sufficient adaptation measures, will likely suffer negative impacts on several crops that are important to large food-insecure human populations. We also find that uncertainties vary widely by crop, and therefore priorities will depend on the risk attitudes of investment institutions. 10.1126/science.1152339}, author = {Lobell, David B. and Burke, Marshall B. and Tebaldi, Claudia and Mastrandrea, Michael D. and Falcon, Walter P. and Naylor, Rosamond L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2319539}, doi = {10.1126/science.1152339}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {agriculture, climate\_change, cropland, scenarios}, month = {February}, number = {5863}, pages = {607--610}, posted-at = {2008-02-01 14:25:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1152339}, volume = {319}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2319539 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2319539 TI - Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030 JF - Science VL - 319 IS - 5863 SP - 607 EP - 610 N2 - Investments aimed at improving agricultural adaptation to climate change inevitably favor some crops and regions over others. An analysis of climate risks for crops in 12 food-insecure regions was conducted to identify adaptation priorities, based on statistical crop models and climate projections for 2030 from 20 general circulation models. Results indicate South Asia and Southern Africa as two regions that, without sufficient adaptation measures, will likely suffer negative impacts on several crops that are important to large food-insecure human populations. We also find that uncertainties vary widely by crop, and therefore priorities will depend on the risk attitudes of investment institutions. 10.1126/science.1152339 KW - agriculture KW - climate_change KW - cropland KW - scenarios AU - Lobell, David AU - Burke, Marshall AU - Tebaldi, Claudia AU - Mastrandrea, Michael AU - Falcon, Walter AU - Naylor, Rosamond PY - 2008/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1152339 ER -