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Roux, Louis Johannes. "Climate change mitigation strategies and its effect on economic change." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020816.
Full textBaumstark, Lavinia [Verfasser], and Ottmar [Akademischer Betreuer] Edenhofer. "Investment Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation / Lavinia Baumstark. Betreuer: Ottmar Edenhofer." Berlin : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Berlin, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1016533489/34.
Full textFrancart, Nicolas. "Buildings in municipal climate change mitigation strategies : towards life cycle thinking." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-244063.
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Baumstark, Lavinia Verfasser], and Ottmar [Akademischer Betreuer] [Edenhofer. "Investment Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation / Lavinia Baumstark. Betreuer: Ottmar Edenhofer." Berlin : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Berlin, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:83-opus-31919.
Full textBarreiro, Julieta. "The language of climate change strategies : An argumentative discourse analysis about integrative climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in the international sector." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-193903.
Full textRahman, Md Mokhlesur. "Assessing natural disaster preparedness and climate change mitigation strategies in the coastal areas of Bangladesh." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195113.
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Olsen, Kerby Andrew. "EVALUATING URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN LOS ANGELES." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1427.
Full textBackéus, Sofia. "Forest management strategies for CO₂ mitigation." Umeå : Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2009. http://epsilon.slu.se/200989.pdf.
Full textAmoako-Attah, Jospeh. "Impact of climate change on newly detached residential buildings in the UK passive mitigation and adaptation strategies." Thesis, University of West London, 2015. https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475/.
Full textParihar, Arun K. "Greenhouse gas emissions and strategies for mitigation : opportunities in agriculture and energy sector." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2066.
Full textSadauskis, Rolands. "Building resilience to climate-driven regime shifts." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-64551.
Full textMatthews, Lee. "How environmentally sustainable are Sustainable Supply Chain Management strategies? : a critical evaluation of the theory and practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/how-environmentally-sustainable-are-sustainable-supply-chain-management-strategies-a-critical-evaluation-of-the-theory-and-practice-of-sustainable-supply-chain-management(448f91c2-82f5-4cd5-8192-1ea6c35da81b).html.
Full textLindner, André. "Understanding Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies of Andean People: International Network on Climate Change: Project Results & Proceedings of Summer-School 2012." Technische Universität Dresden, 2013. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A26750.
Full textBecker, Sarah. "Exploring views on climate change and how it should be addressed : what role is played by the discussion of mitigation strategies and the experience of extreme climatic conditions?" Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/70225/.
Full textJoelsson, Jonas. "On Swedish bioenergy strategies to reduce CO2 emissions and oil use." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-13868.
Full textHwargård, Louise. "Swedish companies' current use of carbon offsetting - underlying ethical view and preparedness for post-2020 carbon market conditions." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413308.
Full textSumani, John Bosco Baguri. "Exploring Perceptions of the Potential of Agricultural Insurance for Crop Risks Management Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1529494821429119.
Full textBender, Fabiani Denise. "Mudanças climáticas e seus impactos na produtividade da cultura de milho e estratégias de manejo para minimização de perdas em diferentes regiões brasileiras." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11152/tde-20102017-084031/.
Full textClimate is one of the major environmental factors that impose the greatest risks for the agricultural activity, being responsible for the oscillations and frustrations of the crops in Brazil. In a scenario of climate change, the current yield levels of maize growing in-season and offseason should be impacted. In order to evaluate such impacts, crop simulation models allow estimating the growth, phenological development and yield under a wide range of environmental and crop management conditions, being efficient tools for applying to this kind of study. Considering the possible impacts of climate change on maize crop yield, the present study had as objectives: i) to fill gaps in meteorological data series and to generate series under future climate projections in the short (2010-2039), medium (2040-2069) and long (2070-2099) terms periods, for the intermediate emission (RCP4.5) and high emission (RCP8.5) scenarios; ii) to calibrate and validate the DSSAT/CERES-Maize and MONICA models to simulate inseason and off-season maize yield and to analyze the sensitivity of these models, identifying the factors that have the major influence on yield; (iii) to apply the DSSAT/CERES-Maize model to determine maize yield in the in-season and off-season, under current and future climate conditions, and evaluate possible crop management strategies, individually and in combination, such as sowing dates, crop cycle, irrigation and nitrogen fertilization, to minimize possible negative impacts. In order to fill the gaps in meteorological data series, the Bristow- Campbell method (for solar radiation estimation) and the XAVIER daily gridded database were the ones that presented the best performance. The projections of future climate showed warmer climate conditions, with a reduction in the rainfall amounts in the North-Northeast and an increase in the South of the country, with the Southeast and Center-West regions representing transition areas. Both DSSAT/CERES-Maize and MONICA models showed very good performance index (c) in the estimation of maize yield for both seasons, with MAE lower than 450 and 350 kg ha-1 during the in-season and off-season, respectively. For the ensemble estimation, the estimation improve, with optimal performance index, with MAE falling to 276 and 194 kg ha-1, for in-season and off-season maize growing, respectively. Both models showed sensitivity to climate change and fertilization, but with the DSSAT/CERES-Maize model being more suitable for studies of climate change impacts on maize crop. The simulations under future climate with DSSAT/CERES-Maize model showed a yield loss in relation to current levels, ranging from 41 to 63% for in-season, and from 58 to 65% for off-season, with management strategies regarding sowing date, cultivar cycle, irrigation and nitrogen fertilization, showing reduction of losses and even yield gains when adopted in the future climate conditions.
Huang, Cunrui. "The health effects of temperature : current estimates, future projections, and adaptation strategies." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/64353/1/Cunrui_Huang_Thesis.pdf.
Full textMonsefi, Parapari Danial [Verfasser], Christa [Akademischer Betreuer] Reicher, and Dietwald [Akademischer Betreuer] Gruehn. "Adaptation to climate change and thermal comfort : Investigating adaptation and mitigation strategies for Kerman, Iran, based on Iranian traditional urbanism and the German experiences in the Ruhr / Danial Monsefi Parapari. Betreuer: Christa Reicher. Gutachter: Dietwald Gruehn." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1095767771/34.
Full textRosa, Angela. "Integrating cultural heritage risk management into urban planning. The Ravenna case study." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020.
Find full textXu, Bo. "Climate change mitigation in China." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-93109.
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Vaughan, Naomi Ellen. "Climate Change Mitigation & Geoengineering." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520435.
Full textDike, Jude C. "Climate change mitigation and OPEC economies." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19443.
Full textChu, Thi Thu Ha. "Mitigation of climate change: which technologies for Vietnam?" Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-99232.
Full textViệt Nam là một trong những quốc gia bị tác động nghiêm trọng nhất do biến đổi khí hậu và nước biển dâng cao. Nguyên nhân chính của biến đổi khí hậu là các hoạt động gia tăng tạo ra các khí gây hiệu ứng nhà kính. Chất thải hữu cơ là nguồn chính phát thải khí carbon dioxide có nồng độ lớn nhất trong số các loại khí gây hiệu ứng nhà kính khác nhau trong bầu khí quyển của trái đất. Việc chuyển đổi chất thải hữu cơ và sinh khối thành năng lượng góp phần không chỉ cung cấp năng lượng sạch hơn mà còn giảm phát thải khí gây hiệu ứng nhà kính. Việt Nam có một tiềm năng lớn về sinh khối và phụ phẩm nông nghiệp. Các công nghệ biến sinh khối thành các loại năng lượng sinh học khác nhau đã được phát triển và áp dụng rộng rãi trên thế giới. Khí sinh học được gọi là "cuộc cách mạng màu nâu" trong lĩnh vực năng lượng mới. Công nghệ sản xuất khí sinh học đã được nghiên cứu và áp dụng rộng rãi trên thế giới, đặc biệt là ở các nước đang phát triển với nhiệt độ khí hậu nhiệt đới phù hợp cho quá trình lên men kỵ khí các chất thải hữu cơ để sản xuất khí sinh học. Bình phản ứng tạo khí sinh học có thể được xây dựng với công suất bất kỳ, nhu cầu đầu tư nhỏ, các nguyên liệu đầu vào sẵn có. Năng lượng khí sinh học đã được sử dụng cho nhiều mục đích như thắp sáng, nấu ăn, chạy động cơ, v.v... Đây là hoạt động sản xuất khá phù hợp với nền kinh tế của các nước đang phát triển và thực sự đem lại cuộc sống văn minh hơn và tiện lợi đến các khu vực nông thôn
Scott, Kate Amy. "Integrating embodied emissions into climate change mitigation policy." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13407/.
Full textSpringer, Urs. "Portfolio diversification of investments in climate change mitigation /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/373225342.pdf.
Full textSchofield, Simon anthony. "The law of climate change mitigation in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Law, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10347.
Full textCHEN, CHEN. "Mitigation, Adaptation and Climate Change: Policy Balance under Uncertainty." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1062.
Full textBruhnke, Louis. "Climate change mitigation: can the U.S. Intelligence Community help?" Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/34635.
Full textThe administration has declared climate change to be a threat to national security. Thus far, the national security establishment has focused its attention on adaptation to the effects of climate change rather than mitigation of the human cause, though evidence of the need to reduce global CO2 emissions continues to mount. This thesis asks whether the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) might be enlisted in the battle against climate change (global warming), by supporting the international monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of a global greenhouse gas limitation treaty. This covert monitoring is already contemplated by the CIA, though the question remains open, Congress has conducted no public discussion of whether using the ICs unique covert sources and methods would in fact aid in climate change mitigation. This thesis compares various cases involving the ICs monitoring of weapons nonproliferationand in particular the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)with a hypothetical international CO2 emissions limitation agreement (ICELA) successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Using these case study findings, an analysis of four policy options for structuring an IC CO2 emissions limitation monitoring entity (ICCME) is conducted. By adopting the most promising of these options, Congress might ensure that the ICCME would support, rather than undermine, a future ICELA.
Reeler, James. "Income inequality and mitigation burdens: An examination of climate mitigation fair shares for South African households." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33906.
Full textKim, Kyungwoo. "Effects of Disasters on Local Climate Actions: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062866/.
Full textKetterer, Janina. "Designing carbon and energy markets to encourage climate change mitigation." Diss., lmu, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-149915.
Full textUdalov, Vladimir [Verfasser]. "Climate Change Mitigation Behaviour: Theory and Empirical Analysis / Vladimir Udalov." Wuppertal : Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1178710297/34.
Full textGalante, Michael Victor. "Climate change mitigation through reduced-impact logging : a framework approach." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20439.
Full textFugger, Carina [Verfasser], and Achim [Gutachter] Wambach. "Experiments on Climate Change Mitigation / Carina Fugger ; Gutachter: Achim Wambach." Köln : Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1236302214/34.
Full textHigham, Andrew. "Financing technology in a post-2012 international climate change agreement: leveraging private investment for climate change mitigation technologies." Thesis, Higham, Andrew (2010) Financing technology in a post-2012 international climate change agreement: leveraging private investment for climate change mitigation technologies. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2010. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/4069/.
Full textDifs, Kristina. "District Heating and CHP : Local Possibilities for Global Climate Change Mitigation." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Energisystem, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-58716.
Full textDen globala uppvärmningen i kombination med ett ökat energibehov och stigande energipriser gör det nödvändigt att förändra energianvändningen. Energieffektiva system är samtidigt en förutsättning för att kunna säkra energitillförseln och utveckla hållbara samhällen. Fjärrvärme har en viktig roll att fylla i den här omställningen. I fjärrvärmesystemen kan värmeresurser som annars kan vara svåra att nyttiggöras, som till exempel spillvärme och förbränning av avfall tas tillvara. Fjärrvärme kan även bidra till elproduktion i kraftvärmeverk där totalverkningsgraden är högre än vid separat el- respektive värmeproduktion. En omställning av energisystemet till en ökad användning av fjärrvärme och minskad användning av el genom effektiviseringar och konverteringar från olja och el till fjärrvärme kan bidra till att skapa energieffektiva system. Syftet med den här avhandlingen är att identifiera hur ett lokalt energibolag som producerar fjärrvärme, fjärrkyla och el i kraftvärmeverk kan bidra till att skapa energieffektiva system och kostnadseffektiva globala koldioxidreduktioner tillsammans med sina kunder. Det energibolag som framförallt har studerats i den här avhandlingen är Tekniska Verken i Linköping AB. För att optimera energibolagets fjärrvärme- och fjärrkylaproduktion har energisystemanalyser genomförts, där både åtgärder på tillförsel- och användarsidan har studerats. Genom att se energiförsörjningen ur ett systemperspektiv kan man undvika att ekonomiska och miljömässiga vinster vid en anläggning ersätts av förluster någon annanstans. Optimeringsmodeller, som MODEST och reMIND, har använts för energisystemanalyserna där även scenarier och känslighetsanalyser har inkluderats. För alla energisystemanalyser har ett europeiskt energisystemperspektiv använts där en totalt avreglerad europeisk elmarknad utan flaskhalsar eller andra systemfel antagits. Slutsatser från analyserna är att det lokala energibolaget kan bidra till kostnadseffektiva globala koldioxidreduktioner genom ett effektivt nyttjande av bränslen i kraftvärmeanläggningar och i bioraffinaderier. Speciellt kraftvärmeanläggningar med hög elverkningsgrad, som t.ex. biomasseförgasning- och naturgaskombianläggningar, har en betydande global koldioxidreduktionspotential. Även biomasseförgasningsanläggningar som är integrerade med produktion av förnybara drivmedel för transportsektorn har visat sig kostnadseffektiva med stor potential att reducera de globala koldioxidutsläppen. Styrmedel har dock en stor påverkan på det ekonomiska utfallet för förgasningsanläggningarna. Dessutom har studierna visat att energibesparingar kan åstadkommas genom att konvertera el och fossilbränsledrivna industriella processer till fjärrvärme och fjärrkyla. Eftersom fjärrvärme framförallt används för lokaluppvärmning är värmelasten i fjärrvärmesystem säsongsbetonad. Genom att konvertera industriella processer som inte är utetemperaturberoende till fjärrvärme kan fjärrvärmelasten bli mindre säsongsbetonad och mer jämt fördelad över året. En jämt fördelad värmelast är fördelaktig för driften av fjärrvärmeanläggningar och kan bidra till mer elproduktion i kraftvärmeanläggningar. Den extra elproduktionen, tillsammans med den el som blivit tillgänglig efter konvertering av eldrivna processer till fjärrvärme, kan ersätta europeisk marginalelsproduktion vilket kan reducera de globala koldioxidutsläppen. Det som har framkommit av dessa studier är att det lokala energibolaget, tillsammans med sina kunder, kan bidra till att uppfylla de mål den Europeiska Unionen har angående reduktionen av energianvändningen och koldioxidutsläppen. Dessutom kan detta ske på ett kostnadseffektivt sätt för både energibolaget och dess kunder.
Meng, Sisi. "Economic Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Hazard Risk Mitigation." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2630.
Full textAlmaraz, Suarez Juan Jose. "Climate change and crop production in southwestern Quebec : mitigation and adaptation." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103364.
Full textLes émissions anthropogènes de gaz à effet de serre sont la cause principale de l'augmentation globale des températures. Les changements climatiques vont affecter la production agricole au Canada, et en retour, l'agriculture pourrait limiter les changements climatiques. L'analyse de données historiques du climat et des rendements de maïs, combinés avec des expériences de serre et en champ ont été entreprises pour étudier l'effet de la variabilité et des changements de climat sur le rendement de maïs, l'adaptabilité des systèmes agricoles aux changements climatiques, l'effet du travail du sol sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (C02 et N20) associées avec la production de maïs et de soya, et le potentiel des facteurs Nod d'augmenter la biomasse pour limiter les émissions de CO2. L'analyse des données historiques ont démontré qu'au sud-ouest du Québec, la variabilité des rendements de maïs est fortement associée avec les températures de juillet et les précipitations de mai pendant les dernières trois décennies. Les expériences au champ ont démontré que le panic raide, et le sorghum-sudangrass sont les mieux adaptés aux conditions chaudes et sèches. Le semis direct a augmenté les rendements de maïs lorsque les températures printanières étaient plus chaudes que la normale. Les flux de C02 étaient associés avec la température, mais les flux de N20 étaient associés avec les précipitations. Le travail du sol conventionnel (CT) a produit plus d'émissions de CO2 que le semis direct (NT), particulièrement après le disquage au printemps. Les deuxsystèmes ont montré un large pic d'émission de N20 pendant les périodes les pluspluvieuses. Dans le maïs, les pics de N20 ont été détectés après la fertilisation enazote. NT a montré des émissions de N20 plus importantes que CT en productionde maïs, mais CT a montré des flux de N20 plus important que NT en productionde soya. Les facteurs Nod vaporisés sur le soya ont augmenté la photosynthèse etla biomasse sous conditions controllées. Au champ, le rendement a été augmentépar les facteurs Nod sous CT, mais pas sous NT, et la sécheresse a réduit laréponse du soya aux facteurs Nod.
Leedal, David Thomas. "Sequential decision-making in climate change mitigation : a control systems perspective." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445476.
Full textAli, Sheikh Muhammad. "Impacts and mitigation of latest climate change legislation on participant organisations." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2013. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20283.
Full textLiu, Liguang. "Understanding China’s Climate Change Mitigation Policy Development: Structures, Processes and Outcomes." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/429.
Full textMachard, Anaïs. "Towards mitigation and adaptation to climate change : Contribution to Building Design." Thesis, La Rochelle, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021LAROS020.
Full textDue to climate change projecting increased heatwaves occurrence, ensuring that buildings designed and built today will be adapted to future warmer temperatures is essential. The scope of this Ph.D. is to propose a methodological contribution to the design of buildings that both mitigate (minimize yearly energy needs) and adapt (minimize summer indoor overheating, limit health-heat-related risk) to climate change. The methodology can be applied to any building case study in any climate. For this purpose, bias-adjusted weather files containing both present, future typical conditions and future heatwave periods were developed. The potential of different passive cooling mitigation and adaptation strategies to reduce summer indoor overheating is evaluated using these weather files through dynamic thermal simulations, sensitivity analysis and optimization methods. The results of this research work highlight that for the building case study, the evaluated strategies (buffer spaces, thermal mass, roof optical properties, glazing ratio, ventilative cooling) have a strong capacity to enable summer thermal comfort in future typical summers in Paris and in La Rochelle. However, in Carpentras, and under recurring heatwaves in all three cities, the limits of these mitigation and adaptation measures are recognized. In fact, the future heatwaves consistently lead to consecutive days of indoor overheating exposure during both daytime and nighttime for building occupants, leading to a health-heat-related risk especially for the most vulnerable. These sequences are not detected when using only future typical years, which stresses the relevance of this work. Only the combination of optimized building envelopes, ventilative cooling strategies and adaptive opportunities from building occupants (solar control, increased indoor air velocities) have the potential to offset the projected recurring health-heat-related risk, particularly elevated in the South of France
Komba, Coretha. "The economics of climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation in Tanzania." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12867.
Full textIn Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is set to hit the agricultural sector the most severely and cause suffering particularly for smallholder farmers. To cushion themselves against potential welfare losses, smallholder farmers need to recognize the changes already taking place in their climate and undertake appropriate investments in adaptation. This study investigates whether these smallholder farmers in Tanzania recognize climate change and, consequently, adapt to it in their agricultural activities. The study also investigates the factors influencing their choice of adaptation methods. In order to achieve this, the study analysed data from 534 randomly selected households in a sample of districts representing the six of the seven agro-ecological regions of the country. The data shows that Tanzanian smallholder farmers have observed changes in mean and variance precipitation and temperature and responded to it. The farmers have generally used short-season crops, drought-resistant crops, irrigation, changing planting dates and tree planting to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change on their agricultural yields. In this study, selection bias is corrected using a Heckman sample selection model. A binary probit model is used as a selection equation to investigate the factors influencing a farmer’s decision to undertake any adaptation at all to climate change while a multinomial probit model is used as an outcome equation to investigate the factors influencing farmers’ choice of specific adaptation methods. The inverse Mill’s ratio reported selection bias in choosing three of the adaptation methods. The findings of the study suggest that the Tanzanian government needs to assist smallholder farmers overcome the constraints they face in their attempts to adapt. The government can play a significant role by promoting adaptation methods appropriate for particular circumstances e.g. particular crops for different agro-ecological zones.
Krause, Michael. "Economic potential and sectoral impacts of forest-based climate change mitigation." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17220.
Full textAvoiding tropical deforestation and additional afforestation are of primary importance for climate change mitigation but exert additional pressure on global land resources for the production of food, feed, fibre, bioenergy and timber. The study objectives relate to the analysis of the foregone economic benefits, the opportunity costs, in agriculture and forestry and the climate change mitigation potential of global forests in normative and market-based programmes. The global economic ‘Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment'' (MAgPIE) has been extended by a consistent land use database and the forestry sector. It simulates spatially-explicit land use and land use changes while estimating the costs of production in agriculture and forestry to satisfy a prescribed demand. Climate change mitigation scenarios are contrasted to baselines for time horizons up to the year 2100. The results show the limited mitigation potential of normative forest conservation in tropical regions at low additional costs in agriculture. Latin America benefits from sufficient land endowments and low increases in crop demand leading to relatively low baseline deforestation. The displacement of carbon emissions between regions impacts the regional agriculture and forestry production costs and reduces the global economic potential. The conclusions pertain to the 1) need for high rates of yield increase in Sub-Saharan Africa as a precondition for successfully avoided deforestation, 2) increased threat of regional carbon emission leakage from implementing mitigation programmes and liberalized trade of timber, 3) high economic potential of climate change mitigation from integrating afforestation and avoided deforestation at moderate costs, and 4) additional research needs to account for significant uncertainties from growth and cost parameters and model processes.
Berry, Jessica. "Boardroom warming – A role for company directors in climate change mitigation." Thesis, Berry, Jessica (2013) Boardroom warming – A role for company directors in climate change mitigation. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/22719/.
Full textTaylor, Anna. "Urban climate adaptation as a process of organisational decision making." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27554.
Full textLedesma, Cecilia. "China: Potential Mitigation Strategies for Reducing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/236.
Full textHogarth, James Ryan. "The evolutionary economic geography of climate change." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4b415617-4b0c-4c5a-98d7-4a1c765bb69f.
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