Sentences with phrase «implications on food security»

Land use related negative emission technologies (LUNETs)-- their implications on food security and relevant SDGs - More

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The council, in its assignment, is also expected to take cognisance of regional and global policies as well as trends which have implications on Nigeria's food security.

Dr Paschalis added: «Understanding the responses of plants to elevated concentrations of CO2 is of major importance with potential implications on the global economy and water and food security under a changing climate.»

The authors do however urge caution due to the potential impact on yield production which could have implications for regional and global food security.

With the recent sobering statistics on bee colony collapse disorder and its implications on these vital pollinator species and humans» food security, many beekeepers are turning to bee - friendly alternatives and even technology to keep bee populations from dying off.

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

This is especially the case in attempts to understand the food, water and energy security implications for the people living in the basins who depend directly on meltwater, either seasonally or as an overall component of their water budget, and how they are affected by climate change in their mountainous environment (13).

«Climate change has big implications for Chinese food security from a seafood perspective,» explained Prof Cheung during his presentation on assessing the impacts of fishing and climate change on marine ecosystems.