Latest Briefing in Climate, water and energy for 2009
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Differential Social Impacts Of Climate Change In The UK
The Stern Review highlighted that ‘the impacts of climate change are not evenly distributed – the poorest countries and people will suffer earliest and most’.
Evidence shows that not only are the poorest people often more exposed to specific climate change impacts, they are also more vulnerable to those impacts, and find it harder to recover when they occur. Climate change will widen existing inequalities, globally and locally, unless social impacts are actively addressed across the range of adaptation and mitigation measures.
Read morePublished on 23 November 2009 in Climate, water and energy , Food, health and wellbeing
Briefings in Climate, water and energy for 2009
Sustainability-Plant Disease Control
A major way to contribute to increased crop production is by improving control of pests and diseases through better surveillance, optimising chemical inputs and developing resistant crops. Read more
Published on 17 November 2009 in Sustainability and Communities , Climate, water and energy
Parasites And Climate Change - Implications For Scottish livestock?
Research into how climate change could be affecting the epidemiology of liver fluke and other parasitic worms in livestock. Read more
Published on 15 May 2009 in Sustainability and Communities , Climate, water and energy , Food, health and wellbeing
Climate Change And Land Capability For Agriculture (LCA)
The Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (LCA) system is widely used by planners, land managers and increasingly by policy makers in Scotland. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 in Climate, water and energy
Climate Change Scenarios and Issues for Crops in Scotland
Published on 27 January 2009 in Climate, water and energy
Determining Cost-Effective Climate Change Activity In Agriculture, Land Use And Forestry
Published on 8 January 2009 in Climate, water and energy
