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Title: Synthesis and Review: an inter-method comparison of climate change impacts on agriculture

Abstract

The agricultural sector is one of the most sensitive to climate change, with potentially significant implications for food security and welfare. Alternative methodological approaches—such as process models, statistical models and integrated assessment models—have been used to estimate climate impacts on agriculture, not always with consistent results. This focus issue intends to shed light on the sign and order of magnitude of agricultural impacts under 2 °C and higher warming levels. This letter synthesizes the set of articles in the focus issue that have been tasked with providing a systematic assessment of how results from these different methodological approaches compare and why they are different. From this synthesis, we offer thoughts on research priorities going forward to fill key voids in the literature on this important topic.

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Research Org.:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1457199
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1509885
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0005171
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Environmental Research Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Environmental Research Letters Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; agriculture climate impacts; process models; statistical models; integrated assessment models; carbon fertilization; climate adaptation; inter-method comparison

Citation Formats

Ciscar, Juan-Carlos, Fisher-Vanden, Karen, and Lobell, David B. Synthesis and Review: an inter-method comparison of climate change impacts on agriculture. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aac7cb.
Ciscar, Juan-Carlos, Fisher-Vanden, Karen, & Lobell, David B. Synthesis and Review: an inter-method comparison of climate change impacts on agriculture. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac7cb
Ciscar, Juan-Carlos, Fisher-Vanden, Karen, and Lobell, David B. Tue . "Synthesis and Review: an inter-method comparison of climate change impacts on agriculture". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac7cb.
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title = {Synthesis and Review: an inter-method comparison of climate change impacts on agriculture},
author = {Ciscar, Juan-Carlos and Fisher-Vanden, Karen and Lobell, David B.},
abstractNote = {The agricultural sector is one of the most sensitive to climate change, with potentially significant implications for food security and welfare. Alternative methodological approaches—such as process models, statistical models and integrated assessment models—have been used to estimate climate impacts on agriculture, not always with consistent results. This focus issue intends to shed light on the sign and order of magnitude of agricultural impacts under 2 °C and higher warming levels. This letter synthesizes the set of articles in the focus issue that have been tasked with providing a systematic assessment of how results from these different methodological approaches compare and why they are different. From this synthesis, we offer thoughts on research priorities going forward to fill key voids in the literature on this important topic.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/aac7cb},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 13,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Table 1. Table 1.: Overview of the focus issue articles.

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