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Assessment of productivity and economic viability of combined food and energy (cfe) production system in Denmark
(MDPI, 2019)
Agro-ecosystems for integrated food, fodder, and biomass production can contribute to achieving European Union goals to increase renewable energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study objective was to ...
Assessing food sustainable intensification potential of agroforestry using a carbon balance method
(SISEF, 2019)
Food security, climate change mitigation, and land use challenges are interlinked and need to be considered simultaneously. One possible solution is sustainable intensification, which is the practice of increasing food ...
Addendum to Understanding risks in the light of uncertainty: low-probability, high-impact coastal events in cities
(IOP Publishing, 2018)
This addendum adds to the analysis presented in Understanding risks in the light of uncertainty: low-probability, high-impact coastal events in cities Abadie et al (2017 Environ. Res. Lett . 12 [https://doi.org/10.1088 ...
Climate change impact, adaptation, and mitigation in temperate grazing systems: A review
(MDPI, 2019)
Managed temperate grasslands occupy 25% of the world, which is 70% of global agricultural land. These lands are an important source of food for the global population. This review paper examines the impacts of climate change ...
Indicators for relational values of nature s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
Relational values are values of desirable relationships between people and nature and among people (through nature). We report on the approach to capture relational values of nature s contributions to people in the regional ...
The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)
(John Wiley and Sons, 2020)
Climate change is a world-wide threat to biodiversity and ecosystem structure, functioning and services. To understand the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and to predict the consequences for nature and people, we urgently ...
Climate change induced socio-economic tipping points: Review and stakeholder consultation for policy relevant research
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating points of abrupt transition in biophysical systems as well as transformative changes in adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the ...
The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(Springer Nature, 2020)
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its progressively wider impact on many sectors requires an assessment of its effect on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Using a consensus-based expert ...
Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice
(Elsevier, 2018)
The promise that ecosystem service assessments will contribute to better decision-making is not yet proven. We analyse how knowledge on ecosystem services is actually used to inform land and water management in 22 case ...
Heat stress risk in European dairy cattle husbandry under different climate change scenarios-uncertainties and potential impacts
(EGU Publications, 2019)
In the last decades, a global warming trend was observed. Along with the temperature increase, modifications in the humidity and wind regime amplify the regional and local impacts on livestock husbandry. Direct impacts ...