Growth and development of cereal crops are linked to weather, day length and growing
degree-days (GDDs) which make them responsive to the specific environments in specific …

Plant responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, together with
projected variations in temperature and precipitation will determine future agricultural …

Crop yields are projected to decrease under future climate conditions, and recent research
suggests that yields have already been impacted. However, current impacts on a diversity of …

In recent years, global hunger has begun to rise, returning to levels from a decade ago.
Climate change is a key driver behind these recent rises and is one of the leading causes of …

Although global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with
2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Indeed, SSA is the …

This paper presents a set of energy and resource intensive scenarios based on the concept
of Shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs). The scenario family is characterized by rapid …

International trade enables us to exploit regional differences in climate change impacts and
is increasingly regarded as a potential adaptation mechanism. Here, we focus on hunger …

Socioeconomic factors, including population growth, global trade and the worldwide
transport of materials, interact with environmental drivers to determine the sustainability of …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

The climate crisis has begun to disrupt human societies by severely affecting the very
foundations of human livelihood and social organisation. Climate impacts are not equally …