Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation - Role of Extension
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Kesava Rao, Suhas Wani, Mukund Patil. (3/6/2016). Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation - Role of Extension, in "Advances in Agricultural Extension: Towards Changing the Lives and Livelihoods. ". Hyderabad, India: BS Publications.
Abstract
Evidences over the past few decades show that significant changes in climate are taking place all over the world as a result of
enhanced human activities in deforestation, emission of various greenhouse gases, and indiscriminate use of fossil fuels. Global
atmospheric concentration of C02 has increased from preindustrial
level of 280 parts per million (ppm) to 400 ppm in 2014. Global
projections indicate higher temperature of 1.5 to 4.5°C by the year 2050, as a result of enhanced greenhouse gases. Climate change
predictions for India indicate that warming is likely to be above the global mean and fewer very cold days are very likely. Frequency of
intense rainfall events and winds associated with tropica) cyclones are likely to increase. The global average surface temperature in
2015 broke all previous records by a strikingly wide margin, at 0.76 ± 0.1°C above the 19611990
average. For the first time on record,
temperatures in 2015 were about 1°C above the preindustrial
era, according to a consolidated analysis from the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO, 2016). Under the threat of increased greenhouse gases and resultant higher temperatures and uncertainty in
rainfall regimes, there is a critical need to communicate climate change scenarios, adaptation and mitigation strategies to all
stakeholders particularly farmers and agricultural extension personnel to enhance resilience and also to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions...