Description
The change in climatic conditions has resulted in a series of events from the melting of polar ice to the rising of sea levels. This has affected low-lying coastal areas by endangering plants and animals, agriculture and livelihood patterns in general, not to mention causing the outbreak of diseases like dengue, malaria, etc. It is, thus, imperative that mitigation measures to stabilize or reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide is brought about. A key step is the bio-fixation of carbon from the atmosphere.
This book attempts to bring forth the role of vegetation in carbon sequestration. The introductory chapters of the book deal with the understanding of the physical attributes governing climate on earth, historical account of climate change, impacts of climate change on different environs and eco-strategies to combat climate change. Detailed account of mechanism of carbon sources and sinks, carbon credits and REDD+ are also discussed. A sizeable portion of the book is dedicated to the climate change and phonological variability, clean development mechanism and economic stability through natural resource management. Academicians, researchers, policy makers and environmental stakeholders will find it a useful and comprehensive guide in the floristic and arboreal potential to sequester carbon dioxide and will suffice the diverse needs of teaching and research.
Table of Contents
1. Physical Drivers of Earth’s Climate
Abolfazl Jalali Shahrood and Abrar Yousuf
2. Global Warming or Global Cooling: Challenges and Future Prospects
Zagir Ataev
3. Global Climate Change Impacts on Watershed Hydrology
Vishnu Prasad, Abrar Yousuf and Parminder Singh Sandhu
4. Climate Change vis-à-vis Insect Pest Population
Malik Mukhtar, Asma Sherwani, Adhfur Sherwani, Khursheed Alam and Moonisa Aslam Dervash
5. Impact of Climate Change on Economic and Sociopolitical Aspects
Abolfazl Jalali Shahrood, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Akhlaq Amin Wani and Mohammad Amin Bhat
6. Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecology of Caspian Sea: An Overview
Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay and Liliya A. Dimeyeva
7. From Climate Change to Migration: The Prospects in Iran
Ali Bogheiry
8. Mechanism behind Sources and Sinks of Major Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases
Tariq Mehmood, Muhammad Azher Hassan, Xinghua Li, Anam Ashraf, Sadia Rehman, Muhammad Bilal, Raphael M Obodo, Beenish Mustafa, Mehak Shaz, Saira Bibi and Awais Shakoor
9. Soil Quality vis-à-vis Climatic Upheaval
Mohammad Amin Bhat, Abrar Yousuf and Parminder Singh Sandhu
10. Climate Risk Management vis-à-vis Crop Productivity under Climatic Variability
Sukhjeet Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Abrar Yousuf, Jagdish Singh and Parminder Singh Sandhu
11. Organic Amendments for Sustainable Crop Production, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Climate Smart Agriculture
Maryam Adil, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Tahira Yasmeen, Farah Riaz, Komel Jehangir, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Sajid Ali, Rashid Mahmood, Qaiser Hussain, Sher Muhammad Shehzad, Afia Zia, Muhammad Arif
12. Forests and Tree-based\Land Use Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation Option to Combat Climate Change
Kamini Gautam, Sapna Thakur, Vipasha and Sheeraz Salim Bhat
13. Climate Change and Plant Phenological Variability
Sweta Nisha Phukon, Manoj Kumar, Hukum Singh, Subrata Nandy
14. Climate change and the need for REDD+
Mohammad Nayeem Shah, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq and Ishfaq Gujree
15. Clean Development Mechanism: Achievements, Challenges and Moving Beyond 2020
Hemen Mark Butu, Magnus C. Abraham-Dukuma, Tiwalade Adeyemi Adeniyi, Kaze Tindo Narcisse Saturnin, Benyoh Emmanuel Kigha Nsafon, Michael O. Dioha and Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi
16. Green Business through Carbon Credits
Charles C. Anukwonke and Chinedu I. Abazu
17. Avenue Plantation as a Viable Carbon Confiscation Tool: A Blueprint for Eco-smart Cities
Amit Kumar, Rima Kumari and Purabi Saikia
18. Potential Role of Turfgrasses and Understorey Vegetation for Mitigating the Changing Climate
Tabinda Athar, Hina Fatima, Mohd. Kamran Khan, Anamika Pandey, Shumila Shahid, Mehmet Hamurcu and Sait Gezgin
