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Fuchs, Roland John was born on January 15, 1933 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Alois L. and Elizabeth (Weigand) Fuchs.
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Global environmental change (GEC) represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. As this book shows, at the same time, agriculture and related activities also contribute to GEC by, for example, intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface. Responses aimed at adapting to GEC may have negative consequences for food security, just as measures taken to increase food security may exacerbate GEC. The authors show that this complex and dynamic relationship between GEC and food security is also influenced by additional factors; food systems are heavily influenced by socioeconomic conditions, which in turn are affected by multiple processes such as macro-level economic policies, political conflicts and other important drivers. The book provides a major, accessible synthesis of the current state of knowledge and thinking on the relationships between GEC and food security. Most other books addressing the subject concentrate on the links between climate change and agricultural production, and do not extend to an analysis of the wider food system which underpins food security; this book addresses the broader issues, based on a novel food system concept and stressing the need for actions at a regional, rather than just an international or local, level. It reviews new thinking which has emerged over the last decade, analyses research methods for stakeholder engagement and for undertaking studies at the regional level, and looks forward by reviewing a number of emerging 'hot topics' in the food security-GEC debate which help set new agendas for the research community at large. Published with Earth System Science Partnership, GECAFS and SCOPE
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This book is an up-to-date synthesis of the biologically interlinked global biogeochemical cycles of C, N, P and S. Processes and models involving the flow of these elements in and between the global reservoirs of ocean, atmosphere, biosphere and land are emphasized. Human-induced perturbations to the global cycles are discussed and the role of these space scales of global change is considered, from the geologic to the present and the future. Feedback mechanisms that enchance or ameliorate global change are an important feature. The book is strongly interdisciplinary in scope.
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Climate change control has risen to the top of the international agenda. Failed efforts, centred in the United Nations, to allocate responsibility have resulted in a challenge now reaching crisis stage. John J. Kirton and Ella Kokotsis analyse the generation and effectiveness of four decades of intergovernmental regimes for controlling global climate change. Informed by international relations theories and critical of the prevailing UN approach, Kirton and Kokotsis trace the global governance of climate change from its 1970s origins to the present and demonstrate the effectiveness of the plurilateral summit alternative grounded in the G7/8 and the G20. Topics covered include: - G7/8 and UN competition and convergence on governing climate change - Kyoto obligations and the post-Kyoto regime - The role of the G7/8 and G20 in generating a regime beyond Kyoto - Projections of and prescriptions for an effective global climate change control regime for the twenty-first century. This topical book synthesizes a rich array of empirical data, including new interview and documentary material about G7/8 and G20 governance of climate change, and makes a valuable contribution to understanding the dynamics of governing climate change. It will appeal to scholars, researchers, and policy makers interested in the dynamics behind governance processes within the intergovernmental realm.
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This text focuses on the atmosphere and how it works as a global entity to maintain a given global climate or ozone shield and how it is influenced by human activity. A complete reference for students of environmental science and related fields, it introduces aspects of global change from a meteorological perspective. An accompanying guide to the Internet helps keep readers up to date on the latest information in the field.
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Fuchs, Roland John was born on January 15, 1933 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Alois L. and Elizabeth (Weigand) Fuchs.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1954. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1956—1957. Postgraduate, Moscow State University, 1960—1961.
Master of Arts, Clark University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, 1959. Doctor of Science (honorary), Clark University, 1995.
Assistant professor to professor emeritus University Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1958, chairman department geography, 1964-1986, assistant dean to associate dean College Arts and Sciences, 1965-1967, director Asian Studies Language and Area Center, 1965-1967, adjunct research associate East West Center, since 1980, special assistant to president, 1986. Vice rector United Nations University, Tokyo, 1987-1994. Director International Start Secretariat, 1994—2008.
Senior fellow East West Center, since 2008. Visiting professor Clark University, 1963-1964, National Taiwan University, 1974. Board international organizations and programs National Academy of Sciences, 1976-1981, chairman, 1980-1981, board science and technical in development, 1980-1985.
Member United States National Commission for Pacific Basin Economic Cooperative, 1985-1987. Senior advisor United Nations University, 1986. Chairman advisory committee United Nations University Institute for Environmental and Human Security.
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(This book is an up-to-date synthesis of the biologically ...)
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Author, editor: Geographical Perspectives on the Soviet Union, 1974, Theoretical Problems of Geography, 1977, Population Distribution Policies in Development Planning, 1981, Urbanization and Urban Policies in the Pacific-Asia Region, 1987, Megacities: The Challenge of the Urban Future, 1994, Global-Regional Linkages in the Earth System, 2002. Assistant editor Economic Geography, 1963-1964. Member editorial advisory committee Soviet Geography: Review and Translation, 1966-1985, Geoforum, 1988-1996, African Urban Quarterly, 1987, Global Environmental Change, 1990-2000, Asian Geographer, 1991-1998, International Journal Environmental Pollution, 1994^.
Member Association American Geographers, American Geophysical Union, International Geography Union (vice president 1980-1984, 1st vice president 1984-1988, president 1988-1992, past president 1992-1996), Association American Geographers (Honorary award 1982), American Association Advancement of Slavic Studies (board directors 1976-1981), Pacific Science Association (member council since 1978, member executive committee 1986-1999, secretary general-treasurer 1991-1999), Academy Europaea (elected foreign member).
Married Gaynell Ruth McAuliffe, June 15, 1957. Children: Peter K., Christopher K., Andrew K.