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Günther Fischer
Researcher at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Publications - 194
Citations - 15088
Günther Fischer is an academic researcher from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Agricultural productivity. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 193 publications receiving 13783 citations. Previous affiliations of Günther Fischer include Goddard Space Flight Center & International Institute of Minnesota.
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
Eric F. Lambin,Billie Turner,Helmut Geist,Samuel Babatunde Agbola,Arild Angelsen,John W. Bruce,Oliver T. Coomes,Rodolfo Dirzo,Günther Fischer,Carl Folke,P.S. George,Katherine Homewood,Jacques Imbernon,Rik Leemans,Xiubin Li,Emilio F. Moran,Michael Mortimore,P. S. Ramakrishnan,John F. Richards,Helle Skånes,Will Steffen,Glenn Davis Stone,Uno Svedin,Tom A. Veldkamp,Coleen Vogel,Jianchu Xu +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors track some of the major myths on driving forces of land cover change and propose alternative pathways of change that are better supported by case study evidence, concluding that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide.
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Effects of climate change on global food production under SRES emissions and socio-economic scenarios
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of climate change on crop yields, production, and risk of hunger was analyzed for linked socio-economic and climate scenarios using transfer functions derived from crop model simulations with observed climate data and projected climate change scenarios.
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Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands
George C. Hurtt,George C. Hurtt,Louise Chini,Steve Frolking,Richard Betts,Johannes J. Feddema,Günther Fischer,J. Fisk,Kathy Hibbard,Richard A. Houghton,Anthony C. Janetos,Chris D. Jones,Georg Kindermann,Tsuguki Kinoshita,Kees Klein Goldewijk,Keywan Riahi,Elena Shevliakova,Steven J. Smith,Elke Stehfest,Allison M. Thomson,Peter E. Thornton,D.P. van Vuuren,D.P. van Vuuren,Ying-Ping Wang +23 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a harmonized set of land-use scenarios is presented that smoothly connects historical reconstructions of land use with future projections, in the format required by ESMs, in preparation for the fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Socio-economic and climate change impacts on agriculture: an integrated assessment, 1990–2080
TL;DR: The results from the study suggest that critical impact asymmetries due to both climate and socio-economic structures may deepen current production and consumption gaps between developed and developing world; it is suggested that adaptation of agricultural techniques will be central to limit potential damages under climate change.