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Olly Watts
Researcher at Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Publications - 5
Citations - 120
Olly Watts is an academic researcher from Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 61 citations.
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Measuring the success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems
Michael D. Morecroft,Michael D. Morecroft,Simon J. Duffield,Mike Harley,James W. Pearce-Higgins,James W. Pearce-Higgins,Nicola Stevens,Olly Watts,Jeanette Whitaker +8 more
TL;DR: The evidence is now clear that protecting and restoring ecosystems is essential to holding global temperature rise to between 1.5° and 2°C, and the value of different interventions for reducing GHG emissions and promoting carbon sequestration can be quantified with varying degrees of confidence.
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A national-scale assessment of climate change impacts on species: Assessing the balance of risks and opportunities for multiple taxa
James W. Pearce-Higgins,James W. Pearce-Higgins,Colin M. Beale,Tom H. Oliver,Tom August,Matthew J. Carroll,Matthew J. Carroll,Dario Massimino,Nancy Ockendon,Nancy Ockendon,Joanne Savage,Christopher J. Wheatley,Malcolm Ausden,Richard B. Bradbury,Richard B. Bradbury,Simon J. Duffield,Nicholas A. Macgregor,Nicholas A. Macgregor,Colin J. McClean,Michael D. Morecroft,Chris D. Thomas,Olly Watts,Bjorn Beckmann,Richard Fox,Helen E. Roy,Peter G. Sutton,Kevin J. Walker,Humphrey Q. P. Crick +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a national-scale assessment of the risks of range loss and opportunities for range expansion that climate change could pose for over 3000 plants and animals, using standardised and repeatable methods.
England Biodiversity Strategy - towards adapation to climate change. Final report to Defra for contract CRO327
Ruth J. Mitchell,Michael D. Morecroft,Mike Acreman,Humphrey Q. P. Crick,Matthew Frost,Mike Harley,I. D. M. Maclean,Owen Mountford,J. Piper,H. Pontier,Mark M. Rehfisch,Louise Claire Ross,Richard J. Smithers,A. P. Stott,Clive A. Walmsley,Olly Watts,Edward R. Wilson +16 more
TL;DR: The authors in this paper reviewed the scientific evidence and summarised the potential impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of England within each of the sectors of the EBS: Agriculture, Water and Wetlands, Woodland and Forestry, Coastal and Marine, Towns and Cities.
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Agricultural lands key to mitigation and adaptation-Response.
Michael D. Morecroft,Michael D. Morecroft,Simon J. Duffield,Mike Harley,James W. Pearce Higgins,James W. Pearce Higgins,Nicola Stevens,Nicola Stevens,Olly Watts,Jeanette Whitaker +9 more
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Protected Areas and Wildlife in Changing Landscapes: The Law and Policy Context for NGO Responses to Climate Change in the UK
TL;DR: In 2010, the European Union (EU) and the global Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted revised targets to halt the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services by 2020, rest...