This Special describes key basic concepts pertaining to climate in agriculture.

• Risk
  • Risk definitions: A basic discussion of climate risk and vulnerability applied to agricultural production
  • Risk management: What can be done to reduce the impact of climate variability on agriculture? What are the fundamental differences between developing and developed countries, as far as climate risk is concerned?
• Impact
  • Losses: A quantification, at the national and global scale, of the losses actually suffered by agriculture due to climate variability

  Note: This Special is also available for downloading as a Powerpoint presentation (zipped, 31K) and a Word document (zipped, 55K)