Biodegradation of Riverbeds and Carbon Sequestration in Farmed and Sustainable Ecosystems The general objective of this project was to contribute to the evaluation of land use and management impacts on C sequestration and nitrogen...

Integrated Modelling of the Economic and Biophysical Components of Plant Production in Relation with Climate Change   Coordinators Pierre-Alain Jayet, INRA – Economie et Sociologie Rurale Partnership INRA – Centre d’Avignon INRA – Centre...

Assessing Policies to Fight Greenhouse Gases, Outline and Summary of Findings from Three Complementary Approaches Objectives: Drawing upon a spontaneous quantitative scenario developed up to 2030, the aim was to design variant scenarios (and...

Global changes and biodiversity: Relative performances of introduced and indigenous species and simulation of distributional changes Attached file(s) Abstract Man’s domination over terrestrial ecosystems deeply affects the world’s abiotic environment and the biotic diversity...

Influence of climate change on the hydrological and biogeochemical processes of the Seine watershed Attached file(s) Abstract The objective of this project is to study the influence of climate change, through changes in direct...

Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in grazed pasture land and reduction strategies Attached file(s) Abstract The objective of the GES-Prairies project is to quantify the net emissions of greenhouse gases...

Emissions of nitrogen oxides from soils. Measurement, modelling, land-use patterns and inventory. Impact on air quality, climate change and assessment of abatement possibilities. Attached file(s) Abstract This project deals with the biosphere-atmosphere exchanges of...

Climatic impact of carbonaceous aerosols Attached file(s) Abstract Although much more difficult to assess than that of greenhouse gases, the climatic role of aerosols is now an established fact. What is more, it is...

Reinforcing long-term scenario-building capacities: data control and model coupling Attached file(s) Abstract Reading the Summaries for Policymakers of the third IPCC report published in 2001 confirms the diagnosis of a lack of consistency in...

Requirements for the developmental additionality of the Clean Development Mechanism and role of official development assistance Attached file(s) Abstract The difficulty of giving expression to the problems of development, as they appear today outside...