Preface

A Maasai cattle farmer in Tanzania. It is fundamental to understand the climate system and on-going and coming changes—whatever their form—to make it possible to gauge the scale of the issues and to conceive the appropriate responses to be made in the various fields. This is the approach used in this important contribution by IRD and its partners in the South. The tropics have been chosen as the field of investigation of this book, making it stand out by its relevance and ori...