{"id":1491,"date":"2026-01-30T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-online.org\/websites\/bor\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:46:42","slug":"borbs-xxii-experience-of-climate-extremes-and-farmers-adaptation-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-online.org\/websites\/bor\/borbs-xxii-experience-of-climate-extremes-and-farmers-adaptation-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"BORBS XXII: Experience of Climate Extremes and Farmers\u2019 Adaptation to Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Authors: <\/strong>Oliver Behn (University of G\u00f6ttingen), Michael Leyer (University of Marburg), Silke H\u00fcttel (University of G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change unfolds through increasing frequency and magnitude of climate extreme events posing threats to agricultural productivity, farm incomes, and economic resilience of food systems. In response, farms face an urgent need to adapt their production systems. However, empirical research consistently reports significant adaptation gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many economic and climate-related decision models are based on the assumption that adaptation decisions are made from description<\/em>. In these models, farmers are expected to evaluate adaptation options by considering their anticipated consequences under future climatic conditions, often relying on assumed probabilities of future agro-climatic states. Such approaches, however, often insufficiently capture the complexity of real-world decision-making under uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, farmers are often uncertain about the likelihood, timing, and severity of future climate extreme events. Moreover, human factors such as cognitive biases, emotions, and subjective risk perceptions are frequently overlooked. However, farm adaptation decisions are more realistically understood as a \u201cwicked problem\u201d with no clear or universally optimal solution. In such situations, farmers may rely less on abstract probabilistic information and instead draw on personal experiences with past climate extreme events when making adaptation decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presentation provides an overview of how farmers adapt to climate change and discusses different types of adaptation strategies. It further presents experimental results that examine the role of personal experience with climate extreme events in shaping farmers\u2019 adaptation behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should you join?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Participants will gain insight into how climate adaptation is implemented in agricultural contexts and the key challenges farmers face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The presentation will report experimental evidence on how the cognitive processing of experienced climate extreme events influences farmers\u2019 decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12th, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 PM to 12.40 PM (UK, London)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 PM; to 1.40 PM (CET, Berlin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89143663283?pwd=kxdJrqXHfZ0O2nJVPL7TgfCBfuJtRq.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting-ID: 891 4366 3283<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenncode: 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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