IIASA RepositorySimilar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methodsB.LiuauthorS.AssengauthorC.MüllerauthorF.EwertauthorJ.ElliottauthorD.B.LobellauthorP.MartreauthorA.C.RuaneauthorD.WallachauthorJ.W.JonesauthorC.RosenzweigauthorP.K.AggarwalauthorP.D.AldermanauthorJ.AnothaiauthorB.BassoauthorC.BiernathauthorD.CammaranoauthorA.ChallinorauthorD.DeryngauthorG.SanctisauthorJ.DoltraauthorE.FereresauthorC.FolberthauthorM.Garcia-VilaauthorS.GaylerauthorG.HoogenboomauthorL.A.HuntauthorR.C.IzaurraldeauthorM.JablounauthorC.D.JonesauthorK.C.KersebaumauthorB.A.KimballauthorA.-K.KoehlerauthorS.N.KumarauthorC.NendelauthorG.J.O’LearyauthorJ.E.OlesenauthorM.J.OttmanauthorT.PalosuoauthorP.V.V.PrasadauthorE.PriesackauthorT.A.M.PughauthorM.ReynoldsauthorE.E.RezaeiauthorR.P.RötterauthorE.SchmidauthorM.A.SemenovauthorI.ShcherbakauthorE.StehfestauthorC.O.StöckleauthorP.StratonovitchauthorT.StreckauthorI.SupitauthorF.TaoauthorP.ThorburnauthorK.WahaauthorG.W.WallauthorE.WangauthorJ.W.WhiteauthorJ.WolfauthorZ.ZhaoauthorY.ZhuauthorThe potential impact of global temperature change on global crop yield has recently been assessed with di erent methods. Here we show that grid-based and point-based simulations and statistical regressions (from historic records), without deliberate adaptation or CO2 fertilization e ects, produce similar estimates of temperature impact on wheat yields at global and national scales. With a 1◦C global temperature increase, global wheat yield is projected to decline between 4.1% and 6.4%. Projected relative temperature impacts from di erent methods were similar for major wheat-producing countries China, India, USA and France, but less so for Russia. Point-based and grid-based simulations, and to some extent the statistical regressions, were consistent in projecting that warmer regions are likely to su er more yield loss with increasing temperature than cooler regions. By forming a multi-method ensemble, it was possible to quantify ‘method uncertainty’ in addition to model uncertainty. This significantly improves confidence in estimates of climate impacts on global food security.2016-10NatureArticle

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