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Climate change impacts on agriculture and food security in the Caribbean: A food importation perspective
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2003This report is a sub-component of the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean (ACCC) project. Its purpose is to determine the extent to which climatic change might alter food production opportunities in countries which have traditionally been major suppliers of food to six selected Caricom countries and thereby alter food security in the region.DocumentRe-framing island nations as champions of resilience in the face of climate change and disaster risk.
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2015This paper is part of a set of working papers that resulted from the Resilience Academy 2013-2014. The United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) publishes these papers as part of its UNU-EHS Working Paper series.DocumentAgricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks
Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013Disaster risk can increase or decrease over time according to a country’s ability to manage its vulnerability and risk governance capacities. In recent decades, countries in all regions have strengthened their capacities to reduce mortality risks associated with major weather-related hazards such as tropical cyclones and floods.DocumentClimate change and the agriculture crisis: agroecology as a solution
Focus on the Global South, 2015This report seeks to answer several questions on climate change, its causes, how it will affect people’s lives and environment and the importance of agroecology within this.DocumentExtreme weather and resilience of the global food system
Global Food Security Programme, 2015This report examines the resilience of the global food system to extreme weather.DocumentBuilding Environmental Resilience: A snapshot of farmers adapting to climate change in Kenya
Greenpeace International, 2015This report examines the practise used to build resilience to climate change by farmers in Kenya. In October 2014 interviews were conducted with farmers and members of the organisations that support them in West and Eastern Kenya. The aim was to identify which practices are being used successfully to build resilience, and alternatively which practices increase vulnerability.DocumentClimate change and aquatic animal disease
The WorldFish Center, 2015This paper argues that scientists need to better understand the impacts of climate change on aquaculture if we are to meet future seafood demand.It highlights the risks of increased fish disease as a result of climate change and calls for a mapping of the potential risks and the identification of suitable adaptation and mitigation intervention strategies.DocumentIPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Chapter 20: Climate-resilient pathways: adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014Climate change calls for new approaches to sustainable development that take into account complex interactions between climate and social and ecological systems. Climate-resilient pathways are development trajectories that combine adaptation and mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development.DocumentThe Mitigation Advantage: Maximizing the co-benefits of investing in smallholder adaptation initiatives
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2015This report argues that helping farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change can also significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.