Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands

Climate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall pa...

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Autores principales: Rosegrant, Mark W., Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, Thomas, Timothy S., You, Liangzhi, Chiang, Catherine
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Asian Development Bank 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145066
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author Rosegrant, Mark W.
Valmonte-Santos, Rowena
Thomas, Timothy S.
You, Liangzhi
Chiang, Catherine
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
Thomas, Timothy S.
Valmonte-Santos, Rowena
You, Liangzhi
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Chiang, Catherine
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description Climate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and intensification of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and El Niño-related droughts. Pacific island countries are particularly vulnerable to such climatic changes, since on average, two-thirds of the region’s population depends on agriculture and fisheries for its livelihood and food security. This is certainly true of at least two of the three countries analyzed under the study on which this report is based, the latter including Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Solomon Islands. PNG and Solomon Islands are both vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change since the percentage share of agriculture in total employment is relatively high in both countries (69% in PNG and 68% in Solomon Islands). Similarly, because of their relatively high percentage share of agriculture in the gross domestic product (GDP) (36% in PNG and 39% in Solomon Islands during 2000-2009), the current capacity of both countries for adapting to climate change is limited.
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spelling CGSpace1450662025-11-06T03:59:44Z Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands Rosegrant, Mark W. Valmonte-Santos, Rowena Thomas, Timothy S. You, Liangzhi Chiang, Catherine climate change food security livelihoods Pacific Islands natural resources agriculture climate resilience sustainability policies governance Climate change projections internationally accepted as being reliable indicate that most countries in the Pacific region will suffer large-scale negative impacts from climate change. These impacts are likely to include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and intensification of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones and El Niño-related droughts. Pacific island countries are particularly vulnerable to such climatic changes, since on average, two-thirds of the region’s population depends on agriculture and fisheries for its livelihood and food security. This is certainly true of at least two of the three countries analyzed under the study on which this report is based, the latter including Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Solomon Islands. PNG and Solomon Islands are both vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change since the percentage share of agriculture in total employment is relatively high in both countries (69% in PNG and 68% in Solomon Islands). Similarly, because of their relatively high percentage share of agriculture in the gross domestic product (GDP) (36% in PNG and 39% in Solomon Islands during 2000-2009), the current capacity of both countries for adapting to climate change is limited. 2015-11 2024-06-07T14:35:47Z 2024-06-07T14:35:47Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145066 en Open Access application/pdf Asian Development Bank International Food Policy Research Institute Rosegrant, Mark W.; Valmonte-Santos, Rowena; Thomas, Timothy S.; You, Liangzhi; and Chiang, Catherine A. 2015. Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands. Mandaluyong City, Philippines; and Washington, DC: Asian Development Bank (ADB); and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5202
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food security
livelihoods
Pacific Islands
natural resources
agriculture
climate resilience
sustainability
policies
governance
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Valmonte-Santos, Rowena
Thomas, Timothy S.
You, Liangzhi
Chiang, Catherine
Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title_full Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title_fullStr Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title_full_unstemmed Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title_short Climate change, food security, and socioeconomic livelihood in Pacific Islands
title_sort climate change food security and socioeconomic livelihood in pacific islands
topic climate change
food security
livelihoods
Pacific Islands
natural resources
agriculture
climate resilience
sustainability
policies
governance
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