Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta

Climate change poses significant threats to the livelihoods of farmers, particularly in coastal regions where drought, salinity intrusion and weather variability reduce crop yields and increase poverty. While climate adaptation strategies aim to mitigate these impacts, they do not necessarily transl...

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Autores principales: Le, Phuong-Dung, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter, Long, Hoang, Van Dijk, Han
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool University Press 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177845
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author Le, Phuong-Dung
Pacillo, Grazia
Läderach, Peter
Long, Hoang
Van Dijk, Han
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description Climate change poses significant threats to the livelihoods of farmers, particularly in coastal regions where drought, salinity intrusion and weather variability reduce crop yields and increase poverty. While climate adaptation strategies aim to mitigate these impacts, they do not necessarily translate into positive outcomes. Through a scoping literature review and in-depth interviews, the paper investigates different domains of human (in)security and their interactions in the context of significant climate change impacts and relatively rapid adaptive responses within the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The analysis shows that not only several critical manifestations of insecurity arise due to climate change impacts, but also unexpected human insecurity and potential conflict risks can happen as the result of climate adaptation activities. We conclude that a holistic understanding and mainstreaming of human security into adaptation planning and implementation for the region is important and requires more attention from both research and policy perspectives. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ .
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spelling CGSpace1778452025-11-13T02:15:15Z Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta Le, Phuong-Dung Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter Long, Hoang Van Dijk, Han climate change climate change adaptation human health climate change impacts Climate change poses significant threats to the livelihoods of farmers, particularly in coastal regions where drought, salinity intrusion and weather variability reduce crop yields and increase poverty. While climate adaptation strategies aim to mitigate these impacts, they do not necessarily translate into positive outcomes. Through a scoping literature review and in-depth interviews, the paper investigates different domains of human (in)security and their interactions in the context of significant climate change impacts and relatively rapid adaptive responses within the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The analysis shows that not only several critical manifestations of insecurity arise due to climate change impacts, but also unexpected human insecurity and potential conflict risks can happen as the result of climate adaptation activities. We conclude that a holistic understanding and mainstreaming of human security into adaptation planning and implementation for the region is important and requires more attention from both research and policy perspectives. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . 2025-03-31 2025-11-12T14:41:01Z 2025-11-12T14:41:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177845 en Open Access application/pdf Liverpool University Press Le, P.; Pacillo, G.; Läderach, P.; Long, H.; Van Dijk, H. (2025) Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta. International Development Planning Review 47(3): p. 351-372. ISSN: 1474-6743
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climate change impacts
Le, Phuong-Dung
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Läderach, Peter
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Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
title Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
title_full Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
title_fullStr Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
title_full_unstemmed Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
title_short Climate change and adaptation through the human security lens: insights from the Mekong Delta
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topic climate change
climate change adaptation
human health
climate change impacts
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