Browsing Climate Change by Issue Date

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    • Assessing adaptation options for climate change: A guide for coastal communities in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific. 6. Landscape function analysis 

      WorldFish (2013)
      Type: Brochure
      This brochure is part of a series that collectively detail how a community-based assessment of climate change was used in partnership with coastal communities and provincial and national-level stakeholders in Timor-Leste ...

    • Asset or liability? Aquaculture in a natural disaster prone area 

      Karim, M.; Castine, S.; Brooks, A.; Beare, D.; Beveridge, M.; Phillips, M.; Manjurul Karim: 0000-0003-4280-3568; Michael Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2014)
      Type: Journal Article
      The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of aquaculture in improving a familys ability to cope with disasters like cyclones. Small-scale aquaculture is expanding in deltas globally. This work, therefore, seeks to ...

    • State of the Coral Triangle Reports 

      Asian Development Bank (2014)
      Type: Report
      These publications, consisting of a Regional State of the Coral Triangle report with six corresponding country-level State of the Coral Triangle reports, identify key issues that decision makers must address if sustainable ...

    • Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response 

      Wise, R.M.; Fazey, I.; Stafford Smith, M.; Park, S.E.; Eakin, H.C.; van Garderen, E.R.M.A.; Campbell, B. (2014)
      Type: Journal Article
      The need to adapt to climate change is now widely recognised as evidence of its impacts on social and natural systems grows and greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. Yet efforts to adapt to climate change, as reported ...

    • CGIAR Research Program on climate change, agriculture and food security 

      WorldFish (2014)
      Type: Brief
      Climate change is an unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people. Climate change affects agriculture and food security, and likewise, agriculture and natural resource management affect the ...

    • Exploratory analysis of resource demand and the environmental footprint of future aquaculture development using Life Cycle Assessment 

      Mungkung , R.; Phillips, M.; Castine, S.; Beveridge, M.; Chaiyawannakarn, N.; Nawapakpilai, S.; Waite, R.; Michael Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2014)
      Type: Working Paper
      Increases in fish demand in the coming decades are projected to be largely met by growth of aquaculture. However, increased aquaculture production is linked to higher demand for natural resources and energy as well as ...

    • Vertical agriculture: Suspended horticulture in towers 

      Hossain, E.; Nurun Nabi, S.M.; Kaminski, A. (2015)
      Type: Brief
      The farmers of Bangladesh face many challenges associated with climate change and increases in population. Rising salinity, waterlogging, flooding and storm surges, coupled with a growing population that is expected to ...

    • Feed resources vis-à-vis livestock and fish productivity in a changing climate 

      Blümmel, M.; Haileslassie, A.; Herrero, M.; Beveridge, M.; Phillips, M.; Havlik, P.; Michael Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2015)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Animal source food production globally already faces increasing pressure because of negative environmental implications, particularly because of greenhouse gas emissions. As livestock and aquaculture are important sources ...

    • Fish ring microhabitats: Resilience in rice field fisheries 

      Hossain, E.; Nurun Nabi, S.M.; Kaminski, A. (2015)
      Type: Brief
      A habitat is the environment where species such as fish live, feed and breed. A small, specialized area of a habitat (a microhabitat) can be created and managed as a way to attract and encourage a species to use the ...

    • Climate-smart house: Housing that is cyclone resistant and food, energy and water efficient in Bangladesh 

      Hossain, E.; Nurun Nabi, S.M.; Kaminski, A. (2015)
      Type: Brief
      Since cyclones Sidr (2007) and Aila (2009), communities in southern Bangladesh have increasingly needed to protect their homes and livelihoods from destructive natural disasters. WorldFish embarked on a climate-resilient ...

    • Vertical agriculture: Homestead horticulture suspended in sacks 

      Hossain, E.; Nurun Nabi, S.M.; Kaminski, A. (2015)
      Type: Brief
      Suspending horticulture in sacks above the ground can result in higher levels of productivity for vegetables when the challenges of unfertile or saline soil, flooding, waterlogging, and land and water constraints are ...

    • Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands 

      Bell, J.; Taylor, M. (2015)
      Type: Report
      The countries and territories of the Pacific Islands face many challenges in building the three main pillars of food security: availability, access and appropriate use of nutritious food. These challenges arise from factors ...

    • A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity 

      Ensor, J.E.; Park, S.E.; Hoddy, E.T.; Ratner, B.D. (2015)
      Type: Journal Article
      Whilst it is increasingly recognised that socio-political contexts shape climate change adaptation decisions and actions at all scales, current modes of development typically fail to recognise or adequately challenge these ...

    • Climate change and pacific island food systems 

      Bell, J.; Taylor, M.; Amos, M.; Andrew, N. (2016)
      Type: Book
      Climate change in Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) is projected to have significant impacts, including rising sea-levels, more violent tropical cyclones and droughts. Fish stocks in the tropical regions of ...

    • Aquaculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam's Mekong Delta 

      Kam, S.P.; Nhuong, T.; Hoanh, C.T.; Hien, N.X. (2016)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Most of the aquaculture production in South-east Asia occurs in the floodplains and coastal areas that are highly exposed and vulnerable to climate change impacts and sea-level rise (SLR). This chapter presents an example ...

    • A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social-ecological systems 

      Cinner, J.E.; Pratchett, M.S.; Graham, N.A.J.; Messmer, V.; Fuentes, M.M.P.B.; Ainsworth, T.; Ban, N.; Bay, L.K.; Blythe, J. et al. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      Corals and coral-associated species are highly vulnerable to the emerging effects of global climate change. The widespread degradation of coral reefs, which will be accelerated by climate change, jeopardizes the goods and ...

    • Can community-based adaptation increase resilience 

      Ensor, J.E.; Park, S.E.; Attwood, S.J.; Kaminski, A.M.; Johnson, J.E. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      A central claim of community-based adaptation (CBA) is that it increases resilience. Yet, the concept of resilience is treated inconsistently in CBA, obscuring discussion of the limitations and benefits of resilience ...

    • Effects of elevated CO2 and nutrients on the community metabolism of a Cymodocea nodosa bed 

      Khan, F.; Alexandre, A.; Ullah, H.; Santos, R. (2016)
      Type: Journal Article
      The authors assessed the combined effects of elevated CO2 and nutrients on the metabolism of a benthic community dominated by the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in a mesocosm experiment This study is one of ...

    • Intra-household impacts of climate hazards and autonomous adaptation in selected coastal areas of Zamboanga del Norte 

      Icao, J.J.; Sajise, A.J.U.; Ramirez, P.J.R.; Zamora, G.J. (2017)
      Type: Report
      This study described the implications and issues of coastal hazards on the internal dynamics of decision making within the household. Flooding and typhoon were recognized as the common hazardsin the communities. Adaptation ...

    • Determinants of climate change adaptive behavior in coastal communities in Southeast Asia 

      Sajise A.J.U.; Ramirez, P.J.B.; Perez, M.L.; Arias, J.K.B.; Zamora, G.J. (2017)
      Type: Journal Article
      This study sought to understand the determinants of autonomous adaptation of households in coastal communities in three countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam) as regards climate change. The study’s main ...