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Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery-based livelihoods
Type: Journal Article
There is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security and livelihoods of the world’s 36million fisherfolk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for more than 20% of their ...
Vulnerability and resilience of remote rural communities to shocks and global changes: empirical analysis from Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Successful management of socio-ecological systems not only requires the development and field-testing of robust and measurable indices of vulnerability and resilience but also improved understanding of the contextual factors ...
Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response
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 ...
Cost-effective methods for accurate determination of sea level rise vulnerability: A Solomon Islands example
Type: Journal Article
For millions of people living along the coastal fringe, sea level rise is perhaps the greatest threat to livelihoods over the coming century. With the refinement and downscaling of global climate models and increasing ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and ...
Vulnerability and adaptation of African rural populations to hydro-climate change: experience from fishing communities in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali)
Type: Journal Article
In this paper we examine ways Sahelian floodplain fishers have adapted to the strong environmental variations that have affected the region in the last two decades. We analyse their vulnerability and adaptive capacity in ...