Climate Change: Recent submissions
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Fisheries and aquaculture in a changing climate
(2009)Type: BriefThis policy brief highlights the key issues to ensure that decision makers and climate change negotiators are aware of and understand the changes and their impacts, and the opportunities for adaptation and mitigation in ... -
Mangrove revival diversifies livelihoods while addressing climate change
(2009)Type: BriefFunded by the Australian Government, The project "Poverty alleviation, mangrove conservation and climate change: Carbon offsets as payments for mangrove ecosystem services in Solomon Islands" explores whether or not ... -
Fisheries and aquaculture can provide solutions to cope with climate change
(2009)Type: BriefThis brief explains how climate change will affect aquatic systems and how fisheries and aquaculture will need to adapt to meet these changes. It provides a number of examples of how our projects are providing solutions ... -
Mountain GIS: promoting geographic information and earth observation applications for the sustainable development of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
(2009)Type: Conference PaperThe Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region, home to the largest concentration of glaciers outside of the polar region, is the ‘water-tower’ of Asia. The HKH mountain ecosystem provides life support services to almost a third ... -
Climate change and fisheries: vulnerability and adaptation in Cambodia [Khmer version]
(2009)Type: BriefCambodia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change on fisheries, which supply livelihoods for millions and up to 80% of all animal protein in the diet. Most fisheries are highly variable by nature and subject ... -
Climate change and fisheries: vulnerability and adaptation in Cambodia
(2009)Type: BriefCambodia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change on fisheries, which supply livelihoods for millions and up to 80% of all animal protein in the diet. Most fisheries are highly variable by nature and subject ... -
Climate change and capture fisheries: potential impacts, adaptation and mitigation
(2009)Type: ReportThe paper tackles the consequences of climate change impacts on fisheries and their dependent communities. It analyses the exposure, sensitivity and vulnerability of fisheries to climate change and presents examples of ... -
Climate change, fisheries, trade and competitiveness: understanding impacts and formulating responses for Commonwealth small states
(2009)Type: ReportThis report focuses specifically on the likely impact of climate change on the trade and competitiveness of the fisheries sector in small developing Commonwealth States and thus contributes to bringing the fisheries sector ... -
Changements climatiques : quelle recherche pour relever les défis posés à la pêche et à l’aquaculture
(2009)Type: BriefLe changement climatique pose de nouveaux défis pour la durabilité des pêches et de l'aquaculture, avec de sérieuses conséquences pour les 520 millions de personnes qui en dépendent pour leur subsistance et les presque ... -
Coral bleaching in space and time
(2009)Type: Book ChapterOne of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. This chapter looks at the spatial and temporal patterns of coral bleaching ... -
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleAnthropogenic 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 ... -
A place at the table? (Commentary)
(2009)Type: Book ChapterInternational organizations are calling for fisheries to be included in a new global deal on climate change. A consortium of 16 organizations including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture ... -
Climate variability and the Peruvian scallop fishery: the role of formal institutions in resilience building
(2009)Type: Journal ArticlePeru experiences recurrent ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) events during which the Peruvian bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) undergoes substantial changes in its stock size. In the North of the country strong warm ... -
Planning the use of fish for food security in the Pacific
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleFish is a mainstay of food security for Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs). Recent household income and expenditure surveys, and socio-economic surveys, demonstrate that subsistence fishing still provides the ... -
Climate change, small-scale fisheries and smallholder aquaculture
(2009)Type: Book ChapterFisheries and aquaculture both contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals but vulnerability to climate change threatens the contribution that they make to development. Impacts of climate change on small-scale ... -
Climate change: research to meet the challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture
(2009)Type: BriefClimate change poses new challenges to the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture systems, with serious implications for the 520 million people who depend on them for their livelihoods and the nearly 3 billion people ... -
Sea level rise and tigers: predicted impacts to Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves: a letter
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, shared by India and Bangladesh, is recognized as a global priority for biodiversity conservation. Sea level rise, due to climate change, threatens the long term persistence of the Sundarbans ... -
The future is now: how scenarios can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleLocalized changes in the productivity of marine and inland waters induced by climate change will pose new challenges to the fishery and the aquaculture sectors in West Africa. However, climate change does not occur in ... -
Fisheries production systems, climate change and climate variability in West Africa: an annotated bibliography
(2010)Type: BookThis bibliography is intended for people who are involved in fisheries, aquaculture, climate change, disaster management and policy development in West Africa or interested in one or more of these issues. The literature ... -
Fuelling the decline in UK fishing communities?
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleVolatile fuel prices are a threat to the viability of UK fishing communities. The economic and social impacts of rising fuel costs for fishers and communities in southwest England are examined. Fuel prices doubled between ...