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  • Type of Research or Publication: Report
Author(s):
Michael H. Glantz, René Gommes, Selvaraju Ramasamy
Year:
2009
City:
Rome
Publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pages:
118
Summary:

This document elaborates on issues of less-than-perfect information on climate impacts and vulnerabilities, and need for better informed decisions on “resilient adaptation” by merging adaptation, mitigation and prevention strategies. It offers new perspectives for policy-makers, institutions, societies and individuals on improved ways of identifying most at-risk communities and “best practices” of coping with current climate variability and extreme climate events.

The first two chapters of this document present historical evidence of relationship between climate and food security, as well as current challenges of world food security posed by climate change. Chapter 3 focuses on “Adaptation and mitigation” and introduces the “four laws of ecology” - presenting their continuing relevance to policy-makers as they identify, develop and implement adaptation and mitigation strategies. Chapter 4 discusses, “What to do at the national level” and the conclusion has key take-home messages from the FAO high level conference on “World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.”

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Coping with a Changing Climate - Full Report - 2009
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