Climate Change And Pacific Island Food System
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| Author | : John Connell |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2019-06-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9811382565 |
This book provides a contemporary overview of the social-ecological and economic vulnerabilities that produce food and nutrition insecurity in various small island contexts, including both high islands and atolls, from the Pacific to the Caribbean. It examines the historical and contemporary circumstances that have accompanied the shift from subsistence production to the consumption of imported, processed foods and drinks, and the impact of this transition on nutrition and the rise of non-communicable diseases. It also assesses the challenges involved in reversing this trend, and how more effective social and economic policies, agricultural and fisheries strategies, and governance arrangements could promote more resilient and sustainable small island food systems. It offers both theoretical and practical perspectives, and brings together a broad range of policy areas, e.g. agriculture, food, commerce, health, planning and socio-economic policy. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for a range of disciplines in a number of regional contexts, and for the growing number of scholars and practitioners working on and in small island states. It will be of particular value as the first book to examine the diversity and commonalities of island states around the globe as they confront issues of food security.
| Author | : Mary Taylor |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 558 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Agriculture |
| ISBN | : 9789820008823 |
| Author | : Bell, J. |
| Publisher | : WorldFish |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2015-05-29 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
ÿThis report summarizes the recent work done in the Pacific region to assess the vulnerability of agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture to climate change and provides the diagnosis and analysis required to identify cost-effective investments that could be made under the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) ?Theme 1: Adaptation to progressive climate change? to bring the adaptations recommended for agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture to fruition by filling important gaps in knowledge.
| Author | : Marc Williams |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2017-12-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319696475 |
This book analyses the regional complexes of climate security in the Pacific. Pacific Island States and Territories (PICTs) have long been cast as the frontline of climate change and placed within the grand architecture of global climate governance. The region provides compelling new insights into the ways climate change is constructed, governed, and shaped by (and in turn shapes), regional and global climate politics. By focusing on climate security as it is constructed in the Pacific and how this concept mobilises resources and shapes the implementation of climate finance, the book provides an up-to-date account of the way regional organizations in the Pacific have contributed to the search for solutions to the problem of climate insecurity. In the context of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris in 2015, the focus of this book on regional governance offers a concise and innovative account of climate politics in the prevailing global context and one with implications for the study of climate security in other regions, particularly in the developing world.
| Author | : Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
| Total Pages | : 73 |
| Release | : 2021-11-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9292691309 |
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted food security issues and nutrition gaps in Asia and the Pacific, where various risks and fragilities have continually affected the food and agriculture sector. There is a clear need to integrate sustainable management of natural resources, nutritional considerations, and the economic dimensions of food supply chains to enhance resilience and mitigate climate change. This publication explores how innovative financing and transformative knowledge solutions can help address the financing gaps and other challenges of food systems in the region.
| Author | : John E. Hay |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Climatic changes |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Md Saidul Islam |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2021-04-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3030707539 |
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific. Feeding the planet puts a lot of stress on the environment. The fundamental challenges we are facing today include how to grow more from less in a sustainable manner; how to optimize the entire food value chain from field to fork to reduce the carbon footprint, protect the environment and support biological diversity, cause less water pollution and soil erosion, raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. With a robust multi-site study in Southeast Asia, Pacific Island Forum and South Asia, this book examines the regional initiatives on, the current state of, and the future prospects for mitigations and resilience regarding climate change and food security vis-à-vis other regions of the world.
| Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2018-10-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9251309310 |
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, while various forms of malnutrition coexist. Climate change is already exacerbating this grim picture, which is why food security and food production will be a major focus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 6th Assessment Cycle. Thanks to the participation of 250 experts from all around the world, the International Symposium on Food Security and Nutrition in the Age of Climate Change highlighted the importance of food and agricultural systems in the fight against climate change and presented concrete multi-sector solutions to address this global issue. The event placed special emphasis on the regional realities of West Africa and the Canadian North, as well as to the presence of young people and members of Indigenous and Northern communities directly affected by these issues. The summaries of these four days of plenaries, interactive workshops, and special events have been grouped under seven major themes for this publication: 1) Climate change, food security and nutrition: the issues; (2) The agriculture sectors in the context of climate change; (3) Food systems in the face of climate change; (4) Natural resources: challenges and solutions; (5) Food security and nutrition in a changing North; (6) Summary of solutions; (7) Strengthening and adapting regional and international cooperation.
| Author | : Martin Parry, Alex Evans, Mark W. Rosegrant, Tim Wheeler |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Jon Barnett |
| Publisher | : Earthscan |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1849774897 |
Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c?l?bre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow.This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.
