Climate extremes: an observation and projection of its impacts on food production in ASEAN

Climate change alters global food systems, especially agriculture and fisheries—significant aspects of the livelihoods and food security of populations. The 2014 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report identified Southeast Asia as the most vulnerable coastal region in the world, and highlighted the potential d...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2016-11, Vol.84 (Suppl 1), p.19-33
Main Authors: Lassa, Jonatan A., Lai, Allen Yu-Hung, Goh, Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Assessments
Civil Engineering
Climate
Climate change
Coastal zone
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental hazards
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Extreme weather
Farming
Fisheries
Food production
Food security
Food supply
Foods
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hazards
Hydrogeology
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Risk
Security
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Summary:Climate change alters global food systems, especially agriculture and fisheries—significant aspects of the livelihoods and food security of populations. The 2014 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report identified Southeast Asia as the most vulnerable coastal region in the world, and highlighted the potential distribution of impacts and risks of climate change in the region. While climate hazards may differ across geographical regions, the impact of climate extremes on food production will affect marginal farmers, fishers and poor urban consumers disproportionately, as they have limited capacities to adapt to and recover from extreme weather events. Governments and other stakeholders need to respond to climate extremes and incorporate adaptation into national development plans. Unfortunately, there is still limited peer-review publication on the subject matter. This paper presents some findings from research on observed and projected loss and damage inflicted by climate extremes on agricultural crops in Southeast Asia.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-015-2081-3