DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1258631
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85002407675
论文题名: Adaptation and poverty reduction in Mozambique: an opportunity for developing countries to lead§
作者: Quinn C ; F ; , Howard J ; F ; , Chen C ; , Coffee J ; E ; , Quintela C ; E ; , Parker B ; A ; , Smith J ; B
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2018
卷: 18, 期: 2 起始页码: 146
结束页码: 150
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Adaptation
; ecosystem-based adaptation
; poverty alleviation
; vulnerability
Scopus关键词: adaptive management
; climate change
; developing world
; ecosystem approach
; innovation
; nature-society relations
; poverty alleviation
; risk assessment
; vulnerability
; Mozambique
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s poorest countries. A recent World Bank report highlighted that over 100 million people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty as a result of climate change. There is currently a lack of information about how to simultaneously address climate change and poverty. Climate change challenges provide an opportunity for those impacted most to come up with new and innovative technologies and solutions. This article uses an example from Mozambique where local and international partners are working side-by-side, to show how developing countries can simultaneously address climate change and poverty reduction using an ecosystem-based adaptation approach. Using ecosystem-based adaptation, a technique that uses the natural environment to help societies adapt to climate change, developing countries can lead the way to improve climate adaptation globally. This paradigm shift would help developing countries become leaders in ecosystem-based adaptation and green infrastructure techniques and has implications for climate policy worldwide. POLICY RELEVANCE The Paris Agreement resulting from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) in December 2015 was rightly lauded for its global commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions. However, COP 21 was also historic because of its call for non-party stakeholders to address climate change, inclusion of a global goal of ‘enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability’, and the United States’ commitment of $800 million to adaptation funding. The combination of recognizing the need for new stakeholders to commit to climate change adaptation, the large impact climate change will have on the developing world, and providing access to funds for climate change adaptation creates a unique opportunity for developing countries to pave the way in adaptation policies in practices. Currently, developing countries are creating National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) for the UNFCCC. Through including a strong component of ecosystem-based adaptation in NAPs, developing countries can shape their countries’ policies, improve local institutions and governments, and facilitate a new generation of innovative leaders. Lessons learned in places like Mozambique can help lead the way in other regions facing similar climatic risks. © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80194
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作者单位: United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States; Conservation International, Arlington, VA, United States; Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, United States; Chemonics International, Washington, DC, United States; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/The Baldwin Group, Inc., North Charleston, SC, United States; Abt Associates, Boulder, CO, United States
Recommended Citation:
Quinn C,F,, Howard J,et al. Adaptation and poverty reduction in Mozambique: an opportunity for developing countries to lead§[J]. Climate Policy,2018-01-01,18(2)