Climate challenges in developing countries

While future climate changes are expected to have a limited effect in the northern hemisphere, a more extensive impact is foreseen in other parts of the world in terms of local and regional food systems and the factors that influence them.

 

The main scientific objectives are:

 

1. To study the transboundary and global aspects of climate change, e.g. integral solutions to countering such marked climate changes together with poverty reduction in developing countries.
2. To gain knowledge into the adaptation options in the set of livelihood strategies available to the rural poor, when exposed to climate change. The role of natural resource dependency, endowments and institutional and policy constraints for securing viable livelihood strategies under climatic change pressure must be better understand to prevent and reduce poverty.
3. To analyse existing and develop new institutional and technical approaches to secure an efficient and sustainable use of natural resources, which will further development while protecting and improving the resource base.
4. To assess the opportunities and challenges offered by the development of Clean Development Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol and the financial mechanism Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in the alleviation of rural poverty.

The adaptation studies are expected to open significant perspectives for overcoming the additional threats posed by a changing climate to attaining food security, enhancing livelihoods and improving environmental management in developing countries.

Contact: Professor Bruce Campbell ()