Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: experiences of women fish-processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: experiences of women fish-processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin
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DOI：
10.5194/esd-7-977-2016
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发表时间：
2016-12-21
影响因子：
7.3
通讯作者：
Webersik, Christian
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作者：
Jorstad, Hanne;Webersik, Christian
近年来，气候变化与人类安全研究受到政策制定者和学术界的广泛关注。依赖完整资源基础并与贫困、现有不平等和历史不公正作斗争的南半球社区将尤其受到预计的气温和降水变化的影响。本文的目的是更好地了解当地社区在什么条件下可以适应气候变化的预期影响。本文的实证部分回答了马拉维奇尔瓦盆地从事鱼类加工的当地妇女在多大程度上经历了气候变化以及她们如何受到影响的问题。这篇文章评估了一个适应项目，该项目旨在使这些女性更能适应更温暖和多变的气候。研究结果表明，营销和改进鱼类加工作为适应气候变化的策略有其局限性。该研究的结论是，生计多样化可能是马拉维妇女适应更加多变和不可预测的气候的更有效战略，而不是完全依赖受到气候变化威胁的资源基础。
In recent years, research on climate change and human security has received much attention among policy makers and academia alike. Communities in the Global South that rely on an intact resource base and struggle with poverty, existing inequalities and historical injustices will especially be affected by predicted changes in temperature and precipitation. The objective of this article is to better understand under what conditions local communities can adapt to anticipated impacts of climate change. The empirical part of the paper answers the question as to what extent local women engaged in fish processing in the Chilwa Basin in Malawi have experienced climate change and how they are affected by it. The article assesses an adaptation project designed to make those women more resilient to a warmer and more variable climate. The research results show that marketing and improving fish processing as strategies to adapt to climate change have their limitations. The study concludes that livelihood diversification can be a more effective strategy for Malawian women to adapt to a more variable and unpredictable climate rather than exclusively relying on a resource base that is threatened by climate change.