scholarly journals Four key reasons why climate change adaptation and mitigation need a gendered approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Sarrouy ◽  
Carla Sarrouy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Climate change is having a growing impact on every human activity, especially on agriculture with altered rainfall patterns and an increased number and intensity of extreme weather events. This article argues that efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change must consider whole food systems – rather than the sole production of food – whilst embracing a conscious gendered approach. Women are the main victims of hunger, but they are also the main actors of global food systems, they greatly contribute to their household’s and community’s wellbeing and detain a rich and often untapped knowledge of food systems. Promoting the role of women in our global food systems enhances the inclusion of criteria mainly valued by women such as resilience, diversity and nutrition, which are paramount for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Photo credit: By OxFam East Africa [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

scholarly journals From Dichotomy to an Integrated Approach: Cities’ Benefits of Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7591
Author(s):  
Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann ◽  
Edeltraud Guenther
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Endogenous Risk ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Change Mitigation

Cities are facing impacts of climate change and encountering risks such as extreme weather events, while cities are also aiming to contribute to their mitigation goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the differences in characteristics of climate change mitigation and adaptation have shown the possible reasons for a dichotomy in climate policy. This has motivated us to further look into whether cities could integrate their actions in climate change mitigation and adaptation in their planning and how they achieve benefits to overcome the dichotomy. To answer our research question, we have developed an analysis framework built on the endogenous risk theory to analyse how cities overcome the different characteristics to integrate their climate strategies and obtain benefits. The theory of endogenous risk involves seeing both climate change mitigation and adaptation as risk reduction strategies because both of them aim to reduce climate risks and can be carried out by actors who perceive such risks. Therefore, the actors will be more willing to integrate and implement both mitigation and adaptation policy. Our results show that mitigation and adaptation in cities are interlinked and that benefits of an integrated climate change policy exist. A list of entry points how cities overcome the dichotomy are also identified. Our research outcomes also provide a list of benefits identified by the cities in their integrated climate strategies and we call for more public disclosed data for future research and policy assessments.

scholarly journals Climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture: the case of the olive

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Montanaro ◽  
V. Nuzzo ◽  
C. Xiloyannis ◽  
B. Dichio
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Tree Biomass ◽  
Climatic Impact ◽  
Soil C ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Change Mitigation

Abstract Agriculture might serve as a mitigation solution through carbon (C) sequestration in soil, in tree biomass and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Increased C is beneficial for some soil structures and functions, improving the use of water and in turn the crop adaptation. This study reports on the synergy between mitigation and adaptation in agriculture through the paradigm of the olive (Olea europaea). Through data on net ecosystem productivity and soil respiration, the role of olive groves to store C in tree biomass (from 0.36 to 2.78 t CO2 ha−1 yr−1) and into soil (∼8.5 t CO2 ha−1 yr−1) is reviewed. The influence of some management practices on that role is also discussed. The overall climatic impact of olive fruit and oil production has been evaluated also considering GHG emissions by field operations (e.g., pruning, mulching of cover crop, fertilization, harvest, etc.) and by the extraction and bottling of oil. Soil C as interface between climate change mitigation and adaptation has been delineated, linking C-induced improvements in soil properties to increased water storage and reduced run-off and erosion. The outcomes may strengthen the environmental role of agriculture and promote synergistic mitigation and adaptation policies assisting in soil and water resources conservation.

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