Adaptation; Impacts; Limits; Policy-making; Small island developing states; Sustainable development; Civil and Structural Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Ocean Engineering
Abstract :
[en] Small Island States (SIDS) are among the nations most exposed to climate change (CC) and are characterised by a high degree of vulnerability. Their unique nature means there is a need for more studies focused on the limits to CC adaptation on such fragile nations, particularly regarding their problems and constraints. This paper addressed a perceived need for research into the limitations of adaptation on SIDS, focusing on the many unique restrictions. To this end, the study identified and described the adaptation limits they have by using a review of the literature and an analysis of case studies from a sample of five SIDS in the Caribbean and Pacific regions (Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga). This research’s findings showed that an adaptable SIDS is characterised by awareness of various values, appreciation and understanding of a diversity of impacts and vulnerabilities, and acceptance of certain losses through change. The implications of this paper are two-fold. It explains why island nations continue to suffer from the impacts of CC and suggest some of the means via which adequate policies may support SIDS in their efforts to cope with the threats associated with a changing climate. This study concluded that, despite the technological and ecological limits (hard limits) affecting natural systems, adaptation to CC is limited by such complex forces and societal factors (soft limits) that more adequate adaptation strategies could overcome.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Filho, Walter Leal ; Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management”, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany ; Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Krishnapillai, Murukesan ; Cooperative Research and Extension, College of Micronesia-FSM, Federated States of Micronesia
Sidsaph, Henry ; Department of Management, Chester Business School, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom
Nagy, Gustavo J.; Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Luetz, Johannes M. ; School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ; School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Dyer, Jack; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Ha’Apio, Michael Otoara; Institute of Ocean, Islands and Sustainable Development, Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Ranadi Campus, Solomon Islands
Havea, Peni Hausia ; Live and Learn Tonga, Level 1, Tungi Colonnade, Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Raj, Kushaal; Climate Change and International Cooperation Division, The Ministry of Economy, Suva, Fiji
Singh, Priyatma; School of Science & Technology, The University of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji
Rogers, Tom; School of Energy, Construction & Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Li, Chunlan; Center for Geopolitical and Strategic Studies & Institute for Global Innovation and Development, East China Normal University, China ; Institute for Global Innovation and Development, East China Normal University, China ; School of Urban and Regional Sciences, East China Normal University, China
Boodhan, Monica K. ; Foundations and Prior Learning Unit, Department of Physics, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Wolf, Franziska ; Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management”, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
Ayal, Desalegn Yayeh ; Centre for Food Security Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Azadi, Hossein ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement ; Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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