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| Title: | | Rural households in a changing climate  |
| Authors: | | Báez Ramírez, Javier Eduardo Kronick, Dorothy Mason, Andrew D. |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper Series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6872 |
| Abstract: | | This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and other environmental factors. Within this framework, we examine evidence from existing empirical literature to compose an initial picture of household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings. We find that although households possess numerous strategies for managing climate shocks and shifts, their adaptive capacity is insufficient for the task of maintaining - let alone improving - household welfare. We describe the role of public policy in fortifying the ability of rural households to adapt to a changing climate. |
| Subjects: | | climate change rural households adaptation risk-coping mechanisms long-term effects |
| JEL: | | Q12 Q54 O13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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