DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1787-x
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84988699142
论文题名: What information do policy makers need to develop climate adaptation plans for smallholder farmers? The case of Central America and Mexico
作者: Donatti C.I. ; Harvey C.A. ; Martinez-Rodriguez M.R. ; Vignola R. ; Rodriguez C.M.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2017
卷: 141, 期: 1 起始页码: 107
结束页码: 121
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Agriculture
; Decision making
; Animal productivity
; Climate change adaptation
; Climate change policies
; Scientific and technical information
; Scientific articles
; Scientific information
; Smallholder farmers
; Strategic decisions
; Climate change
; adaptive management
; climate change
; crop yield
; decision making
; environmental planning
; environmental policy
; flooding
; policy analysis
; policy development
; policy making
; precipitation (climatology)
; smallholder
; water availability
; Central America
; Mexico [North America]
; Animalia
英文摘要: Scientific and technical information can increase the ability of policy makers to make strategic decisions. However, climate change policy is often formulated without significant input from science. We examine whether the availability and accessibility of information related to climate change is a major barrier for policy action on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers. We also investigate whether scientific information related to climate change is available and used in policy making in Central America and Mexico. Our online survey of 105 decision makers indicated that a lack of scientific and technical information hinders policy makers from developing policies to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. Specific needs include information on the impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture and the areas that are or will be prone to flooding, droughts or landslides. Information about the location of the farmers who are most vulnerable to climate change, the projected temperature and precipitation in agricultural areas and the expected impacts of climate change on crop yields or animal productivity, is also needed. Despite high interest in having scientific information guide policy making, many respondents indicated that policy makers rarely use this information in adaptation planning. In addition to ensuring that relevant information is available to inform policy making, technical and scientific information must be published in venues that are readily accessible for policy makers, easy to understand, and written in a format that is policy-relevant. It is also critical that scientific articles provide specific recommendations for achieving desired policy outcomes. © 2016, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84077
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Conservation International, The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, 2011 Crystal Dr, Suite 500, Arlington, VA, United States; Latin American Chair of Environmental Decisions for Global Change (CLADA), Climate Change and Watershed Program, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica; Conservation International, Policy Center for Environment and Peace, 2011 Crystal Dr, Suite 500, Arlington, VA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Donatti C.I.,Harvey C.A.,Martinez-Rodriguez M.R.,et al. What information do policy makers need to develop climate adaptation plans for smallholder farmers? The case of Central America and Mexico[J]. Climatic Change,2017-01-01,141(1)