Climate Change and its Implications for Livelihoods: A Perspective from the Global South
Climate change has had adverse effects on the livelihoods of people in the Global South. Drought, irregular climatic patterns and floods have led to low agricultural yields, loss of lives and property and massive migrations from vulnerable areas. Unfortunately, not many governments in the developing...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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In: |
Concilium
Year: 2018, Issue: 5, Pages: 96-106 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Developing countries
/ Climatic change
/ Lebensunterhalt
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IxTheo Classification: | NCC Social ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
Summary: | Climate change has had adverse effects on the livelihoods of people in the Global South. Drought, irregular climatic patterns and floods have led to low agricultural yields, loss of lives and property and massive migrations from vulnerable areas. Unfortunately, not many governments in the developing world have put in place measures to help people to adapt to climatic changes. Developing countries need to adopt a twotiered approach to climate change: In the short term, technologies need to be put in place to help people deal with problems associated with climate change. In the long term, there must be concerted efforts to restore creation to its original state of grace before anthropogenic interventions deformed the face of the earth. |
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ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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