Climate Change Adaptation on Small Island States: An Assessment of Limits and Constraints

被引：25

作者：

Leal Filho, Walter ^{[1
,2
]}

Krishnapillai, Murukesan ^{[3
]}

Sidsaph, Henry ^{[4
]}

Nagy, Gustavo J. ^{[5
]}

Luetz, Johannes M. ^{[6
,7
]}

Dyer, Jack ^{[8
]}

Ha'apio, Michael Otoara ^{[9
]}

Havea, Peni Hausia ^{[10
]}

Raj, Kushaal ^{[11
]}

Singh, Priyatma ^{[12
]}

Rogers, Tom ^{[13
]}

Li, Chunlan ^{[14
,15
,16
]}

Boodhan, Monica K. ^{[17
]}

Wolf, Franziska ^{[1
]}

Ayal, Desalegn Yayeh ^{[18
]}

Azadi, Hossein ^{[19
,20
]}

机构：

[1] Hamburg Univ Appl Sci, Res & Transfer Ctr Sustainable Dev & Climate Chan, Ulmenliet 20, D-21033 Hamburg, Germany

[2] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Nat Sci, Manchester M15 6BH, Lancs, England

[3] Coll Micronesia FSM, Cooperat Res & Extens, Yap Campus, Yap 96943, Micronesia

[4] Univ Chester, Chester Business Sch, Dept Management, Chester CH1 4BJ, Cheshire, England

[5] Univ Republica, Fac Ciencias, Inst Ecol & Ciencias Ambientales IECA, Montevideo 11200, Uruguay

[6] Univ New South Wales, Sch Social Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

[7] Univ Sunshine Coast, Sch Law & Soc, Maroochydore, Qld 4556, Australia

[8] Univ Tasmania, Hobart, Tas 7005, Australia

[9] Solomon Isl Natl Univ SINU, Inst Ocean Isl & Sustainable Dev, Ranadi Campus,POB R113, Honiara, Solomon Islands

[10] Live & Learn Tonga, Level 1, Nukualofa 966, Tongatapu, Tonga

[11] Minist Econ, Climate Change & Int Cooperat Div, Suva 11462, Fiji

[12] Univ Fiji, Sch Sci & Technol, Lautoka 4245, Fiji

[13] Coventry Univ, Fac Engn Environm & Comp, Sch Energy Construct & Environm, Coventry CV1 5FB, W Midlands, England

[14] East China Normal Univ, Ctr Geopolit & Strateg Studies, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China

[15] East China Normal Univ, Inst Global Innovat & Dev, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China

[16] East China Normal Univ, Sch Urban & Reg Sci, Shanghai 200241, Peoples R China

[17] Univ Trinidad & Tobago, Fdn & Prior Learning Unit, Dept Phys, Trinidad 724, Trinidad Tobago

[18] Addis Ababa Univ, Coll Dev Studies, Ctr Food Secur Studies, Addis Ababa 150129, Ethiopia

[19] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

[20] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Environm Sci, Prague 16500, Czech Republic

来源：

JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 2021年 / 9卷 / 06期

关键词：

limits; adaptation; small island developing states; impacts; sustainable development; policy-making; VULNERABILITY; RESILIENCE; PARIS; RISK;

D O I：

10.3390/jmse9060602

中图分类号：

U6 [水路运输]; P75 [海洋工程];

学科分类号：

0814 ; 081505 ; 0824 ; 082401 ;

摘要：

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.

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