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Transcript of Climate change and food security 2013
Climate Change and Food Security
Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
http://www.sdpi.org
IPCC report acknowledged
that – "there are considerable
evidences to suggest that human activities are responsible for climate change.
• socio-economic issues should also be given due consideration
6F Crisis Facing Pakistan
Fiscal, Fuel, Food, Functional Democracy, Frontiers
FOOD
SECURITY
AVAILABILITY
ACCESSABSORPTION
Climate Change-Food Security Linkages
- Rise in temperature- Changed rainfall patterns- Seasonal extremes and variations- Glacial melting- Floods- Sea Water Intrusion
Food Security-Climate Change Linkages
- Energy exhaustive food production- Increased input for high responsive varieties- Non sustainable extraction of ground water- Increased financial resources
FOOD
SECURITY
AVAILABILITY
ACCESSABSORPTION
Updated as of 1600 WEDNESDAY 14H April 2010
District Accessibility Map
How to mitigate the effects of climate change on food
security?
Right Set of Policies and Practices
Investing in people to reduce vulnerabilities and create resilience
Priority setting
Individual Security?
National Security?
Regional Security?
Global Security
Their interconnectedness makes it difficult to address national security if security at one of the other levels has been compromised.
It would not only improve state but regional security too.
Change in paradigm
CC issues are a security threat rather than merely an environmental concern
Climate Change can be competed through reducing the vulnerabilities of people.
may turn the pain of hunger in countries like Pakistan into opportunity for
social transformation, better awareness about their rights, women empowerment, girls’ education, adult education, and exposure to a secular face of world.
