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Climate change adaptation on small island states: an assessment of limits and constraints
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Leal Filho, Walter
Krishnapillai, Murukesan
Sidsaph, H.
Nagy Breitenstein, Gustavo J
Luetz, Johannes M.
Dyer, Jack
Otoara Ha’apio, Michael
Hausia Havea, Peni
Raj, Kushaal
Singh, Priyatma
Rogers, Tom
Li, Chunlan
Boodhan, Monica K.
Wolf, Franziska
Ayal, D.Y.
Azadi, Hossein
Krishnapillai, Murukesan
Sidsaph, H.
Nagy Breitenstein, Gustavo J
Luetz, Johannes M.
Dyer, Jack
Otoara Ha’apio, Michael
Hausia Havea, Peni
Raj, Kushaal
Singh, Priyatma
Rogers, Tom
Li, Chunlan
Boodhan, Monica K.
Wolf, Franziska
Ayal, D.Y.
Azadi, Hossein
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Limits
Adaptation
Small island developing states
Impacts
Sustainable development
Policy-making
Adaptation
Small island developing states
Impacts
Sustainable development
Policy-making
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2021
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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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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021, 9(6): 602.
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Leal Filho, W, Krishnapillai, M, Sidsaph, H [y otros autores]. "Climate change adaptation on small island states: an assessment of limits and constraints". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. [en línea] 2021, 9(6): 602. 22 h. DOI: 10.3390/jmse9060602.
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