Coping with a Changing Climate: Considerations for Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture

This analytical report presents some fundamental issues, challenges and concepts in order to improve policy-makers’ understandings of and preparations for coping with both the causes and the impacts of climate change on food security. It elaborates on the critical considerations including basic ecological principles, assessment of impacts, vulnerabilities, invisible boundaries and suggestions for short-term and long-term policy options, as well as policy-driven strategic thinking for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.