[Ngo Climate Change] Reports Released: Lower Mekong Climate Study Projects Significant Impacts to Region's Ecosystems and Livelihoods

[Mekong ARCC Program]

Greetings from USAID Mekong ARCC!

 

The USAID Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) project
has finalized the Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study for the Lower
Mekong Basin (LMB). This Climate Study, undertaken by a team of more than 20
international and national scientists and researchers and peer reviewed by
experts from globally respected research organizations, details  anticipated
changes to the climate regime of the LMB and how these will impact key
livelihood sectors, including agriculture, capture fisheries and
aquaculture, livestock, and natural systems. 

 

A clear finding of this Climate Study is that the LMB will see more extremes
- wetter wet seasons, drier dry seasons, higher temperatures, more frequent
and extreme flood events - and that these changes will put pressure on
traditional agricultural and natural systems in the basin, rendering
unsuitable land one thought ideal for certain crops and shifting traditional
ecosystems upland. The study identified priority provinces throughout the
LMB that will see the greatest shift in temperature or rainfall or an
increase in salinity. The next phase of the project will focus on supporting
vulnerable communities in many of these provinces adapt to the impacts of
climate change by incorporating scientific findings from the Climate Study
into community planning, and testing resilience strengthening livelihood
techniques.

 

You can download climate study reports and documents from the USAID Mekong
ARCC Website:

 

Main Report http://bit.ly/1iK81Sr  

Summary Report: http://bit.ly/1g1T5hX 

Report Headlines: http://bit.ly/1lEISND 

Agriculture Sector Vulnerability report: http://bit.ly/1h7fqOg  

Fisheries Sector Vulnerability report: http://bit.ly/MHwJY9 

Livestock Sector Vulnerability report: http://bit.ly/1crS3r0 

Priority Province Summaries:
http://mekongarcc.net/resource/priority-province-summaries   

Further information, please visit:

 

USAID Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (USAID Mekong ARCC)

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