e.g. the Sustainable Livelihood Approach:

Article The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

Please go through the attached sources.

Thanks Arvind and Linder.

Dear Peter Asare-Nuamah

Crops are especially vulnerable to extreme temperature events, changes in historical average temperatures, increased seasonal variability of precipitation, declining soil quality, and increasing pest and disease pressures. Increasing crop resilience (ability to withstand these stressors) will be fundamentally important in a changing future, as it will reduce

farmers’ vulnerability to crop loss and increase a country’s ability to maintain food security. Please see the attached report which is one of the best report i found regarding impact of climate change on food security, livelihood and adaptation strategies .

Article Climate Change perception and adaptation strategies among va...

https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA.pdf

hope you find them relevant

Hi Peter,

I would also highly recommend looking into Political Ecology theories on the politics of adaptation. The following articles (attached) give some good background and theoretical platforms for looking at the socio-political aspects of food security and climate change adaptation. I've found them very helpful for looking at how different people, in different situations (i.e. of diverse social demographics ad living within diverse power structures) are affected by climate change, and have varied opportunities to adapt.

All the best :).

Thanks Alicea

These theories or models are invented to study the climate change in a particula area under the particular socio-cultural settings. So, you need the adjustment or modificaiton even if you find some already practiced such theories or models. Remember, every situation is differnt suituation.

Hi Peter, You may also want to consider the Anthropocene theory that was proposed in the early 1990's. This concept/theory suggest that humanity with its activities and growth is having a most potent effect on changing the characteristics of our planet Earth (including climate), on a planetary scale.

Thanks Sushil and Bruno

there are plenty of publications about the livelihood security framework, which usually also contain reflections on the vulnerability context. Here one can include the impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods. Of course this is different depending on contexts, but one still can use the different livelihood capitals and do research on how these are affected by climate change.

Hi Peter,

When the word "climate change" is used I presume like other friends that you mean to "Natural environmental climate" and it is not used as any other climate like "Religious climate" or "Social climate" etc. I put my views as follow with a hope that might give you an innovative field to write on it.

You will agree that the parameters that regulate the climate are not under our control except our (mankind's) ability to harm it with so called "social development". When it is a fact.... it is not possible to predict the potential of its impact. Given the situation makes us to think reasonably when we are not aware of any reliable data of the threat that is going to constitute an impact with some potential on our livelihood, food securities etc. I shall put my thoughts in two parts [A] and [B].

[A]

Instead of putting efforts on the preventive actions to escape the subject looming and unpredictable harm - "Why men should not put efforts to arrest the harm to the climate more vigorously?" - the question gives some insight to the subject framework you are searching for.

[B]

Even if we do not go for [A] and work on the remedial actions against the climate threat to the above subject causes, I should tell you that...... When we do not have any predictable data about a looming threat, our will-power, purity of moral and devotional attitude are the best resources to make a preparation to counter such threat.

If we adopt any actions that are not founded on the above trinity, our destiny will float between innumerable ifs, buts and provided.

Hope this might help you.

Good luck.

Agrobiodiversity is the theory that in agroecology supports the resiliency and productivity of farming systems. Some of the references in the attached articles could be valuable to you.

Environment Change Theory