TY - JOUR

T1 - Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation

T2 - implications for sustainable land use transformation in the Global South

AU - Nguyen, Trung Thanh

AU - Grote, Ulrike

AU - Neubacher, Frank

AU - Rahut, Dil B.

AU - Do, Manh Hung

AU - Paudel, Gokul P.

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank the editor and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive and useful comments that improved the quality of the article. We thank the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) for paying the open access fee for this article.

PY - 2023/8

Y1 - 2023/8

N2 - Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper aims to review the evidence of security risks arising from these challenges in the Global South and to provide forward-looking perspectives on how to increase the resilience of affected individuals and communities. We see diverse land use strategies as a key element to drive a transformation towards greater sustainability and resilience. We propose that rural land use in the Global South should be geared towards the promotion of resource and biodiversity conservation, the development of agroforestry, tree-based farming systems, the diversification of crops, and the utilization of climate-resilient cultivars, and neglected and under-utilized plants. These actions would contribute to addressing the security risks stemming from the interconnected challenges of climate change and environmental degradation.

AB - Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper aims to review the evidence of security risks arising from these challenges in the Global South and to provide forward-looking perspectives on how to increase the resilience of affected individuals and communities. We see diverse land use strategies as a key element to drive a transformation towards greater sustainability and resilience. We propose that rural land use in the Global South should be geared towards the promotion of resource and biodiversity conservation, the development of agroforestry, tree-based farming systems, the diversification of crops, and the utilization of climate-resilient cultivars, and neglected and under-utilized plants. These actions would contribute to addressing the security risks stemming from the interconnected challenges of climate change and environmental degradation.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164267017&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101322

DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101322

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85164267017

VL - 63

JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

SN - 1877-3435

M1 - 101322

ER -