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[31] [32] Due to the dependency of Fiji's rural population on natural resources and small-scale farming, Fijian agriculture is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, rainfall and temperature variability and sea level rise resulting from climate change, all of which erode Fiji's long-term food security prospects.
Nepal landscape. Adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector and allied sectors is a major current and future challenge for Nepal. [27] The majority of the population is still dependent on highly climate-sensitive sector like agriculture.
Climate change is projected to lead to an increased number of warm days and nights, hotter temperatures and increased precipitation. [66] Sea level rise and saltwater intrusion will be major issues for the islands [66] and climate change will have major impacts on agriculture in the country. [67]
In the 2020 edition of Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index, it was judged to be the ninth hardest-hit nation by climate calamities during the period 1999 to 2018. [11] Nepal is a least developed country, with 28.6 percent of the population living in multidimensional poverty. [12]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th assessment report finds that the "Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)" sector on average, accounted for 13–21% of global total anthropogenic GHG emissions in the period 2010–2019. [4]
As waters warm and storms become more intense, some of Fiji's fisherwomen are making about half as much money as they used to – for more time spent working out at sea. Climate change is "eroding ...
Out of 2.7 million hectares of agricultural land in Nepal, only 1.3 Mha have irrigation facilities. The majority of irrigation systems are small and medium-scale. [3] A recent study funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) revealed that about 0.8% of agricultural GDP is being lost annually due to climate change and extreme ...
Fiji's defence minister said on Sunday that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, a shift in tone at a defence summit that has been dominated by the war in ...