In the coming decades, the Mediterranean region is expected to experience various climate impacts with negative consequences on agricultural systems and which will cause uneven reductions in agricultural production. By and large, the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean agriculture will be heavier for southern areas of the region. This unbalanced distribution of negative impacts underscores the significance and role of ethics in such a context of analysis. Consequently, the aim of this article is to justify and develop an ethical approach to agricultural adaptation in the Mediterranean and to derive the consequent implications for adaptation policy in the region. In particular, we define an index of adaptive capacity for the agricultural systems of the Mediterranean region on whose basis it is possible to group its different sub-regions, and we provide an overview of the suitable adaptation actions and policies for the sub-regions identified. We then vindicate and put forward an ethical approach to agricultural adaptation, highlighting the implications for the Mediterranean region and the limitations of such an ethical framework. Finally, we emphasize the broader potential of ethics for agricultural adaptation policy.

Grasso, M., Feola, G. (2012). Mediterranean agriculture under climate change: adaptive capacity, adaptation, and ethics. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 12(3), 607-618 [10.1007/s10113-011-0274-1].

Mediterranean agriculture under climate change: adaptive capacity, adaptation, and ethics

GRASSO, MARCO
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2012

Abstract

In the coming decades, the Mediterranean region is expected to experience various climate impacts with negative consequences on agricultural systems and which will cause uneven reductions in agricultural production. By and large, the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean agriculture will be heavier for southern areas of the region. This unbalanced distribution of negative impacts underscores the significance and role of ethics in such a context of analysis. Consequently, the aim of this article is to justify and develop an ethical approach to agricultural adaptation in the Mediterranean and to derive the consequent implications for adaptation policy in the region. In particular, we define an index of adaptive capacity for the agricultural systems of the Mediterranean region on whose basis it is possible to group its different sub-regions, and we provide an overview of the suitable adaptation actions and policies for the sub-regions identified. We then vindicate and put forward an ethical approach to agricultural adaptation, highlighting the implications for the Mediterranean region and the limitations of such an ethical framework. Finally, we emphasize the broader potential of ethics for agricultural adaptation policy.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity, Agriculture, Climate Change, Ethics, Mediterranean Region
English
2012
12
3
607
618
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Grasso, M., Feola, G. (2012). Mediterranean agriculture under climate change: adaptive capacity, adaptation, and ethics. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 12(3), 607-618 [10.1007/s10113-011-0274-1].
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