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With rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns, climate change is significantly affecting water resources and agricultural productivity. As a result, food and water security are threatened. This new book, Building Resilient Water and Food Systems Under Climate Change, aims to help readers understand this threat and implement strategies to build resilient communities that can ensure sustainable access to both food systems and water resources. This book examines the impact of climate change on food and water security and explores how communities can adapt to these challenges. It provides an in-depth analysis of climate change science, focusing on its effects on agriculture, water resources, and ecosystems. Additionally, the book showcases case studies of communities that have successfully employed resilience strategies by integrating traditional and local knowledge systems with modern techniques. Building Resilient Water and Food Systems Under Climate Change offers practical solutions for managing risks and building sustainable, climate-resilient systems. By combining theoretical insights with real-world examples, this comprehensive guide is designed for policymakers, researchers, and community leaders to effectively safeguard essential resources at both macro and micro levels in the face of climate change.

Inhalt

Section I. Understanding the Nexus Approach

1. Overview of water-food security nexus in the context of climate change
2. Interdependence of food and water systems
3. Quantifying trade-offs and synergies

4. Climate change on global food systems

   Section II. Climate Change and Food Security

5. The impact of climate change on global food systems
6. Vulnerable populations and geographic hotspots
7. Adaptation strategies for climate-resilient food systems

8. Integrating disaster risk reduction and early warning systems into agricultural systems and role of crop model predictions

   Section III. Climate Change and Water Resources

9. Altered hydrological cycles
10. Water availability, quality and distribution challenges and groundwater depletion

11. Innovations in integrated water resources management and role of hydrological model predictions

    Section IV. Building Community Resilience for the Good-water Nexus

12. Traditional and local knowledge system & building resilience
13. Case studies and local to global level strategies for building resilience
14. Technological innovations to improve the micro and macro levels knowledge system and building resilience

15. Stakeholder engagements; Role of young and women stakeholders in building community resilience

    Section V. Policy Frameworks for Integrated Management

16. Need for integrated management of food, water, and climate; policy gaps and current management practices
17. National and global policy frameworks and recommendations
18. Integrating climate risks into policy and decision-making