Research Progress in Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change

• Published in: Advances in climate change research Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 203 - 210
• Main Authors: Tao, Shengcai, Xu, Yinlong, Liu, Ke, Pan, Jie, Gou, Shiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 25.12.2011; Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Shenzhen 518040, China%Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Key Open Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Climate Change, Agriculture Ministry of China, Beijing 100081, China; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
• Subjects: agriculture; climate change; vulnerability; 不确定性; 农业; 应用程序; 气候变化; 水资源; 脆弱性评估; 自然生态系统; 评价方法; agriculture; vulnerability; climate change
• ISSN: 1674-9278; 1674-9278
• DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2011.00203

With the deepening of climate change research, more attention has been paid to vulnerability to climate change. Compared with water resources, forests and other natural ecosystems, agriculture is more vulnerable to climate change, thereby scientifically assessing agricultural vulnerability to climate change is of great significance to the formulation of rational and effective adaptation strategies. In this paper, the authors give a comprehensive review of the research from the perspective of the definition of climate change vulnerability and agricultural vulnerability to climate change, research topics, and evaluation methodologies. Existing problems in current research, including scenario application, methods, and uncertainties, are analyzed, and meanwhile, a vision of the direction for future research in assessment of agricultural vulnerability is also presented.