Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries

Abstract Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and challenges for societies and economies. We compare the vulnerability of 132 national economies to potential climate change impacts on their capture fisheries using an indicator‐based approach. Countries in Central and Western Africa (e.g. Malawi, Guinea, Senegal, and Uganda), Peru and Colombia in north‐western South America, and four tropical Asian countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Yemen) were identified as most vulnerable. This vulnerability was due to the combined effect of…

• DF
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
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  Sight Research UK

  Award: NE/F001517/1
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  Department for International Development
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  Economic and Social Research Council

  Award: ES/F041357/1
• NE
  Natural Environment Research Council

  Award: NE/F001517/1