Effectiveness of public policy in the face of climate change: the case of coffee growing in the State of Chiapas: Mexico

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Tanya Méndez-Matus (Author) Other; Lima, Gabriela (Author) FLUP

Book

Title: Climate change and health hazards: addressing hazards to human and environmental health from a changing climate

Pages: 427-443

ISBN: 978-3-031-26591-4 (hk); 978-3-031-26594-5 (pbk)

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-26592-1

Publisher: Springer Cham

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26592-1_22

Abstract (EN): The costs of inaction in the face of climate change are higher than those of being preventive and proactive. In the state of Chiapas—Mexico, an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme hydrometeorological events have been observed in recent decades, which have caused economic, social and environmental damages. In this sense, this research sought to analyze how vulnerable rainfed agriculture, particularly coffee farming, in the state of Chiapas is to the effects of climate change. After this analysis, we sought to understand the perspective of key stakeholders in decision-making regarding the impacts of climate change, agricultural vulnerability, and the effectiveness of public policy to reduce this vulnerability. Even though Chiapas is in third place nationally in the implementation of strategies to face climate change, the results of this work require a much greater effort so that tools for adaptation to climate change are effective in all sectors, and in a particular way, in the agricultural sector, since it represents an aspect of food security in the country. The correct articulation between the laws, programs, and actions against climate change in Chiapas are essential to reduce the vulnerability of the population to extreme climatic phenomena, for which changes are required that lead to practical governmental and social actions that generate economic strategies, as well as environmental and sustainable technologies, as a basis for adaptation to climate change.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific