Climate Change and Adaptation for Food Sustainability (eBook)

This book assesses the vulnerability impacts of climate change on food security by examining a 50 years scenario (2015- 2065) and following a top-down approach. Importantly, looking at the sustainable food production, the authors compared the cost-benefit of adaptation costs from 2015 to 2065. It was found that a 15% adaptation capacity is more efficient for Malaysia in order to combat the climate change effects on the food sector.  

This book has developed a quantitative adaptive model namely, the Malaysian Climate and Economy (MCE) model, based on the dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling structure to examine food sustainability and adaptation strategies. 

It is assumed that climate change effects may result in increasing food insecurity and vulnerability in the future. Policy measures are in place to lessen the likely climatic effects overall,  but there is an urgent need to develop an adaptation policy for the future. 

Dr Ferdous Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability at the College of Agricultural Sciences, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT). He is also the Assistant Director of the IUBAT-Institute of SDG Studies (IISS). Dr Ahmed worked as an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) in the School of Environmental Science & Management at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He worked as a Postdoc Fellow at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Dr Ahmed received both BSc and MSc degrees in Botany (Major-Environmental Management) from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Dr Ahmed received hisa PhD in Climate Change Adaptation from the University of Malaya, Malaysia with Bright--Saprks Scholarship. Dr Ahmed's research interests are area climate change adaptation & mitigation policy, sustainability studies, waste management, education for sustainable development, Disaster Management.

Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Ph.D (UKM, Malaysia), MSCP Fellow (MiT, USA) is a Professor (Adjunct) at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is also a Director at the Centre for Asian Climate and Environmental Policy Studies, Canada. Prof Al-Amin is currently associated with many research works at UNDP, HEKS, HAW-Germany, Springer USA, FORUM FOR FUTURE Singapore, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia, Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation, Economic Planning Unit Malaysia, Country representative of Malaysia to UNFCCC, Academy Science Malaysia, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia and Sime Darby Malaysia. Prof Al-Amin is assisting countries, especially ASEAN in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy through enhancing policymakers' capacity to promote green technologies, including renewable energy development, affordable access to clean energy for the poor, and support to industries and other economic sectors in adopting low carbon technologies.

Dr Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS), Faculty of Science, University of Malaya. She holds a BSc. in Ecology from the Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya; MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden; and MSc and PhD in Science and Technology Policy from SPRU Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. In line with her academic background, Dr Mohamad's research interest is primarily understanding the relationship between the development of science, technology and innovation (STI) and environmental protection, particularly within the context of sustainable development and associated challenges to late-industrialising countries. She is also one the founding members of the University Malaya Campus Sustainability Initiative.