Open AccessClimate Change, Vulnerability, Social Conflicts and Human Displacement in the Andes: The case of Huaytapallana Glacier
Author(s) -
Teófilo Altamirano
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ambiente, comportamiento y sociedad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2709-829X
DOI - 10.51343/racs.v3i1.417
Subject(s) - climate change , vulnerability (computing) , adaptive capacity , geography , social vulnerability , global warming , glacier , environmental resource management , ecological forecasting , environmental planning , environmental protection , ecology , environmental science , physical geography , psychological resilience , psychology , computer security , computer science , psychotherapist , biology
The objective of this review was to identify the links between Climate Change, Vulnerability, Social Conflicts and Human Displacement in the Andes. The different factors that influence the vulnerability of people and communities are analyzed, such as the diversity of the impacts of climate change, the retreat of glaciers, the loss of biological diversity, health, agricultural production and scenarios with the presence of water scarcity. Adaptive behaviors are observed in the inhabitants of Andean communities, but they are not sufficient, because in many occasions people are forced to migrate to other cities. Five ways of responding to climate risks or hazards are suggested: 1) reduction and control of global warming, 2) adaptation to conditions resulting from climate change, 3) resistance, 4) mitigation, and 5) involuntary displacement. Finally, it concludes by stating that there is an intricate link between global warming, climate change, vulnerability and social conflicts, and that migration is a product of climate change.