Climate change and food security: assessing the prospect for Kuwait using an economy-wide model

Gelan, Ayele U. and Atkinson, Giles ORCID: 0000-0001-6736-3074 (2022) Climate change and food security: assessing the prospect for Kuwait using an economy-wide model. Kuwait Journal of Science, 49 (4). ISSN 2307-4108

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Abstract

This study is concerned with food security effects of global warming in Kuwait. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approach to monitor impacts of human activities on climate change has essentially remained top-down. Hence, it fallen out of favour among end user communities. In this procedure, the needs of policymakers at national scale have been peripheral. Kuwait's food security is a good illustration of this. The study is implemented by applying a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Kuwait. The model was calibrated on Kuwaiti data to examine food security impacts of the five Shared Socio-economic Pathways. The simulation results indicate asymmetrical impacts on Kuwait's agriculture and food processing industries. Arid countries would benefit by enhancing national capacities to assess food security implications of global warming scenarios.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/index
Additional Information:	© 2022 Academic Publication Council, Kuwait University
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Date Deposited:	18 Jul 2024 08:24
Last Modified:	22 Jul 2024 21:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124122

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