Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience - Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change in Thailand. Research Report No. 9

The main objective of vulnerability analysis is to understand the extent to which the system is susceptible to the sustaining damage from climate change. The analysis was carried out based on the different sets of socio-economic variables using the standard IPCC methodology. The northeastern region of Thailand is highly vulnerable compared to the other regions. Further, the provincial vulnerability mapping for the northeastern region was also undertaken. This study was done as a precursor to the micro/household analysis on exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity

Mainstreaming Grassroots Level Adaptation and Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Thailand

Climate change is becoming severe and has had a negative impact on agriculture and farmers’ livelihoods in Thailand. The climate change impacts on crop yield possibly leads to food insecurity globally. Scientists have projected a major climate change in the middle of the 21st century (2045-2065). The average monthly maximum temperature in Thailand is expected to increase by 3-4ºC and monthly minimum temperature is expected to increase by more than 4ºC throughout the country (Chinvanno 2010). The regions, ie, the Northeast, Central and the Northern, received less than 1,200 mm annual rainfall (1970-2005) and it is the driest area of the country. Agriculture in Thailand is already impacted by frequent drought or dry spells, flood, unpredictable rainfall and heat waves