In the coming decades, the Mediterranean region is expected to experience various climate impacts with negative consequences on agricultural systems and which will cause uneven reductions in agricultural production.

This study links climate change impacts to the development of adaptation strategies for agriculture on the Mediterranean region.

A great deal of climate change research focuses on forced migration as a response to sea level rise and the loss of livelihoods. By contrast much less research considers altered patterns of amenity led international retirement migration as a response to climate change.

Water is scarce in Mediterranean countries: cities are crowded with increasing demand; food is produced with large amounts of water; ecosystems demand more water than is often available; drought affects all.

In this study the impacts on durum wheat and grapevine yields, and olive suitable cultivation area were investigated for two time slices under A1B SRES scenario, at first. Then, some adaptation strategies to cope with these impacts were explored.

Los países mediterráneos llevan una década aplicando medidas de adaptación al cambio climático. Este documento pretende dibujar un panorama de este esfuerzo actual de adaptación en contextos de acción contrastados en países desarrollados y en vías de desarrollo.