@book{fdi:010065868, title = {{C}limate change : what challenges for the {S}outh ?}, author = {{R}einert, {M}. and {J}anicot, {S}erge and {A}ubertin, {C}atherine and {B}ernoux, {M}artial and {D}ounias, {E}dmond and {G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {L}ebel, {T}hierry and {M}azurek, {H}ubert and {S}ultan, {B}enjamin and {S}okona, {Y}. and {M}oatti, {J}ean-{P}aul}, editor = {{J}anicot, {S}erge and {A}ubertin, {C}atherine and {B}ernoux, {M}artial and {D}ounias, {E}dmond and {G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {L}ebel, {T}hierry and {M}azurek, {H}ubert and {S}ultan, {B}enjamin}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he mobilisation centred on the 2015 {P}aris {C}limate {C}onference ({COP} 21) is an opportunity to highlight the vulnerability of environments and populations in the {S}outh in the face of climate warming. {S}ome tropical regions are already suffering from its effects, with heat waves in the {S}ahel, disturbances to monsoon systems, the melting of the {A}ndean glaciers, threats to biodiversity, a rise in sea level and other features. {R}esearch conducted by {IRD} and its partners provides key knowledge for better understanding of the complexity of these phenomena. {T}his book is a synthesis in three parts: observing and understanding climate change, analysing its main impacts on environments and setting societies and national public policies at the heart of the climate challenge. {F}ocused on the capacity for resilience of populations and ecosystems in the face of trends in the climate, the book explores solutions that reconcile mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change, conservation of the environment and a reduction of inequalities. {T}he work is both well documented and explanatory, reviewing operations and the results of research that is firmly involved and interdisciplinary, closely associating partners in the {N}orth and the {S}outh.}, keywords = {{MONDE} ; {PAYS} {EN} {DEVELOPPEMENT}}, address = {{M}arseille}, publisher = {{IRD}}, series = {}, pages = {272}, year = {2015}, ISBN = {978-2-7099-2172-5}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065868}, }