ANALYZING THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Keywords:
Ecosystem Services, Resilience, Climate Change, Adaptation & MitigationAbstract
Understanding the role of ecosystem services in climate change is fundamental for several reasons. Ecosystems offer services that benefit human well-being, such as food provision, water purification, climate regulation, and natural hazard mitigation. These services are crucial for supporting adaptation strategies by offering essential resources and buffering against the impacts of climate change. This paper investigates the multi-dimensional contributions of ecosystem services to climate change adaptation, emphasizing their economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Ecosystems themselves possess adaptive capacities that can be crucial for human adaptation. Natural habitats like wetlands, forests, and mangroves have shown resilience and the ability to mitigate climate-related risks by, for instance, buffering against floods, sequestering carbon, and providing habitats for diverse species. However, climate change poses significant threats to these services. Therefore, studying ecosystem services in the context of climate change adaptation becomes critical for understanding vulnerabilities and developing strategies to protect, restore and manage these services. Integrating this understanding into adaptation planning and policymaking can foster more effective strategies to cope with the challenges posed by climate change.
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