The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

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FIGURE 49
ADAPTATION PLANNING CYCLE
IDENTIFY PROBLEM
AND OBJECTIVE
APPRAISAL
OF OPTIONS
ASSESS CURRENT
THEN FUTURE RISKS
MONITORING AND 
EVALUATION (M&E)
IDENTIFY ADAPTATION 
OPTIONS
IMPLEMENTATION
SOURCE: Adapted from Willows 
et al
. (2003), and Bisaro and Hinkel (2013).
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PART 2 
SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
Chile is highly vulnerable to climate change owing 
to its low-lying coastal areas. The combination of 
overfishing and variability in environmental conditions 
(e.g. temperature, oxygen and currents) are having 
social and economic effects, with food-security 
implications, on Chile’s fisheries and aquaculture 
communities. Launched in 2016, Strengthening the 
Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in the Fisheries 
and Aquaculture Sector of Chile is a project funded by 
the Global Environment Facility and implemented by 
FAO. It involves the active participation of stakeholders 
from the public sector (central and regional 
policymakers and regulatory bodies) and private 
sector (mainly small-scale fishers and fish farmers).
BOX 19
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: CHILE TAKES ACTION