ABSTRACT
Many aspects of global environmental change (GEC) contribute to the vulnerability of food systems. These may stem from factors embedded in society, in the natural environment, or from social–environmental interactions and feedbacks. Environmental stresses and changes can also alter the ‘internal’ nature of food systems to undermine their capacity to respond or adapt, which can make them vulnerable to changes they could formerly cope with, as illustrated in Chapter 6. Such feedbacks give rise to additional causes of vulnerability.
