Family strategies to climate change in a rural community of Calixto Garcia, Holguin, Cuba

Abstract

The aims of this article is to reflect on the need to create family strategies of adaptation to climate change in rural communities, the study combines quantitative and qualitative techniques that reveal state of natural resources and the pressures exerted by the socioeconomic environment . Applied perception survey on climate change; through in-depth interviews the role of women is valued in adaptation strategies to climate change in the family. The research results include a proposal in Calixto García, HolguínCuba of family strategies for adaptation to climate change, under the principle of sustainability and making visible women. Palabras claves: adaptation, climate change, rural communities, family strategies.