Introductions to climate adaptation
Recommended reading
- Poverty and climate change: reducing the vulnerability of the poor through adaptation
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2003)
- The report makes clear that climate change presents a serious risk to poverty eradication and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. While it affects us all, the adverse impact of climate ch...
- Livelihoods and climate change: combining disaster risk reduction, natural resource management and climate change adaptation in a new approach to the reduction of vulnerability and poverty
- ( Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2003)
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This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change.
Highlights of the paper include:
... - Pro-poor climate adaptation: Norwegian development cooperation and climate change adaptation: an assessment of issues, strategies and potential entry points
- ( S. Eriksen; L. Otto Naess / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo , 2003)
- This report reviews linkages between Norwegian development cooperation and climate change, with a focus on adaptation. It discusses key concepts, ongoing efforts and their relevance to Norwegian poli...
- Vulnerability, adaptation and climate disasters: a conceptual overview
- ( F. Yamin; A. Rahman; S. Huq / Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2005)
- The policy paper (a primer to a more comprehensive policy bulletin) draws insights from the Linking Climate Adaptation (LCA) project, and addresses climate change adaptation and developing countries’ ...
- Climate change and development: overview
- ( F. Yamin / Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2004)
- Although climate change is now firmly established as a global threat, policy-relevant research into the impacts of climate change on vulnerable, poorer countries is a relatively new development. This ...
