Climate change adaptation
Lowering the risks posed by the consequences of climate change, carried out in response to or in anticipation of changes in climatic conditions
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- Arab Environment : Climate Change. Impact of Cilmate Change on Arab Countries
- 2009
- In this report, the editors state that the Arab countries are in many ways among the most vulnerable in the world to the potential impacts of climate change, as the region already suffers from aridity, recurrent drought and water scar...
- Urbanization and climate change impacts on future urban flooding in Can Tho city, Vietnam
- H. T. L. Huong; A. Pathirana / Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2013
- Urban development increases flood risk in cities due to local changes in hydrological and hydrometeorological conditions that increase flood hazard, as well as to urban concentrations that increase the vulnerability. The large-scale, ...
- Farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of empirical studies and implications for public policy in African agriculture
- J. S. Juana; Z. Kahaka; F. N. Okurut / Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013
- Climate change has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts in Africa, if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers’ perceptio...
- Climate change adaptation for coral triangle communities: a guide for vulnerability assessment and local early action planning (LEAP guide)
- 2013
- This comprehensive set of scientific and social instruments helps local governments and communities to assess their vulnerability to climate change and form their own climate change adaptation plans to address local conditions. So far...
- Guidance manual for TEEB country studies
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013
- The Guidance Manual for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Country Studies was developed following requests from countries interested in undertaking a TEEB country study, with the aim of achieving their development go...
- Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2013 - From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2013
- The 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13) makes the business case for investing in disaster risk management (DRM) and highlights potential opportunities for creating shared value. The report is a...
- Case studies exploring climate change impacts on indigenous peoples in Namibia and their adaptation strategies
- U. Dieckmann; W. Odendaal; J. Tarr; A. Schreij / Legal Assistance Centre, 2013
- Through two participatory case studies, this paper examines the impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of Namibia. The objectives of the case studies are three-fold: to document how the indigenous peoples are affected by c...
- Envisioning the future and learning from the past: adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali
- M. Brockhaus; H. Djoudi (ed); B. Locatelli (ed) / Elsevier, 2013
- In West Africa, rural livelihoods that dependon natural resources develop coping and adapting strategies to face climate variability or change, and economic or political changes. The former Lake Faguibine in northern Mali has experien...
- Scientific literature review on the roles of forests and trees in social vulnerability to climate change
- E. Pramova; B. Locatelli; H. Djoudi; O. A. Somorin / Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
- Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate ...
- Comparative analysis of climate change vulnerability assessments: lessons from Tunisia and Indonesia
- A. Hammill; L. Bizikova; J. Dekens / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2013
- This comparative analysis of climate change vulnerability assessments (VAs) draws lessons from Tunisia and Indonesia to inform future VA planning and implementation. Central to shaping adaptation decisions, VAs provide the basis for b...
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