Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity And Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 186094373X ISBN 13: 9781860943737

Publisher: Imperial College Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climate change is occurring and that all countries of the world will be affected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that many developing countries are particularly vulnerable because of their relatively low adaptive capacity. Therefore it is seen as a development priority to help these countries enhance their adaptive capacity to climate change.The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stratus Consulting organized a workshop in the fall of 2001 to develop an agenda for research on how best to enhance the capacity of developing countries to adapt to climate change. This research agenda is relevant for governments and institutions that wish to support developing countries in adapting to climate change. The workshop brought together experts from developing and industrialized countries, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral and bilateral donor organizations to discuss a number of important topics related to adaptation, adaptive capacity and sustainable development. A dozen papers were commissioned to cover these topics, both from a theoretical perspective and in the form of national case studies. The papers form the basis for this important book, which presents the latest interdisciplinary knowledge about the nature and components of adaptive capacity and how it may be strengthened.

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Natural resource managers; experts on development issues in developing countries, and on climate change issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186094373X
• ISBN 13: 9781860943737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Huq Saleemul, Smith Joel B, Klein Richard J T