Development in a More Hostile Climate – Integration and trade
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Contributor) International Finance and Investment for Climate Change, Volume 14, Jan-June 2010 – External link to publication
Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Expand scientific input to address environmental effects
Stringer, LC., Thomas, R.J., and Akhtar-Schuster, M. June 2010. Nature, v.465, pp.869-869.
Observed adaptation to climate change: UK evidence of transition to a well-adapting society?
Tompkins, E.L., Boyd, E., Nicholson-Cole, S., Adger, W.N., Weatherhead, K., Arnell, N. October 2010. Global Environmental Change, v.20, pp.627-635.
Assessing vulnerability to climate change in dryland livelihood systems: conceptual challenges and interdisciplinary solutions
Over 40% of the earth’s land surface are drylands that are home to approximately 2.5 billion people. Livelihood sustainability in drylands is threatened by a complex and interrelated range of social, economic, political, and environmental changes that present significant challenges to researchers, policy makers, and, above all, rural land users. Dynamic ecological and environmental change […]
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia
We examine the driving forces behind farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change, and the impact of adaptation on farmers’ food production. We investigate whether there … read more »
Public-private partnerships for storm risk management in the Cayman Islands
Abstract of Working Paper 21 We analyse the role of public and private responsibility in the provision of public goods – specifically, national hurricane preparedness, including early warnings and post-impact recovery. This is achieved through a review of the changes that have occurred in the Cayman Islands’ National Hurricane Committee (NHC). The NHC is a […]
From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Socio-economic development and adaptation to climate change are closely intertwined. Adaptation is increasingly described as climate resilient development or development under a hostile climate. In support of this view, … read more »
The allocation of adaptation funding
Providing additional finance for adaptation is a key element of the emerging international climate change framework. This paper discusses how adaptation funding may be allocated among developing countries in a … read more »
The costs of adaptation
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Anticipating vulnerability to climate change in dryland pastoral systems: using dynamic systems models for the Kalahari
Dougill, A.J., Fraser, E.D.G., and Reed, M.S. 2010. Published version: Ecology and Society, v.15