Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and DevelopmentImperial College Press, 2003 - 347 pages The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climatechange is occurring and that all countries of the world will beaffected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that manydeveloping countries are particularly vulnerable because of theirrelatively low adaptive capacity. |
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Contents
From Adaptation to Adaptive Capacity | 9 |
Social Aspects of Adaptive Capacity | 29 |
What Does It Mean in | 51 |
Lessons from Famine Early Warning and | 71 |
Assessing Vulnerability in the Context of | 101 |
Do We Have the Adaptive Capacity to Develop | 137 |
The Legal Framework of Adaptation and | 163 |
Adaptation FundingLegal and | 191 |
The Philippines Coastal | 217 |
Adaptation to Climatic Variability and | 241 |
Engaging Africa in Adaptation to Climate Change | 261 |
Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries | 317 |
Appendix Workshop Agenda and List of Participants | 335 |
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Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development Richard J. T. Klein,Saleemul Huq Limited preview - 2003 |
Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity And Development Saleemul Huq,Joel B Smith,Richard J T Klein Limited preview - 2003 |
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