Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools 3. Various types of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory and reactive adaptation, private and. This is consistent with the results for australian organisations more broadly gardner et al. The challenge in developing this primer, climate change adaptation guide, reflects the challenge inherent in understanding climate change and its impacts on transportation as we know it, i. Climate adapt provides a catalogue of potential adaptation options that can be explored below by selecting a. Who climate change adaptation to protect human health. The ipcc defines adaptation as the, adjustment in natural or human systems to a. At the same time, they require information systems, technical capacity, and the right policies and institutions. Unlike some other habitat types, mangroves are also relatively easy to restore, providing shortterm benefits for both local and more distant communities. It is obvious that many countries have been quick to show commitment to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Reducing carbon emissions is no longer enough to halt the impacts of climate change. This pilot project will provide better information and surveillance of climate change related health risks in bhutan. According to the 2014 report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability page 8 from the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change, governments at various levels are also getting better at adaptation. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustments in human and natural systems in response to actual or expected climatic variation, with a view to moderating harm or exploiting beneficial opportunities.
Climate change mitigation, the focus of this report, emphasizes reducing greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of limiting the magnitude or. The role of ecosystem services in climate change adaptation. Adaptation aims to manage climate risk to an acceptable level, taking advantage of any positive opportunities that may arise. A climate adaptation lens has been incorporated in diverse projects ranging. Strategies for climate change adaptation climate change. Adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. The cornerstone of this guide is the water climate change adaptation technology taxonomy developed for the purposes of this guide figure 1, systematizing the most pressing climate change challenges in water sector, and their corresponding water adaptation technologies. Tools for climate change adaptation climate change. The intent of this document is to help guide coastal managers at the state level in their initial and ongoing climate change adaptation planning efforts. Ecosystembased adaptation eba describes a variety of approaches for adapting to climate change, all of which involve the management of ecosystems to reduce the vulnerability of human communities to the impacts of climate change such as storm and flood damage to physical assets, coastal erosion, salinisation of freshwater resources, and loss of agricultural productivity. Principles of climate change adaptation for engineers. Tools for climate change adaptation epa staff have developed tools to help communities anticipate, plan for, and adapt to the changing climate. Climate change is a longterm trend, but with wise planning and risk mitigation now, we can reduce adverse impacts downrange.
Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to conserve them. Reducing adaptation costs to climate change through stakeholderfocused project design the case of khulna city in bangladesh dr a. Ipcc intergovernmental panel for climate change isdr international strategy for disaster reduction lrmp land resource mapping project mm millimeter napa national adaptation programme of action to climate change nbs nepal biodiversity strategy nfa nepal foresters. But adaptation goes beyond just development to include measures to address additional risks specifically caused by climate change, such as raising the height of sea defences. Vulnerability, risk reduction, and adaptation to climate. Many countries are realizing its time to start adapting to a warming world.
The contents of the publication life and climate change adaptation do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the institutions. Because considerable knowledge gaps still exist about what adaptation is, training or other ways of sensitisation may need to be the first step before jumping into adaptation planning. Methods and tools for climate risk management figures figure 1. Natural resources management and environment department, fao, rome. Climate adaptation climate adaptation refers to the ability of a system to adjust to climate change including climate variability and extremes to moderate potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. In human systems, adaptation seeks to moderate or avoid harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. The costs and benefits of adaptation were incorporated in the damage function, that is, in the stylized representation of climate change impacts. Recommended actions in support of a national climate change adaptation strategy. This study aims to unpack the stateoftheart municipal adaptation planning in developing countries.
In some natural systems, human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate and its effects. The 2012 climate change adaptation strategy is responsible for the implementation of over 50 actions across the city, which has increased vancouvers preparedness for climate change. Market and policy driven adaptation to climate change. Such demonstrations will make these approaches highly visible to the public, politicians, decision makers, and project partners.
Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable. The adaptation strategies provided below are intended to inform and assist communities in identifying potential alternatives. Then several purposes of adaptation analysis are distinguished in the climate change. Pdf environmental impacts of climate change adaptation. Climate change has also influenced water resources due to drying up of water sources or contamination due to flooding, increasing the risk of diarrhoeal disease. In the absence of national or international climate policy direction, cities and local communities around the world have been focusing on solving their own climate problems. Our first step in planning for these challenges is to identify the effects of climate change on the department with tangible and. While this joint paper focuses on adaptation to climate change in relation to poverty, we understand that adaptation has to go hand in hand with mitigation of climate change. Case studies play an important role in supporting local and regional decisionmakers in their efforts to cope with the effects of climate change by demonstrating.
Climate change adaptation plans for south african biomes. Planning is not a onetime event, and as the science and tools to understand and address climate change. Adaptation addresses climate change impacts that are observed today and prepares us for impacts occurring in the future. Climate change is starting to be factored into a variety of development plans. Due to the varying severity and nature of climate impacts between regions in europe, most adaptation initiatives will be taken at the regional or local levels. Climate change adaptation policies and actions are increasingly being developed and implemented at eu, transnational, national and urban level. Conceptually, the damage function, dt, was defined as the leastcost combination of adaptation costs, ac, and residual damages, rd. It is in this context that dod is releasing a climate change adaptation roadmap. They are illustrative and are presented to help communities consider possible ways to address anticipated current and future climate threats to contaminated site management. Other national adaptation plans also base their adaptation activities on assessments of the vulnerabilities and impacts associated with climate change. Pdf adaptation to climate change in developing countries. A planning guide for state coastal managers, offers a framework for state coastal managers to follow as they develop and implement climate change adaptation plans in their own states. Strategy on adaptation to climate change ldcf lsccf iii the ldcfsccf programming strategy for adaptation covers ldcf and sccf operations and activities for the four years from july 1, 2010 to june 30, 2014. Progress report of the interagency climate change adaptation task force.
Climate change adaptation is a response to global warming. Future federal adaptation efforts could better support local. This framing is based on earlier conceptual work, for example by stern 2006 on the economics of climate. Sep 14, 2019 facing the increasingly adverse impacts of climate change, many coastal cities in developing and leastdeveloped countries have shaped their climate adaptation plan. The ipcc definition also includes adaptation of natural systems not just human. Acknowledgements the climate change adaptation strategy in sadc. This ramework will assif t jurisdictions developing climate change s adaptation strategies or plans at a watershed scale, with a focus on adaptation issues related to water quantity and quality. How can wildlife management and land use planning adapt to changing conditions, with an aim of achieving sustainability. In the absence of such regulation, engineers need guidance on how to address climate change in their professional work. While climate change is a global issue, it is felt on a local scale. Adaptation actions for water management and ecosystem protection. Various types of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory and reactive adaptation, private and public adaptation, and.
The climate change adaptation strategy for the lsrca was completed with the assistance of many participants. Adaptation strategies are needed at all levels of administration. The main objective of this strategy is to mobilize and program adequate resources to finance adaptation. The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones. The ipcc provides a broad definition by distinguishing various types of adaptation e. Researchers have developed several kinds of approaches to understand and address climate change adaptation barriers including semistructured surveys, metaanalyses, and multiphase frameworks aguiar et al. Implementation framework for climate change adaptation. The intergovernmental panel on climate change defines adaptation as. Mitigation and adaptation solutions climate change. Decisions and actions that help to prepare for the adverse consequences of climate change, as well as to take advantage of the opportunities, are known as climate change adaptation. Interdisciplinary scope and involvement in climate change article pdf available in sapiens 31 july 2010 with 3,927 reads how we measure reads.
Types of physical impacts scope of economic risks urgency of the threat how does the current climate monitoringprediction system enhanc. A workbook for developing riskbased adaptation plans. The committee on approaches to climate change adaptation titles omitted chairperson nobuo mimura professor and special assistant to the president, center for water environment studies, ibaraki university hiroshi ando manager, global warming countermeasures section, department of environment, saitama prefecture. The paper seeks to understand the types of vulnerability and explore planned adaptation options through a content analysis of. The intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc defines adaptation as. Makerere university centre for climate change research and innovation 1. However, the role of ecosystem management, though central to both climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, has yet to be well recognized at the political level. When it comes to tackling climate change to prevent the impacts it causes in the different systems of the planet, the human being applies two types of measures. Vulnerability to climate change the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Climate change adaptation in australian mining communities. Abstract contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations. This implies that adaptation and mitigation strategies to limit damage from climate change in developing countries.
Life and climate change adaptation european commission. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variation to which a system is. We hope this will move the discussion further towards action. Constraints to and conservation implications for climate. Climate change adaptation in coastal cities of developing. Unep has implemented over 50 projects on climate change adaptation at global, regional and national levels for 40. Climate change adaptation strategy north vancouver. Broadly deined, climate change adaptation includes all adjustments, both planned and unplanned, in natural and human systems occurring in response to climatic changes and subsequent efects parry et al. In this article we want to further specify what can be done to adapt to climate change and what is done by the united nations framework convention on climate change. Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change do you know what mitigation and adaptation measures can be taken to fight climate change. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Showcase green infrastructure climate adaptation projects use redevelopment projects as onsite demonstrations of ways to adapt to climate change using lid, green streets, or environmental site design.
Measures for adaptation to climate change this chapter draws on the conclusions of the previous chapters, considering what. Adaptation options are measures and actions that can be implemented to improve adaptation to climate change. Preparing for change development programs can include flood control structurerelated adaptation to reduce climate change impacts on flood control structures and the resulting damage and destruction to coastal and lowlying communities. Cities and municipalities are therefore at the frontline of adaptation. This climate change adaptation strategy focuses on adaptation objectives and actions. Mitigation measures are those actions that are taken to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emission s, while adaptation measures are based on reducing vulnerability to the effects of climate change. The first part explains such terms as climate, climate change, climate change adaptation, remote sensing rs and geographical information systems gis. The report was prepared by lsrcas integrated watershed management iwm staff, with input from other lsrca staff, as well an external steering committee. Pdf adaptation to climate change is given increasing international attention as the. Regarding factors that could assist climate change adaptation, both groups identified the need for better climate change projections and specific advice about adaptation options and solutions. Given the wide diversity of climates around the globe, these studies offer. The key climate responses of plant populations can be categorised into one of three types. It summarizes experiences in preparing for and reacting to climate change in different types of forests. Climate change adaptation cca is a response to global warming also known as climate change or anthropogenic climate change.
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