Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change adaptation is a climate policy response that reduces vulnerability to current and projected climate impacts by enhancing adaptive capacity and resilience.

19.2K

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1.6M

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2017–2026

9.3K

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Environmental Management

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Adaptation EvaluationAdaptation FinanceAdaptation GovernanceAdaptation MonitoringAdaptation PlanningAdaptation PolicyAdaptive CapacityAgricultural AdaptationClimate Risk AssessmentCoastal Adaptation

Publications

19.2K

Extinction risk from climate change

Chris D. Thomas, A. Cameron, Rhys E. Green et al. · Nature · 2004 · 7.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Climate Change Adaptation +13

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady, Haroun Chenchouni et al. · Forest Ecology and Management · 2009 · 7.6K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Ecology, Forestry +16

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview

Keywan Riahi, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elmar Kriegler et al. · Global Environmental Change · 2016 · 6.5K citations · Full text

Management, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change Adaptation +16

Climate Change 2014: Impacts,Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Christopher B. Field, Vicente Barros, Michael D. Mastrandrea et al. · Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) · 2014 · 6K citations

Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sciences +17

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Anson W. Mackay · Journal of Environmental Quality · 2008 · 5.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +17

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Authors

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James D. Ford
McGill University, Canada
123 publications · 15.1K citations
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W. Neil Adger
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
67 publications · 35.4K citations
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Lea Berrang‐Ford
McGill University, Canada
47 publications · 7.3K citations
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Kristie L. Ebi
University of Washington, United States
63 publications · 15.6K citations
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Robert J. Nicholls
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
55 publications · 7.3K citations
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Global Environmental Change
369 publications · 93.6K citations
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Nature Climate Change
302 publications · 86.7K citations
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Climatic Change
741 publications · 69.5K citations
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 276 publications · 47.3K citations
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Regional Environmental Change
314 publications · 24.7K citations
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See also Climate Change Adaptation
Core Strategies	Nature-based Solutions Irrigation Crop Diversification Infrastructure Adaptation Mixed Crop Farming Drought-tolerant Cropping Systems
Implementation Sectors	Agriculture Land Use Planning Nature-based Solutions Built Environment Coastal Adaptation Infrastructure Adaptation Broiler Environmental Management Transport Tourism Economics Information Technology
Assessment Tools	Remote Sensing Machine Learning Cost-benefit Analysis Geographic Information Systems Climate Simulation
Governance Mechanisms	Multi-level Governance
Outcome Evaluation	Adaptive Capacity Cost-benefit Analysis Recovery Time Absorptive Capacity Resilience Indices Common Vulnerability Scoring System