02942nam 2200685 a 450 991081706450332120240313141056.09781118529577111852957X9781299181298129918129597811185295841118529588(CKB)2670000000325842(EBL)1120944(OCoLC)827207400(SSID)ssj0000831530(PQKBManifestationID)11421081(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000831530(PQKBWorkID)10880601(PQKB)10597899(MiAaPQ)EBC1120944(Au-PeEL)EBL1120944(CaPaEBR)ebr10657620(CaONFJC)MIL449379(PPN)183003551(EXLCZ)99267000000032584220121206d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClimate adaptation futures /edited by Jean Palutikof ... [et al.]1st ed.Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.20131 online resource (420 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780470674963 0470674962 Includes bibliographical references and index.section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Advances in adaptation thinking -- section 3. Enabling frameworks and policy for adaptation -- section. 4. Engaging with stakeholders -- section 5. Key challenges in adaptation and development -- section 6. Natural systems and agricultural production -- section 7. Water security -- section 8. Urban infrastructure and livelihoods -- section 9. Extremes, disaster management and adaptation. Adaptation is the poor cousin of the climate change challenge - the glamour of international debate is around global mitigation agreements, while the bottom-up activities of adaptation, carried out in community halls and local government offices, are often overlooked. Yet, as international forums fail to deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the world is realising that effective adaptation will be essential across all sectors to deal with the unavoidable impacts of climate change. The need to understand how to adapt effectively, and to develop appropriate adaptation options and acClimatic changesClimatic changesGlobal environmental changeEnvironmental policyClimatic changes.Climatic changes.Global environmental change.Environmental policy.363.738/74Palutikof Jean661215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817064503321Climate adaptation futures4119605UNINA