Challenge Of Adaptation
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Author |
: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 125 |
Release |
: 2019-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309476553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309476550 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for delivering water, treating waste, and preventing and remediating pollution in air, water, and soil. These achievements are a testament to the multidisciplinary, pragmatic, systems-oriented approach that characterizes environmental engineering. Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century: Addressing Grand Challenges outlines the crucial role for environmental engineers in this period of dramatic growth and change. The report identifies five pressing challenges of the 21st century that environmental engineers are uniquely poised to help advance: sustainably supply food, water, and energy; curb climate change and adapt to its impacts; design a future without pollution and waste; create efficient, healthy, resilient cities; and foster informed decisions and actions.
Author |
: Rob Roggema |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 2010-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781402093593 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1402093594 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Adaptation to Climate Change: A Spatial Challenge by : Rob Roggema
As it becomes clear that climate change is not easily within the boundaries of the 1990’s, society needs to be prepared and needs to anticipate future changes due to the uncertain changes in climate. So far, extensive research has been carried out on several issues including the coastal defence or shifting ecozones. However, the role spatial design and planning can play in adapting to climate change has not yet been focused on. This book illuminates the way adaptation to climate change is tackled in water management, ecology, coastal defence, the urban environment and energy. The question posed is how each sector can anticipate climate change by creating spatial designs and plans. The main message of this book is that spatial design and planning are a very useful tool in adapting to climate change. It offers an integral view on the issue, it is capable in dealing with uncertainties and it opens the way to creative and anticipative solutions. Dealing with adaptation to climate change requires a shift in mindset; from a technical rational way of thinking towards an integral proactive one. A new era in spatial design and planning looms on the horizon.
Author |
: Lisa Dale |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2022-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231552974 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231552971 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Change Adaptation by : Lisa Dale
Climate change policy has typically emphasized mitigation, calling for reducing emissions and shifting away from fossil fuels. Yet while these efforts have floundered, floods, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters are becoming more frequent and potent. As the risks escalate, we must ask how to adapt to a changing climate. How might farmers modify their practices to maximize food security? Can coastal cities protect their infrastructure from rising seas? Are there strategic ways for developing countries to combine climate resilience with economic growth and poverty reduction? For people and societies around the world, these questions are not theoretical: adaptation is already underway. This book offers a concise overview of climate adaptation governance. In clear, accessible language, Lisa Dale describes key strategies that governments, communities, and the private sector are now deploying. She presents the theory and practice that underlie climate adaptation efforts at local and global scales, providing illuminating case studies that foreground the problems facing developing countries. Dale analyzes the effectiveness of a range of policy interventions, drawing out principles of good governance and discussing how practitioners can navigate complex tradeoffs. She emphasizes equity and inclusion, considering how climate adaptation policy can account for the needs of historically disadvantaged groups. Written for a wide audience, this book is an invaluable introduction for all readers interested in how societies can meet the challenges of an altered climate.
Author |
: Hans Sanderson |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2018-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780128498750 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0128498757 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Adapting to Climate Change in Europe by : Hans Sanderson
Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe. It combines scientific assessments with real-world case descriptions to present specific tools and methods. This book aims at ensuring sustainable solutions in adaptation to climate change. The challenge of adaptation is still at an early stage; this book fills relevant gaps in current knowledge on climate adaptation, providing a crucial set of tools to support effective decision-making. It acts as a guide to practitioners and decision-makers along different steps of on-going adaptation processes. Adapting to Climate Change in Europe contains methods and tools for improving stakeholder's participation and analyzing costs and benefits of different adaptation measures. It is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and experts and policymakers working in climate change and adaptation. - Features real world case studies providing a tool for comparative learning - Fulfills the current knowledge gap in climate change adaptation - Includes top-down economic models allowing for a novel application and integration of adaptation features in European and global models - Provides in-depth analysis of participation using new empirical material and approaches
Author |
: National Research Council |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 134 |
Release |
: 2011-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309145855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309145856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis America's Climate Choices by : National Research Council
Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these emissions continue to increase, which will result in further change and greater risks. America's Climate Choices makes the case that the environmental, economic, and humanitarian risks posed by climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action now to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for adapting to its impacts. Although there is some uncertainty about future risk, acting now will reduce the risks posed by climate change and the pressure to make larger, more rapid, and potentially more expensive reductions later. Most actions taken to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts are common sense investments that will offer protection against natural climate variations and extreme events. In addition, crucial investment decisions made now about equipment and infrastructure can "lock in" commitments to greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. Finally, while it may be possible to scale back or reverse many responses to climate change, it is difficult or impossible to "undo" climate change, once manifested. Current efforts of local, state, and private-sector actors are important, but not likely to yield progress comparable to what could be achieved with the addition of strong federal policies that establish coherent national goals and incentives, and that promote strong U.S. engagement in international-level response efforts. The inherent complexities and uncertainties of climate change are best met by applying an iterative risk management framework and making efforts to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; prepare for adapting to impacts; invest in scientific research, technology development, and information systems; and facilitate engagement between scientific and technical experts and the many types of stakeholders making America's climate choices.
Author |
: Walter Leal Filho |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 2017-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319645995 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319645994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Limits to Climate Change Adaptation by : Walter Leal Filho
This book sheds new light on the limits of adaptation to anthropogenic climate change. The respective chapters demonstrate the variety of and interconnections between factors that together constitute the constraints on adaptation. The book pays special attention to evidence that illustrates how and where such limits have become apparent or are in the process of establishing themselves, and which indicates future trends and contexts that might prove helpful in understanding adaptation limits. In particular, the book provides an overview of the most important challenges and opportunities regarding adaptation limits at different temporal, jurisdictional, and spatial scales, while also highlighting case studies, projects and best practices that show how they may be addressed. The book presents innovative multi-disciplinary research and gathers evidence from various countries, sectors and regions, the goal being to advance our understanding of the limits to adaptation and ways to overcome or modify them.
Author |
: Jean P. Palutikof |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 450 |
Release |
: 2013-02-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118529478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118529472 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Adaptation Futures by : Jean P. Palutikof
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 actions, is becoming increasingly urgent. This book reports the current state of knowledge on climate change adaptation, and seeks to expose and debate key issues in adaptation research and practice. It is framed around a number of critical areas of adaptation theory and practice, including: Advances in adaptation thinking, Enabling frameworks and policy for adaptation, Engaging and communicating with practitioners, Key challenges in adaptation and development, Management of natural systems and agriculture under climate change, Ensuring water security under a changing climate, Urban infrastructure and livelihoods, and The nexus between extremes, disaster management and adaptation. It includes contributions from many of the leading thinkers and practitioners in adaptation today. The book is based on key contributions from the First International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation ‘Climate Adaptation Futures’, held on the Gold Coast, Australia, in June 2010. That three-day meeting of over 1000 researchers and practitioners in adaptation from 50 countries was the first of its kind. Readership: The book is essential reading for a wide range of individuals involved in climate change adaptation, including: Researchers, Communication specialists, Decision-makers and policy makers (e.g. government staff, local council staff), On-ground adaptation practitioners (e.g. aid agencies, government workers, NGOs), Postgraduate and graduate students, and Consultants.
Author |
: Hannah Reid |
Publisher |
: IIED |
Total Pages |
: 112 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781843697992 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1843697998 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Community Champions by : Hannah Reid
Author |
: W. Neil Adger |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 533 |
Release |
: 2009-06-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521764858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521764858 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Adapting to Climate Change by : W. Neil Adger
This book presents the latest science and social science research on whether the world can adapt to climate change.
Author |
: Karen L. O'Brien |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2015-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107022980 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107022983 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change by : Karen L. O'Brien
This book presents a new perspective on climate change for researchers and policymakers in the environmental social sciences and humanities.