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This paper investigates how climate change can affect agricultural production and proposes some adaptation measures … stresses the importance of planned adaptation measures and highlights possible strategies for reducing risk and improving … resilience. To quantify the possible effects of climate change and the effects of adaptation measures this study uses the …
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exposure. We discuss benchmarks for measuring adaptation progress at the firm, industry and macroeconomic level …
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Since the first OECD country published its national adaptation strategy in 2005, there has been a marked increase in … national planning for climate change adaptation. This paper provides an overview of national adaptation planning activity … Policy Forum on Adaptation hosted by the OECD in 2012. It finds that twenty-six OECD countries have developed or are …
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The term low-emission development strategies (LEDS) first emerged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2008 and its possible role in a future climate framework continues to be debated. Though no formally agreed definition exists, LEDS are generally used to...
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impacts and adaptation within existing modalities for project design, approval, and implementation. Environmental Impact … climatique et de l’adaptation à ce changement dans les modalités existantes de conception, d’approbation et de mise en oeuvre des …
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In this paper we discuss the scope of the adaptation challenge facing world agriculture in the coming decades. Due to … rising temperatures throughout the tropics, pressures for adaptation will be greatest in some of the poorest parts of the … adaptation in the farm and food sector. In general, we find that existing integrated assessment models are better suited to …
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of adaptation. We divide the literature into two broad areas of research. First, we examine the studies that analyse … adaptation from a bottom-up perspective. Second, we introduce the studies that examine adaptation using a top-down approach. The … first group of studies investigates cost and benefits of adaptation at the sectoral, regional and global level. The second …
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There is growing international interest in the planning, financing and implementation of adaptation to climate change … complemented by a high-level analysis of broader private sector adaptation based on responses to the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project … adaptation measures and strategies to manage these risks. The analysis also examines how companies are taking advantage of new …
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The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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In light of the urgency for policy action to address climate change, this report provides the first detailed global catalogue of targets and policies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. It covers 20 countries which collectively...
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