Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change (CC) with higher temperatures reducing crop yields … and sea level rise decreasing arable land supply. The Government of Bangladesh aspires to offer its people a comparable … standard of living to that of middle-income countries by 2021. Bangladesh's population will reach 247 million by 2050 and GDP …

We present a model of technological adaptation in response to a change in climate conditions. The main feature of the … available. We show that both optimists and pessimists are crucial for a successful adaptation. While optimists provide the …

This report examines adaptation and mitigation within an integrated framework. Global and regional costs of adaptation … incorporate adaptation as a policy variable within three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs); the global Dynamic Integrated model … Technical Change Hybrid (WITCH) model. The framework developed here takes into account investments in reactive adaptation and in …

Adaptation to climate change has become an important policy question in recent years. Agriculture is an economic … efforts to adapt to climate change. Adaptation actions in agriculture are evaluated to determine how the climate affects … adaptation approach. …

We put in perspective the papers in this special issue by characterizing different forms of adaptation to climate … change and discussing the role of adaptation in a developing country context. We highlight adaptation decision-making under … uncertainty, empirics of autonomous adaptation, and data and methodological challenges. We identify unresolved questions …

Adaptation to climate change is likely to be a significant challenge for developing countries. We examine whether a … real options approach that recognizes uncertainty and maintains future flexibility can provide an improved adaptation … strategy has the potential to increase the benefits of proactive adaptation. Our results prove to be location …

. With heat waves worsening with climate change, adaptation is essential; one strategy has been to issue heat wave warnings …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of different climate change adaptation strategies in supporting … disaggregated at season level (Meher and Belg). Econometric results show that the implementation of adaptation strategies supports … conservation and tree planting. We complement the analysis with some evidence on the determinants of adaptation. We find that …