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The aim of this paper is to gain insights from studying adaptation to natural disasters in the past in order to analyze … optimal adaptation in Switzerland in the future. Most adaptation measures already undertaken in Switzerland are so …-called reactive measures. They may be eective, but not necessarily ecient. We propose that future climate change asks for proactive …
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source of LDC climate adaptation finance, is still fit for purpose? …This paper considers the challenges confronting LDCs in meeting the adaptation and mitigation requirements brought on … by the climate crisis and addresses the question as to whether the Least Developed Country Fund (LDCF), which is a key …
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The extinction of polar bears by the end of the 21st century has been predicted and calls have been made to list them as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The decision on whether or not to list rests upon forecasts of what will happen to the bears over the 21st Century....
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Adaptation Plans of Action in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change but implementation of … term adaptation strategy. Organic agriculture is believed to be the most sustainable approach against climate change … most resilient adaptation strategy against climate change and offer greater potential as a sustainable livelihood mechanism …
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delivered meaningful messages with clear implications to the effects of a changing climate. In a nutshell, the authors claim … regions to a climate shock is partially adapted in the long-run. …
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associated with the climate change. Adaptation is unavoidable. This paper enumerates the literature review of Adaptation … why adaptation is necessary and its implications in coping the climate change challenges and what progress has been made …Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges the human race is being encountered in this centaury. The continuous …
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migrants in the five focus countries for this study. The chapter documents the relationship between climate change and internal … human mobility as seen by the population, as well as some of the other adaptation strategies used by households to cope with … a deteriorating climate. Rural residents are clearly aware of climate change. They perceive a shift in climactic …
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a burgeoning literature on climate change and migration and other adaptation strategies worldwide, the evidence … climate change and extreme weather events, migration, other household coping and adaptation strategies, and government and …Climate change is a major source of concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and migration is often …
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, both quantitative and qualitative, for the study on climate change and migration in the MENA region. After a brief …
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What are the coping mechanisms and adaptation strategies (apart from migration which is discussed in part III of the … study) that households use in order to respond to changes in climate and environmental conditions? Are households forced to … in 2011 in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, and Yemen, documents the coping and adaptation strategies of households as …
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