environment and the economy in the context of climate change. Although it has also long been recognized that adaptation is a … of adaptation in combating climate change. This paper adds to the IAM and climate change literature by explicitly … including adaptation in an IAM, thereby making the trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation visible. Specifically, a …

The dominant assumption in economic models of climate policy remains that adaptation will be implemented in an optimal … manner. There are, however, several reasons why optimal levels of adaptation may not be attainable. This paper investigates … the effects of suboptimal levels of adaptation, i.e. adaptation restrictions, on the composition and level of climate …

, we show that larger coalitions, in the presence of adaptation, may lead to lower global emission levels and higher …

is used to analyze the impact of adaptation assistance from North to South. It is shown that North’s unilateral … assistance to South (thus enhancing South’s adaptation capacity) can facilitate pollution mitigation in both regions, especially …

Urban areas have particular sensitivities to climate change, and therefore adaptation to a warming planet represents a … paper identifies the various levels of administrative adaptation planning, the tools and information used in making policy … choices, and the roles of governance and finance in urban adaptation to climate change. Lessons learned from these seven cases …

Nowadays, as stressed by important strategic documents like for instance the 2009 EU White Paper on Adaptation or the … recent 2009 “Copenhagen Accord”, it is amply recognized that both mitigation and adaptation strategies are necessary to … both cases uncertainty works in the direction to make mitigation a more attractive strategy than adaptation. When …

in all the simulations after 2025. In a second part of the paper a cost effectiveness analysis of adaptation in Nigeria … agriculture is conducted. Adaptation practices considered are a mix of cheaper “soft measures” and more costly “hard” irrigation … adaptation exploiting low cost opportunities. In this case all climate change damages can be offset with a benefit cost ration …

Much of the current policy debate on adaptation to climate change has focussed on estimation of adaptation costs, ways … to raise and to scale-up funding for adaptation, and the design of the international institutional architecture for … adaptation financing. There is however little or no emphasis so far on actual delivery mechanisms to channel these resources at …

policy measures, adaptation will be needed to address climate-related damages. What is the role of adaptation in this setting … adaptation and mitigation expenditures in a cost-effective setting in which countries cooperate to achieve a long … different adaptation modes (reactive and anticipatory), mitigation, and capacity-building to analyse the optimal portfolio of …

The climate change impacts on sea level rise and coastal disasters, and the possible adaptation responses have been …