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climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected … here is, whether adaptation options will be implemented voluntarily by companies or not. The paper argues that this has to …
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Since numerous countries have already initiated a process of adaptation to climate change by drafting strategies or … catalogues of measures, it is of particular importance to identify and overcome potential barriers to efficient public adap-tation … adaptation policy process. This is for the reason that several features of the adaptation option and the surrounding policy …
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Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as an overall indicator of food security under climate...
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Food security in China affects the livelihood and well-being of one-fifth of the world population. Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops...
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damage expectations for the future. The latter effect can be interpreted as a 'climate adaptation signal' in the flood …
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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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Innovation in technologies that promote mitigation and adaptation will be critical for tackling climate change. It can … innovation have focused on mitigation, while little attention has been paid to innovation for adaptation. This paper uses … adaptation options for agriculture. This paper neither advocates nor discourages the use of biotechnology, but focuses on …
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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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The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment requires a system to measure, report and verify...
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by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to … et de l’adaptation à ses effets dans les pays en développement. Cependant, des données cohérentes et détaillées …
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