, and adaptation to temperature extremes. The objectives of the paper are to highlight the many remaining gaps in the … to incorporate human health and adaptation in its framework. I begin by presenting the conceptual and methodological … issues associated with the measurement of the effect of temperature extremes on health, and the role of adaptation in …

of the reasons for this is the so-called adaptation deficit, that is, limits in the ability of poorer countries to adapt …. This paper analyses the link between income and adaptation to climate events theoretically and empirically. We postulate … that the adaptation deficit may be due to two factors: A demand effect, whereby the demand for the good “climate security …

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 …

-over effects. To attenuate these costs, sector specific adaptation measures are needed, raising the question of the net-benefits of … adaptation at a macroeconomic level. However, despite their importance such assessments of impacts and adaptation at the macro … adaptation measures for the land transport sectors. To reveal both direct and indirect effects of impacts and adaptation a …

number of cases and economic costs could also be significant. A consideration of adaptation, whether through addressing heat …

that an increase in effectiveness of adaptation will diminish the incentive of individual countries to free-ride on a … global agreement over emissions. Moreover, we show that this positive effect of an increase in adaptation's effectiveness can …