BEST ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS (BAS)
BEST ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS (BAS)
‘Building Resilience through Private Public Partnerships’
‘Building Resilience through Private Public Partnerships’
Climate Resilience Pathways
Climate change calls for new approaches to sustainable development that take into account complex
CLIMATE RESILIENT PATHWAYS
interactions between climate and social and ecological systems. Climate resilient pathways are development
Climate change calls for new approaches to sustainable development that take into account complex interactions
trajectories thatclimate and social andand mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development. They can be
between combine adaptation ecological systems. Climate-resilient pathways are development trajectories that
seen as iterative, continually evolving processes for managing change within complexThey can be seen as iterative,
combine adaptation and mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development. systems. read more
continually evolving processes for managing change within complex systems. read more
Adaptation Needs
Adaptation needs Needs
Adaptation arise when the anticipated risks or experienced impacts of climate change require action to
ensure the safetyneeds arise when the anticipated of assets, including ecosystems and their services. action to
Adaptation of populations and the security risks or experienced impacts of climate change require
read more the safety of populations and the security of assets, including ecosystems and their services.
ensure
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Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Adaptation to climate change is transitioning from a phase of awareness to the construction of actual
Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Adaptation to climate change is transitioning from a phase of awareness to the construction of actual
strategies and plans in societies. read more
strategies and plans in societies. read more
Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits
Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and a useful
Risk-based approaches to decision-making provideLimits foundation for assessing the potential
Risk-based approaches to decision-making provide a useful foundation for natural systems. read
opportunities, constraints, and limits associated with adaptation of human and assessing the potential more
opportunities, constraints, and limits associated with adaptation of human and natural systems. read more
Economics of Adaptation
Economics on adaptation
Economic thinking of Adaptation has evolved from a focus on cost benefit analysis and identification of “best
Economic thinking on adaptation has of multi-metric evaluations benefit analysis and identification of
economic” adaptations to the developmentevolved from a focus on cost including the risk and uncertainty “best
economic” adaptations to the development of
dimensions in order to provide support to decision multi-metric evaluations including the risk and uncertainty
makers. read more
dimensions in order to provide support to decision makers. read more
Regional ContextCONTEXT
REGIONAL
There There has an evolution in the treatment of regional aspects of climate change in IPCC reports from a a
has been been an evolution in the treatment of regional aspects of climate change in IPCC reports from
patchwork of case examples in earlyearly assessments towards recent attempts a more systematic coverage ofof
patchwork of case examples in assessments towards recent attempts at at a more systematic coverage
regional issues at continental and sub-continental scales. read more
regional issues at continental and sub-continental scales. read more
Africa
Africa
Europe Europe
Asia
Asia
Australasia
AustralAsia
North America
North America
Central and South America
Central and South America
Polar Regions
Small Islands
Polar Regions
SmallThe Oceans
Islands
Glossary
The Oceans