Climate change gets attention across the world. IPCC findings call for radical limits to atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations responsible for human-induced climate change. Achieving an international agreement, particularly under the UNFCCC, on emissions targets, burden sharing, trading mechanisms and technological and financial assistance remains a high priority concern for the ‘mitigation’ of climate change.
Simultaneously, there is a growing acknowledgement of the need to enable human and natural systems to adjust to actual or expected climate stimuli or their effects, a process known as ‘adaptation’. Adaptation is now a central strand of climate policy, thanks to the increasing engagement of the development community, particularly through emphasising the differentiated nature of impacts across the world and within societies. Adaptation is framed as an equity and rights issue. The central message of this IDS Bulletin is that adaptation will be ineffective and inequitable if it fails to learn from and build upon an understanding of the multi-dimensional and differentiated nature of poverty and vulnerability.
Table of contents
Introduction: Building the Case for Pro-poor Adaptation (pdf) Thomas Tanner and Tom Mitchell
Entrenchment or Enhancement: Could Climate Change Adaptation Help to Reduce Chronic Poverty? Thomas Tanner and Tom Mitchell
A Right to Adaptation: Securing the Participation of Marginalised Groups Emily Polack
The Gender Dimensions of Poverty and Climate Change Adaptation Justina Demetriades and Emily Esplen
The Economic Case for Pro-Poor Adaptation: What do we Know? Tamsin Vernon
Assets and Adaptation Martin Prowse and Lucy Scott
Avoiding Repetition: Time for CBA to Engage witht he Livelihoods Literature? Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Tom Mitchell and Frank Ellis
Creating Less Disastrous Disasters Maria Carmen Lemos and Emma L. Tompkins
Institutional Capacity, Climate Change Adaptation and the Urban Poor David Dodman and David Sattherthwaite
Evaluating Climate Change: Pro-Poor Perspectives Merylyn Hedger, Martin Greeley and Jennifer Leavy
Towards a Science of Adaptation that Prioiritises the Poor Andrew Challinor
Climate Risk Screening of Development Portfolios and Programmes Thomas Tanner
Video-Mediated Approaches for Community-Level Climate Adaptation Pablo Suarez, Fiona Ching, Gina Ziervogel, Isabelle Lemaire, Diane Turnquest, Janot Mendler de Suarez and Ben Wisner
Adaptive Social Protection: Synergies for Poverty Reduction Mark Davies, Bruce Guenther, Jennifer Leavy, Tom Mitchell and Thoms Tanner
Microfinance and Climate Change Adaptation Anne Hammill, Richard Matthew and Elissa McCarter
Climate Insurance for the Poor: Challenges for Targeting and Participation Rachele Pierro and Bina Desai
Defining a Future Research Agenda on Pro-Poor Adaptation Tom Mitchell and Thomas Tanner
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