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Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward integrated assessment

, 2016
The literature on the costs of climate change often draws a link between climatic 'tipping points' and large economic shocks, frequently called 'catastrophes'. The use of the phrase 'tipping points' in this context can be misleading.
Kopp, Robert E., Shwom, Rachael, Wagner, Gernot, Yuan, Jiacan   +3 more
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of ecosystem-based adaptation: Kamiesberg wetlands case study

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2016
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being promoted as a cost-effective means of adaptation to climate change. However, in spite of considerable international press, there is still little evidence to substantiate this claim.
David Black, Jane K Turpie, Nalini Rao
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A Multicriteria Analysis to Integrate Stakeholder Perceptions of Ecosystem-Based Flood Adaptations in Coastal Urban Areas

Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica
Inland and coastal floods are becoming more frequent and severe, affecting natural and socioeconomic systems. Local adaptation to climate change involves complex decisions which benefit from the integration of opinions from different stakeholders in the
Mar Riera-Spiegelhalder, Luís Campos Rodrigues, Adrián Ferrandis Martínez   +2 more
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Implications of and possible responses to climate change [PDF]

, 2009
Climate change is expected to worsen food insecurity and seriously undermines rural development prospects. It makes it harder to achieve the Millenium Development Goals and ensure a sustainable future beyond 2015.
Kahiluoto, Helena, Rötter, Reimund
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Actions and leverage points for ecosystem-based adaptation pathways in the Alps

, 2021
E. Bruley, B. Locatelli, M. Colloff, Nicolas Salliou, Thibault Métris, S. Lavorel   +5 more
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Geospatial and statistical assessment of monsoon-induced disasters in Himachal Pradesh: insights from the 2023 floods and landslides

All Earth
The July – September 2023 monsoon season in Himachal Pradesh, India, triggered a cascade of hydro-meteorological hazards – primarily floods and landslides – resulting in 428 fatalities (over 40% due to slope failures), displacement of more than 50,000 ...
Ajitesh Singh Chandel
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CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 [PDF]

, 2020
There were no significant changes in 2019 to FTA’s theory of change1. FTA plans all its work on the basis of its operational priorities. These, in turn, focusresearch towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the ...
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
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Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in small island developing states: a systematic review

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionSmall Island Developing States (SIDS) are disproportionately affected by climate change, with impacts threatening their communities, ecosystems, and economies.
Zoe Brown, Katrina Kendall, Emma O’Donnell, Leah Tavasi, Nathalie Seddon   +4 more
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From local solutions to catchment-wide management: an investigation of upstream-downstream trade-offs when scaling out nature-based flood risk management

Ecosystems and People
Natural flood management (NFM) is a nature-based solution (NbS) widely recognised as an option to regulate flooding whilst providing multiple ecosystem services (ES) for society and the environment.
Phoebe King, Rosalind H. Bark
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Development of a management tool for the equal evaluation of economic, social and ecological effects of adaptation scenarios for attenuating the effects of climate change induced flooding [PDF]

, 2008
Climate change is expected to influence river flooding which may have important implications for socio-economic and ecological systems. Changed flood risks require a proper policy. Water managers need to develop and select those adaptation scenarios that
De Smet, L, De Sutter, Renaat
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