Climate change, adaptation and economic growth

Bowen, Alex; Cochrane, Sarah; Fankhauser, Samuel

doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0346-8

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“…An analysis of the current published adaptation plans through review of the literature (e.g., [3,[12][13][14][15][16]37,42,57]) provided the insights and requirements to define the individual steps in structuring an adaptation problem. Based on these findings a framework has been developed to enable the structuring of climate adaptation challenges though taking a multiple perspective.…”

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“…Climate adaptation is frequently being examined through various singular perspectives-i.e., based on domain specific points of view or a particular attitude or way of looking at something-such as societal, engineering, planning, economics or vulnerability reduction perspectives [12][13][14][15][16]. Such singularity of perspective may be an example of Kant's "Anschauung" [17] where the means of human acquisition or receptivity of knowledge is via what is presumed to be intuition, 'normal' thinking.…”

Section: Contemporary Adaptation Planning Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Radhakrishnan

Pathirana

Ashley

et al. 2017

Water

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Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, combined perspectives that include multiple needs and visions can help to deepen the understanding of various aspects of adaptation and provide more effective responses. Such combinations of perspectives can help to increase the range and variety of adaptation measures available for implementation or avoid maladaptation compared with adaptations derived from a singular perspective. The objective of this paper is to present and demonstrate a framework for structuring the local adaptation responses using the inputs from multiple perspectives. The adaptation response framing has been done by: (i) contextualizing climate change adaptation needs; (ii) analyzing drivers of change; (iii) characterizing measures of adaptation; and (iv) establishing links between the measures with a particular emphasis on taking account of multiple perspectives. This framework was demonstrated with reference to the management of flood risks in a case study Can Tho, Vietnam. The results from the case study show that framing of adaptation responses from multiple perspectives can enhance the understanding of adaptation measures, thereby helping to bring about more flexible implementation practices.

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Section: Contemporary Adaptation Planning Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Radhakrishnan

Pathirana

Ashley

et al. 2017

Water

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“…Our point is that, whatever the nature of the transfers, developing countries will find their own balance between adaptation and development. See also Bowen et al (2012) for a more nuanced discussion of the links between climate vulnerability, adaptation and development.…”

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Development Aid and Climate Finance

Eyckmans

Fankhauser

Kverndokk³

2015

Environ Resource Econ

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This paper discusses the implications of climate change for official transfers from rich countries (the North) to poor countries (the South) when the motivation for transfers is ethical rather than strategic. Traditional development transfers to increase income and reduce poverty are complemented by new financial flows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation transfers) and become climate-resilient (adaptation transfers). We find that in the absence of barriers to adaptation, mitigation or development, climate change will make isolated transfers less efficient: A large part of their intended effect (to increase income, reduce emissions, or boost climateresilience) dissipates as the South reallocates its own resources to achieve the mitigation, adaptation and consumption balance it prefers. Only in the case of least-developed countries, which are unable to adapt fully due to income constraints, will adaptation support lead to more climate resilience. In all other cases, if the North wishes to change the balance between mitigation, adaptation and consumption it should structure its transfers as "matching grants", which are tied to the South's own level of funding. Alternatively, the North could provide an integrated "climate-compatible development" package that recognizes the combined climate and development requirements of the South. If the aim is to increase both mitigation and adaptation in the South, development assistance that increases the income level, can an effective measure, but only if there is an international agreement and the recipient country is not income constrained. If the recipient country is very poor, development aid may reduce adaptation effort.

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“…Climate adaptation is frequently being examined through various singular perspectives -i.e based on domain specific points of view or a particular attitude or way of looking at something -such as societal, engineering, planning, economics or vulnerability reduction perspectives [12][13][14][15][16]. Such singularity of perspective may be an example of Kant's 'Anschauung' [17] where the means of human acquisition or receptivity of knowledge is via what is presumed to be intuition, 'normal' thinking; whereas climate change does not conform with a typical decision makers 'normal' problem, i.e.…”

Section: Contemporary Adaptation Planning Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives

Radhakrishnan

Pathirana

Ashley

et al. 2017

Preprint

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Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, combined perspectives that include multiple needs and visions can help to deepen the understanding of various aspects of adaptation and provide more effective responses. Such combinations of perspectives can help to increase the range and variety of adaptation measures available for implementation or avoid maladaptation compared with adaptations derived from a singular perspective. The objective of this paper is to present and demonstrate a framework for structuring the local adaptation responses using the inputs from multiple perspectives. The adaptation response framing has been done by: (i) contextualizing climate change adaptation needs; (ii) analyzing drivers of change; (iii) characterizing measures of adaptation; and (iv) establishing links between the measures with a particular emphasis on taking account of multiple perspectives. This framework was demonstrated with reference to the management of flood risks in a case study Can Tho, Vietnam. The results from the case study show that multiple perspective framing of adaptation responses enhance the understanding of various aspects of adaptation measures, thereby leading to flexible implementation practices.

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Climate change, adaptation and economic growth

Cited by 107 publications

References 39 publications

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives: Framework and Case Study on Flood Risk Management

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Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives

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