Adapting to Climate Change in ECA

Contrary to popular perception, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are significantly threatened by climate change, with serious risks already in evidence. The vulnerability and adaptive capacity of ECA countries to climate change over the next...

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Main Authors:	Fay, Marianne, Block, Rachel, Carrington, Tim, Ebinger, Jane
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURE AIR AIR POLLUTION ARCTIC OCEAN ARSENIC ATMOSPHERE BALTIC SEA BIODIVERSITY CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 EMISSIONS COAST COASTAL EROSION COASTS DESERTIFICATION DRIVERS DROUGHT ELECTRICITY EROSION EVAPORATION FISH FISH STOCKS FISHING FISHING INDUSTRY FLOODING FORESTRY FORESTS GDP GLACIERS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT WAVES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IRRIGATION LAND USE LANDS MALARIA NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRIENT PESTICIDES POLLUTANTS POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVERS ROADS SALTWATER INTRUSION SANITATION SEA SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEDIMENTS SOIL STORM SURGE TEMPERATURE TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE WATER AVAILABILITY WATER LEVEL WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER USE WATER UTILITIES ABATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION DEFICIT ADAPTATION PLANS ADAPTATION RESPONSE ADAPTING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING CLIMATE CHANGE INDEX CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE OUTCOMES CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATIC FACTORS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY DEMAND EMISSIONS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER FLOODS FOREST FIRES FOREST LOSS FOREST STOCK FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE HEAT HEAVY RAINS HOT DAYS HOT SUMMER HYDROLOGY ICE IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME LANDFILLS LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES NATURAL DISASTERS POLICY MAKERS POWER SECTOR RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SEASONAL TEMPERATURE STORM FREQUENCY STORMS SUMMER DROUGHTS SUMMER HEAT WAVES SUMMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE EVAPORATION VULNERABILITY FROM CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER CLIMATE WARMER TEMPERATURES WARMING CLIMATE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/11137853/adapting-climate-change-eca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10249

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Summary:	Contrary to popular perception, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are significantly threatened by climate change, with serious risks already in evidence. The vulnerability and adaptive capacity of ECA countries to climate change over the next two decades will be dominated by socio-economic factors and legacy issues. The next decade offers a window of opportunity for ECA to make its development more resilient to climate change while reaping co-benefits. Some impacts of climate change will likely remain manageable in the short-term but the costs of poorly designed or implemented policies could rise rapidly.

Adapting to Climate Change in ECA

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