The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change : Methodology Report

The proposed methodology begins with a consistent downscaling of projected climatic changes from a multiplicity of General Circulation to local levels. Subsets of the suite of downscaled climatic factors are then to be used to estimate the vector o...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ADAPTATION BENEFITS ADAPTATION COST ADAPTATION COSTS ADAPTATION DEFICIT ADAPTATION INITIATIVES ADAPTATION INVESTMENT ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION OPTIONS ADAPTATION POLICIES ADAPTATION PROCESS ADAPTATION PROJECTS ADAPTATION SCENARIOS ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE MEASURES ALLOCATION ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION ANTICIPATORY ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT OF ADAPTATION ATTENTION AUTONOMOUS ADAPTATION BENEFIT ESTIMATES CALCULATION CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE PARAMETERS CLIMATE PATTERNS CLIMATE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE STRESS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC FACTORS CO CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS COPE WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITY COST ESTIMATES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS COSTS OF ADAPTATION COSTS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES DIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DROUGHT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC PROBLEM ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION EMISSIONS EVAPORATION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE RISKS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME VULNERABILITY EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL COSTS FLOODING FLOODS FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY GCM GLOBAL ADAPTATION GLOBAL CLIMATE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAVY RAINS HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES ICE ICE-SHEET IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTENSE RAINFALL INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND USE LEARNING MALADAPTATION MAXIMUM ADAPTATION MEAN TEMPERATURE MITIGATION MITIGATION EFFORTS MODELING POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO PP PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RELATIVE PRICES RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WALLS SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURES TRANSACTION COSTS UNCERTAINTIES VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/16461505/economics-adaptation-climate-change-methodology-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12695

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Summary:	The proposed methodology begins with a consistent downscaling of projected climatic changes from a multiplicity of General Circulation to local levels. Subsets of the suite of downscaled climatic factors are then to be used to estimate the vector of impacts on key economic sectors of each country, using sector-specific impact assessment models. Based on this information, alternative government adaptation projects will be specified and optimally chosen subject to a government budget constraint. Thereafter, direct impacts of climate change will serve as inputs into a macroeconomic framework to examine the indirect inter-sectoral impacts of climate change as well as adaption strategies. Finally, at each step the analysis will be complemented with perspectives and insights of people whose livelihoods are being or will be affected by changes in climate. Impacts of the climate change and the benefits of specific adaptation measures will be examined in the context of sub-populations defined by livelihood profiles. Local-level analysis of past and present autonomous adaptation measures for a range of groups stratified by sets of livelihood profiles will be conducted using participatory rural appraisal based primary fieldwork in addition to holding participatory workshops and consultations.

The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change : Methodology Report

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