The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change

Submitted by MelOliveros on Thu, 2010-01-07 23:27
Summary:

The World Bank is working with seven pilot countries—Bangladesh, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Samoa and Vietnam on a new study—the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change. The study is funded by the Governments of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Switzerland and will help inform the international community’s efforts to provide new and additional resources to developing countries through a better understanding of the global costs of adapting to climate change. It will also help decision makers at the national level to better cost, prioritize, sequence and integrate robust adaptation strategies into their development plans and budgets in a context of high uncertainty, competing needs and limited financial resources.

While national governments have to protect their most vulnerable people and identify financing mechanisms to make their countries resilient to climate change, these costs of adapting to climate change are not known.

The Costs to Developing Countries of Adapting to Climate Change: New Methods and Estimates

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2009-10-28 02:52
Author(s):
The World Bank
Year:
2009
Summary:

The Costs to Developing Countries of Adapting to Climate Change: New Methods and Estimates
The Global Report of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Study - Consultation Draft

Summary

The World Bank is working with seven pilot countries - Bangladesh, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Samoa and Vietnam on a new study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change.

A Climate for Change - Climate change and its impacts on society and economy in Croatia

Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-10-20 08:38
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Author(s):
Branković, Čedo – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Bray, John – Public opinion (Ch 2); Callaway, John – Vulnerability assessment (Ch 4 – 11); Dulčić, Jakov – Vulnerability in fisheries/ mariculture (Ch 8); Gajić-Čapka, Marjana – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Glamuzina, Branko – Vulnerability in fisheries/ mariculture (Ch 8); Heim, Inge – Health impacts (Ch 9); Japec, Lidija – Vulnerable groups (Ch 10); Kalinski, Vladimir – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Vulnerability in tourism (Ch 6); Vulnerability in the coastal zone (Ch 7); Landau, Seth – General coordination, Mitigation costs (Ch 12), Mitigation activities (Ch 13); Legro, Susan – Team Leader, Vulnerable groups (Ch 10), Conclusions (Ch 14); OIKON Ltd. Institute for Applied Ecology – Vulnerability in the coastal zone (Ch 7); Ortl, Friderik – Statistical annex; Patarčić, Mirta – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Srnec, Lidija – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Šimleša, Dražen – Public opinion (Ch 2); Zaninović, Ksenija – Croatian climate (Ch 3); Health impacts (Ch 9); Znaor, Darko – Vulnerability in agriculture (Ch 4); Vulnerability in water (Ch 5); Mitigation costs (Ch 12)
Year:
2009
Editor:
Seth Landau, Susan Legro, Sandra Vlašić
City:
Zagreb, Croatia
Publisher:
UNDP Croatia
Pages:
282
Summary:
Summary

This publication is a breakthrough report for the country and the first of its kind, globally following new analysis released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a fact that the climate is changing and the consequences of that change are already being felt all over the globe. Croatia is not an exception. The Report accounts for and quantifies the damages in several sectors of the Croatian economy over the past several years as a result of climate variability. It demonstrates that climate is already a critical factor in development in Croatia, and climate change may have profound impacts on the country.

For the full report: A Climate for Change - Climate change and its impacts on society and economy in Croatia

Climate change and its impact on Kazakhstan’s human development

Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-10-20 08:12
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Summary:
Summary

This report is a first endeavor to analyze the impact of climate change on the Kazakhstan economy, and the influence of Kazakhstan on the global problem of climate change.

Economic Analysis of Adaptation Options in Support of Decision Making

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
    Summary:

    ##### Description

    The objective of this project is to develop a decision making framework and detailed methodology for cost benefit valuation of adaptation measures to support increased and innovative means of prioritizing and financing adaptation to climate change hazard risks.

    ##### Background

    Supporting developing countries in the development of nationally-led adaptation strategies is a critical GEF objective.

    Project Components:

    1. Analytic fact base on the economics of adaptation and a synthesis of lessons learned from existing experience
    2. Development of adaptation financing models and approaches involving appropriate participation from the public and private sector
    3. Decision support tools to help a broad range of decision-makers understand trade-offs between different adaptation measures as they develop adaptation strategies in development of adaptation strategies
    4. Project management

    Expected Outputs:

    1. Increased information for supporting investment choices in adaptation by public and private decision makers
    2. Improved ability to identify appropriate financing approaches to meet investment needs
    3. Improved decision making capacity by private and public decision makers for directing resources towards reducing vulnerability to climate change

    Contacts:

    Project Contact Person
    Liza Leclerc
    Adaptation Task Manager, UNEP
    Tel: +254 20 7623113
    Email: Liza.Leclerc@unep.org

    Project Status:
    IA Approved
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
    Financing Amount:
    4,500,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    3,500,000
    Total Amounts:
    4,500,000

Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-07-24 02:24
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Summary:

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) are prepared by the member countries through a participatory process involving domestic stakeholders as well as external development partners, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Updated every three years with annual progress reports, PRSPs describe the country's macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs over a three year or longer horizon to promote broad-based growth and reduce poverty, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs) summarize the current knowledge and analysis of a country's poverty situation, describe the existing poverty reduction strategy, and lay out the process for producing a fully developed PRSP in a participatory fashion. The country documents, along with the accompanying IMF/World Bank Joint Staff Assessments (JSAs), are being made available on the World Bank and IMF websites by agreement with the member country as a service to users of the World Bank and IMF websites.

Bangladesh - Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-07-24 02:19
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Summary:

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) are prepared by the member countries through a participatory process involving domestic stakeholders as well as external development partners, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Updated every three years with annual progress reports, PRSPs describe the country's macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs over a three year or longer horizon to promote broad-based growth and reduce poverty, as well as associated external financing needs and major sources of financing. Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs) summarize the current knowledge and analysis of a country's poverty situation, describe the existing poverty reduction strategy, and lay out the process for producing a fully developed PRSP in a participatory fashion. The country documents, along with the accompanying IMF/World Bank Joint Staff Assessments (JSAs), are being made available on the World Bank and IMF websites by agreement with the member country as a service to users of the World Bank and IMF websites.

Adaptation Wizard

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-05 01:53
Summary:
Background

The Adaptation Wizard is a web-based tool that is designed to take help users gain a basic understanding of climate change as well as integrate climate risks into their decision-making. It is a high-level, generic tool that is valuable to newcomers to the climate change issue, as well as those who are preparing to adapt.