Effective management of slow-onset impacts such as coastal erosion, desertification and sea level rise and their often-transformative impacts on communities... Read more
adaptation finance
Drawing on relevant global experience, this paper investigates recent approaches to planned relocation of communities as one possible response to climate change impacts. Read more
Jonathan Boston, Architesh Panda and Swenja Surminski suggest a series of principles to guide pre-emptive, fair and effective funding systems for planned relocation in response to slow-onset climate change impacts. Read more
The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates the need to invest much more in pre-disaster risk reduction and preparedness for a range of risks, including climate change and its accompanying hazards such as flooding. But what, asks Swenja Surminski, does this kind of investment need to consider in practice – and why is ‘resilience’ not already widely taken into account when making policy and investment decisions? Read more
This article reviews the economic and analytical challenges of adaptation to climate change. Read more
Abstract Discussions about adaptation finance have largely concentrated on process: how money should be raised and how adaptation spending should... Read more
Working Paper 37 Abstract The discussions about adaptation finance have mostly been about process: how money should be raised and... Read more
Abstract Additional finance for adaptation is an important element of the emerging international climate change framework. This paper discusses how... Read more
Abstract (1287) Cameron Hepburn and Benito Müller Greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation services have been increasing rapidly and are... Read more