Lifting the taboo on adaptation

Abstract

Recalling the objective and principles of, and the commitments under, the Convention, Acknowledging the importance of addressing climate change and its adverse effects in the context of sustainable development, Pledging to take further action in the wisdom that the adverse effects of climate change are likely to grow in the future and that developing countries are the most vulnerable and the least able to adapt,

Percepción al cambio climático y a la gestión del agua: aportes de las estrategias metodológicas cualitativas para su comprensión

“…Motivaciones para el estudio de la percepción a la adaptación Por su parte, la adaptación al cambio climático surge inicialmente con menor fuerza que la mitigación (FISHER et al, 2007;BATES et al, 2008), pero actualmente se reconoce como parte esencial de la política del cambio climático (PIELKE et al, 2007), porque aunque se estabilicen todas las emisiones de GEI, subsisten impactos inevitables (STERN, 2006), la vulnerabilidad de un sistema social incrementa no sólo por la emisión de GEI (PIELKE, 2005), sino por la capacidad de la comunidad para enfrentar el riesgo. Además, los grupos más vulnerables demandan una respuesta internacional que favorezca la resiliencia, con la misma intensidad que favorecen las medidas económicas de mitigación (PAAVOLA & ADGER 2006;UNFCCC, 2002).…”

“…Con el objeto de disminuir, evitar, o sacar ventaja de estos posibles impactos se promueve desde la esfera política y científica la definición de estrategias de mitigación y adaptación (SMIT & PILIFISOVA, 2003;PIELKE et al, 2007).…”

“…Con el objeto de disminuir, evitar, o sacar ventaja de estos posibles impactos se promueve desde la esfera política y científica la definición de estrategias de mitigación y adaptación (SMIT & PILIFISOVA, 2003;PIELKE et al, 2007).Ambas estrategias actúan complementariamente para hacer frente a este fenómeno, y buscan cambios conductuales y culturales por parte de todos los miembros de la sociedad. El primero, precisa cambios que conduzcan hacia la disminución de los gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) y de esta manera disminuir o frenar los impactos del cambio climático (SEMENZA et al, 2008) y, el segundo, tomar consciencia y realizar acciones tendientes a cambiar cualitativamente el curso del accionar antrópico, orientando el desarrollo de la economía y la sociedad hacia la sustentabilidad y de esta forma hacer frente a los impactos inevitables del cambio climático.…”

The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of Bangladesh

“…Embedded within the mitigation discourse has been a wariness of prioritizing adaptation, and this penetrates mitigation advocacy rhetoric, because as articulated by Kjellen (2006), adaptation raises (at this stage theoretical) concerns that ''some countries might consider their national costs of adaptation to be so much lower than the costs of mitigation that 'no mitigation action' could be seen as a tempting prospect.'' Such a line of argument has been taken in the past by Al Gore, currently perhaps one of the most visible political advocates of taking action on climate change, who has argued that ''believing that we can adapt to just about anything is ultimately a kind of laziness, an arrogant faith in our ability to react in time to save our skin'' (Gore 1992, cited by Pielke 2007). This would be an extreme position, but it illustrates the dilemma of reconciling national interest with the global interest, and the close relationship between mitigation and adaptation (Kjellen 2006).…”

Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research

“…Criticism of existing IPCC assessment reports have called for research synthesis methods that are transparent, clearly defined, and limit reviewer/author bias (Ford and Pearce 2010;Petticrew and McCartney 2011). Though such debates have been primarily targeted at the physical basis of climate change, the adaptation literature is arguably in greater need of systematic synthesis of existing knowledge if we are to document if adaptation is taking place and respond to areas of highest impact and/or vulnerability, evaluate whether adaptation support is translating into actions, facilitate comparison of adaptations across regions and sectors, ensure resources are being appropriately invested, and inform governance systems on the current status and gaps in adaptation action (Pielke et al 2007; Berrang- Ford et al 2011;Biesbroek et al 2013).…”