The impact of adaptation on climate vulnerability: Is readiness relevant?

Amegavi, George Babington; Langnel, Zechariah; Ofori, Jerome Jeffison Yaw; Ofori, Daisy Rose

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2021.103325

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“…Table 4 highlights one dimension of the inequity of global composite adaptation, by listing the GDP per capita of the most and least capable nations ranked by CAI. [7] The most capable nations have mean CAI 75% greater than that of the least capable nations and have mean GDP per capita nearly 15 times that of the least capable nations. This nding is consistent with assertions in IPCC Assessment Reports that adaptive capacity is a function of several factors, the rst being wealth, and developing nations cannot afford to invest in composite adaptation.…”

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The Inequities of Global Adaptation to Climate Change

Lovell

Edmonds

2022

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With efforts to mitigate climate change lagging behind what is necessary to achieve Paris Agreement global warming targets, adaptation to current and anticipated future climate conditions becomes increasingly urgent. This study provides a novel composite adaptation index to assess the relative adaptation performance of nations, using two complementary techniques, a distance to frontier analysis and a dominance analysis. Adaptation performance is closely and positively related to both national income per capita and national greenhouse gas emissions per capita, highlighting global adaptation inequities consistent with the IPCC assessment that nations most affected by climate change are those that are least able to adapt and contribute least to the problem.

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Section: Inequity Resultsmentioning

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The Inequities of Global Adaptation to Climate Change

Lovell

Edmonds

2022

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“…Simmons [50] and Klinsky [51] summarised the concept of climate change as a justice issue by arguing that key groups are affected differently by climate change, and by demonstrating that countries most vulnerable to climate change are the least responsible for generating the causal CO 2 emissions. [54], Amegavi et al [28], and Ripple et al [55]).…”

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“…(The term "adaptation readiness" has been interpreted in two ways in the literature. We follow Ford and King [25], Salamanca and Nguyen [26], Sarkodie and Strezkov [27], Amegavi et al [28], and Adom and Amoani [29], in interpreting the term as describing the institutional environment within which private adaptation occurs. Tilleard and Ford [30] interpreted the term as combining the institutional environment with private adaptation activities.)…”

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“…They also support the creation of a composite adaptation index combining the two concepts, since adaptive capacity itself is insufficient for successful adaptation without the political, social, and institutional support provided by adaptation readiness. (Amegavi et al [28] used a subset of the database we use to show that adaptation readiness is significantly and negatively related to vulnerability to climate change in 51 African nations. Our results support this finding and point to the significance of adaptation readiness in a larger sample of nations).…”

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The Inequities of National Adaptation to Climate Change

Edmonds

Lovell

2022

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With global efforts to mitigate climate change lagging behind what is necessary to achieve Paris Agreement global warming targets, global mean temperatures are increasing, and weather extremes are becoming more frequent and more severe. When mitigation falters, adaptation to current and anticipated future climate conditions becomes increasingly urgent. This study provides a novel collection of adaptive capacity and adaptation readiness indicators, which it aggregates into a composite adaptation index to assess the relative adaptation performance of nations. Adaptation performance is assessed using two complementary techniques, a distance to frontier analysis and a dominance analysis. Developed countries perform relatively well and developing countries perform relatively poorly in both exercises. Adaptation performance is found to be closely and positively related to both national income per capita and greenhouse gas emissions per capita, highlighting the inequities of global adaptation performance. These adaptation inequities are consistent with the IPCC assessment that nations most affected by climate change are those that are least able to adapt and contribute least to the problem, creating a need for assistance from developed countries.

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“…Scholars have developed relevant assessment vulnerability indices to measure at the national [ 14 ], community [ 15 ], and household levels [ 16 , 17 ]. Furthermore, different indices with equally weighted indicators for each criterion have been developed, such as Climate Vulnerability [ 18 ], Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) [ 19 ], Livelihood Effect Index (LEI) [ 20 ], and Multidimensional Livelihood Vulnerability Index (MLVI) [ 9 ]. However, some scholars argued that a composite vulnerability index with equal weight might not reveal the actual vulnerability, especially at the household level [ 21 ].…”

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Household Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in West China

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Duan

Wang

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Climate change disproportionately affects natural resource-dependent communities in the ecologically vulnerable regions of western China. This study used the household livelihood vulnerability index under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (HLV-IPCC) to assess vulnerability. Data were collected from 823 households in Ningxia, Gansu, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces, these being ecologically vulnerable regions in China. With a composite HLVI-IPCC and multiple regression model, the factors that affect households’ adaptive capability to HLVI-IPCC was estimated. Results indicate that Ningxia is the most vulnerable community, while Guangxi is the least vulnerable community across all indices. Moreover, Gansu has the heaviest sensitivity and exposure to climate change, whereas Ningxia has the highest adaptive capability to climate change. In addition, the age of household head and distance of the home to the town center had significant negative impacts on households’ adaptive capacity to HLVI-IPCC. The results also suggest that the HLVI assessment can provide an effective tool for local authorities to formulate prioritizing strategies with promoting climate-resilient development and increasing long-term adaptive capacity.

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The impact of adaptation on climate vulnerability: Is readiness relevant?

Cited by 23 publications

References 45 publications

The Inequities of Global Adaptation to Climate Change

The Inequities of Global Adaptation to Climate Change

The Inequities of National Adaptation to Climate Change

Household Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in West China

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