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1 de oct. de 2010 · Because climate change brings unpredictable changes, it calls for institutions that enhance the adaptive capacity of society. This paper develops a generic and flexible framework for assessing the extent to which different characteristics of institutions enable the adaptive capacity of societies.
3 de ene. de 2019 · Adaptive capacity is an important element of long-term adaptation to climate change and is the focus of a rapidly growing body of research.
Hace 5 días · Abstract. Knowledge of the practice of climate change adaptation is slowly shifting from a focus on barriers and limits to an understanding of its enablers. Here we take stock of the knowledge on ...
18 de oct. de 2021 · Adaptation to climate change must be ramped up urgently. We propose three avenues to transform ambition to action: improve tracking of actions and progress, upscale investment especially in...
31 de dic. de 2018 · By creating a means to bring clarity to the complexity that climate change creates, the framework offers a more detailed outlook on a species’ adaptive capacity, which can better inform climate adaptation and conservation efforts.
These dimensions and their 22 criteria form the Adaptive Capacity Wheel. This wheel can help academics and social actors to assess if institutions stimulate the adaptive capacity of society to respond to climate change; and to focus on whether and how institutions need to be redesigned.
The need for adaptation along with associated challenges is expected to increase with climate change (very high confidence). Examples of key adaptation approaches for particular sectors, including constraints and limits, are summarized below.
