Views of the frontiers in climate change adaptation economics

The shift from framing climate change adaptation as vulnerability–impacts to adaptation pathways is also a shift from a predict‐and‐provide approaches to understanding dynamic processes. Studies of the economics of adaptation relying only on the comparative statics of reference and climate impacts s...

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Published in:Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Climate change 2012-03, Vol.3 (2), p.161-170
Main Author: Downing, Thomas E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Case studies
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Economic impact
Economics
Environmental impact
Future climates
Mitigation
Mitigation costs
Uncertainty
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Summary:The shift from framing climate change adaptation as vulnerability–impacts to adaptation pathways is also a shift from a predict‐and‐provide approaches to understanding dynamic processes. Studies of the economics of adaptation relying only on the comparative statics of reference and climate impacts scenarios ignore the more challenging frontier of representing decision processes and uncertainty. The logic of the shift to dynamic‐pathway approaches is widely accepted in principal. Effective analytical tools are only beginning to appear. Further case studies are required to explore the matrix of uncertainty in future climate conditions against the range of metrics for valuing impacts in decision processes. WIREs Clim Change 2012, 3:161–170. doi: 10.1002/wcc.157 This article is categorized under: Climate Economics > Aggregation Techniques for Impacts and Mitigation Costs
ISSN:1757-7780
1757-7799
DOI:10.1002/wcc.157