Adapting to an uncertain climate [electronic resource] : lessons from practice / Tiago Capela Lourenço...[and 6 more], editors.
Capela Lourenço, Tiago, editor of compilation.
2014
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Title Adapting to an uncertain climate [electronic resource] : lessons from practice / Tiago Capela Lourenço...[and 6 more], editors.
ISBN 9783319048765 electronic book
3319048767 electronic book
9783319048758
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04876-5
Published Cham : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 182 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-04876-5 doi
Call Number GF71
Dewey Decimal Classification 577.27
Summary Climate change highlights the challenges for long-term policy making in the face of persistent and irreducible levels of uncertainties. It calls for the development of flexible approaches, innovative governance and other elements that contribute to effective and adaptive decision-making. Exploring these new approaches is also a challenge for those involved in climate research and development of adaptation policy. Targeted specifically at policy developers and advisors, practitioners, climate knowledge brokers, researchers and interested adaptation decision-makers, this book differs from other titles addressing climate change adaptation and uncertainty by using real life cases to address distinct and pertinent uncertainties in actual adaptation situations. The authors introduce the role of uncertainties in informing adaptation decisions, showing why and how this is important, and why decisions do not have to wait until uncertainties are resolved. They explore uncertainty assessments supporting decision-making on climate change adaptation, with sections on variability, uncertainty typology, climate change, and projection of risks. A discussion of national adaptation planning follows with sections on sources and levels of uncertainty, communication of uncertainty, and guidance for adaptation planning under uncertainty. The book provides a dozen real-life examples of adaptation decision making in the form of case studies: Water supply management in Portugal, England and Wales and Hungary ; Flooding, including flood risk in Ireland, coastal flooding and erosion in Southwest France, and flood management in Australias Hutt River region ; Transport and utilities, including the Austrian Federal railway system, public transit in Dresden, and Qu?bec hydro-electric power ; Report examining communication of large numbers of climate scenarios in Dutch climate adaptation workshops The concluding section outlines a new support framework for adaptation decisions under uncertainty, as well as guidance, recommendations and decision support for readers to apply in their own work. In the spirit of the newly adopted EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, the book aims - as does the CIRCLE-2 project from which it emanates - to assist informed decision-making and to provide added value through increased knowledge sharing.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 21, 2014).
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1. Introduction to the Use of Uncertainties to Inform Adaptation Decisions
2. Background On Uncertainty Assessment Supporting Climate Adaptation Decision-Making
3. How Is Uncertainty Addressed in the Knowledge Base For National Adaptation Planning?
4. Showcasing Practitioners' Experiences
5. Making Adaptation Decisions Under Uncertainty - Lessons From Theory And Practice.

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