Adaptation assessment methods are compatible with the international risk management
standard ISO: 31000. Risk management approaches are increasingly being recommended …

This article is categorized under: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change> Values
Based Approach to Vulnerability and Adaptation

Adaptation and resilience are two concepts originally developed in dissimilar problem
contexts but which are of significant importance for our ability to respond to a changing …

Values play a significant role in climate change debates. To date, however, the use of the
term values has been narrowly focused on monetary worth, relative worth, or fair return on …

Climate related changes are already affecting every area of our world and will increasingly
do so as global warming increases, resulting in compounding and cascading risks across …

Assessing vulnerability is an important component of human dimensions of climate change
(HDCC) research. Vulnerability assessments identify and characterize who and what are …

Abstract Since the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the framing of adaptation has moved
further from a focus on biophysical vulnerability to the wider social and economic drivers of …

This technical paper (TP) describes techniques for assessing future climate risk and
therefore, adaptation needs, under a changing climate. In doing so, this TP outlines a …

The varied effects of recent extreme weather events around the world exemplify the uneven
impacts of climate change on populations, even within relatively small geographic regions …

Planned adaptation to climate change denotes actions undertaken to reduce the risks and
capitalize on the opportunities associated with global climate change. This paper …