This article reviews the economic and analytical challenges of adaptation to climate change.
Adaptation to climate risks that can no longer be avoided is an important aspect of the global …

This chapter assesses the literature on the economics of climate change adaptation,
building on the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and the increasing role that economic …

Adaptations are changes in behavior and capital motivated by climate change. Economic
theory suggests that adaptations are efficient (desirable) only if their benefit exceeds their …

Adaptation of agricultural and food systems to climate change involves private and public
investment decisions in the face of climate and policy uncertainties. The authors present a …

Climate change is likely to have relevant effects on our future socio-economic systems. It is
therefore important to identify how markets and policy jointly react to expected climate …

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. This report
provides a critical assessment of adaptation costs and benefits in key climate sensitive …

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 …

1 What is adaptation? Previously viewed as a somewhat defeatist response to climate
change, adaptation is now seen as an essential component of any climate policy (Pielke et …

Adaptation has long been neglected in the debate and policies surrounding climate change.
However, increasing awareness of climate change has led many stakeholders to look for the …

This paper provides an economic perspective of adaptation to climate change. The paper
specifically examines the role of markets and government in efficient adaptation responses …