ADAPTATION

Adaptation

Adaptation

Introduction

Adaptation has become a strategic negotiation issue only recently among other things, the difficulty of implementing national and international mitigation policies and the increasing awareness of climate inertia eventually put adaptation under the spotlight of science and policy. The EU has recently released the Green Paper on Adaptation and many EU countries have prepared and started to implement national adaptation plans. The Adger (2007) action plan has identified the need for enhanced adaptation action by Parties of the Convention, and adaptation is among the five key building blocks for a strengthened response to climate change.

Indeed, the ultimate ...