Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia : Lessons from Recent Experiences and Suggested Future Directions

Like other regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change and its potential socioeconomic impacts. While all countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extreme events (for example, floods and...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE WATER ANNUAL RUNOFF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ATMOSPHERE AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BASIN MANAGEMENT BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOENGINEERING TECHNIQUES CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM FOREST CARBON FINANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STOCKS CASE STUDIES CIVIL WORKS CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE DATA CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE FORECASTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MITIGATION CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PATTERNS CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PRACTITIONERS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE REGIMES CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE STATISTICS CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VULNERABILITIES CLIMATE VULNERABILITY CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC RISKS CLIMATIC STIMULI CO COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION OF NATURE CONSTRUCTION COST ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CROPS CULTURAL HERITAGE DAMAGES DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKERS DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DIKES DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS EFFICIENCY GAINS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY MIX ENERGY SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EROSION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT FARMS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LAW FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS GHG GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER HABITATS HUMAN ACTIVITY HYDROLOGY ICE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT DECISIONS IPCC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LEACHING METEOROLOGICAL DATA METEOROLOGY MITIGATION PAPER PRODUCTS PARKS PASTURE LAND PASTURES POLICY ANALYSIS PORTFOLIO POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRECIPITATION PUBLIC AWARENESS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS REGIONAL CLIMATE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVOIR RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT RIVER RIVER BASIN RUNOFF SEA ICE SEASON SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL HYDROPOWER SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOILS SOLAR POWER SPECIES STORMWATER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SUPPLY SIDE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT TEMPERATURE TOTAL DEMAND TRANSPORT SECTOR UNCERTAINTIES UPLANDS USE OF WATER VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER TEMPERATURES WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER USES WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHED PROTECTION WATERSHEDS WATERWAYS WETLANDS WILDLIFE WIND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/17862138/adapting-climate-change-europe-central-asia-lessons-recent-experiences-suggested-future-directions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16090

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Summary:	Like other regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change and its potential socioeconomic impacts. While all countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extreme events (for example, floods and droughts) and are concerned about the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, they differ in their financial and institutional capacities to respond. Therefore, especially for the most vulnerable countries in the region (for example, those in Central Asia and southern Europe), adapting to climate risk adds a new dimension to the challenges of development, but also provides an opportunity to revisit priorities and accelerate reforms. The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region of the World Bank has been actively working on climate-related projects and has advanced a number of initiatives in response to climate change since the 1990s. Nevertheless, up until a few years ago the region's focus was mainly on emissions reduction (mitigation), rather than on helping countries respond to existing or expected impacts from climate change through adjustments in natural or human systems. But more recently, adding focus on climate adaptation had led ECA to initiate a program of analytical work and pilot investment projects to help develop the information and knowledge base necessary to help build staff skills as well as better respond to client needs.

Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia : Lessons from Recent Experiences and Suggested Future Directions

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