Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The climate is changing, and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat wav...

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Main Authors: Fay, Marianne, Block, Rachel I., Ebinger, Jane
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
AIR
CO
CO2
GAS
GCM
GHG
ICE
WMO
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topic ADAPTATION ACTION
ADAPTATION ACTIONS
ADAPTATION CONTEXT
ADAPTATION DEFICIT
ADAPTATION EFFORTS
ADAPTATION INITIATIVES
ADAPTATION MEASURES
ADAPTATION NEEDS
ADAPTATION OPTIONS
ADAPTATION PLANNING
ADAPTATION PLANS
ADAPTATION PRACTICES
ADAPTATION PROCESS
ADAPTATION PROCESSES
ADAPTATION RESPONSES
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
ADAPTATION STRATEGY
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTING
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDEX
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING
ARCTIC OCEAN
ARSENIC
ATMOSPHERE
BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION
BIOCLIMATIC MODELS
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON INTENSITY
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE EVENTS
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE FORECASTING
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE INFORMATION
CLIMATE MODELERS
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SCIENCE
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
CLIMATE SHOCK
CLIMATE STRESS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CO
CO2
COLORS
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS
COPING CAPACITY
CYANIDE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT
DROUGHT CONDITIONS
DROUGHT TOLERANCE
DROUGHT YEARS
DRY SPELL
DRY SUMMERS
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION
ELECTRICITY
EMISSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
EVAPORATION
EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME EVENT
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME TEMPERATURES
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FLOOD
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST FIRES
FOREST STOCK
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FROST
FUTURE ADAPTATION
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY
GAS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GHG
GLACIAL MELT
GLACIERS
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL WARMING
GOLD
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HAIL
HEAT
HEAT STRESS
HEAT WAVES
HEAVY RAINS
HOT DAYS
HOT SUMMER
HURRICANES
HYDROLOGY
ICE
ICE AGE
ICE COVER
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACT OF HEAT WAVES
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LAND USE
LANDFILLS
LEACHING
LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
MALADAPTATION
MELTING GLACIERS
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
MITIGATION
MITIGATION EFFORTS
NATIONAL ADAPTATION
NATIONAL CLIMATE
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NITROGEN
OIL EQUIVALENT
PARTICULATE
PARTICULATE MATTER
PESTICIDES
PLANT GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL INTENSITY
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEASONAL RAINFALL
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE
STORM SURGE
STORMS
SUMMER DROUGHTS
SUMMER HEAT WAVES
SUMMER TEMPERATURES
SURFACE EVAPORATION
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
TEMPORAL DATA
TRANSPORT SECTOR
UNDERGROUND WATER
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
WARMER CLIMATE
WARMER TEMPERATURES
WARMING CLIMATE
WATER TREATMENT
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
WINTER TEMPERATURES
WMO
spellingShingle ADAPTATION ACTION
ADAPTATION ACTIONS
ADAPTATION CONTEXT
ADAPTATION DEFICIT
ADAPTATION EFFORTS
ADAPTATION INITIATIVES
ADAPTATION MEASURES
ADAPTATION NEEDS
ADAPTATION OPTIONS
ADAPTATION PLANNING
ADAPTATION PLANS
ADAPTATION PRACTICES
ADAPTATION PROCESS
ADAPTATION PROCESSES
ADAPTATION RESPONSES
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
ADAPTATION STRATEGY
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTING
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDEX
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING
ARCTIC OCEAN
ARSENIC
ATMOSPHERE
BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION
BIOCLIMATIC MODELS
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION
CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON INTENSITY
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE EVENTS
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE FORECASTING
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE INFORMATION
CLIMATE MODELERS
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SCIENCE
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
CLIMATE SHOCK
CLIMATE STRESS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CO
CO2
COLORS
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS
COPING CAPACITY
CYANIDE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
DROUGHT
DROUGHT CONDITIONS
DROUGHT TOLERANCE
DROUGHT YEARS
DRY SPELL
DRY SUMMERS
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION
ELECTRICITY
EMISSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
EVAPORATION
EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTREME EVENT
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME TEMPERATURES
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FLOOD
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST FIRES
FOREST STOCK
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
FROST
FUTURE ADAPTATION
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY
GAS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GHG
GLACIAL MELT
GLACIERS
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL WARMING
GOLD
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HAIL
HEAT
HEAT STRESS
HEAT WAVES
HEAVY RAINS
HOT DAYS
HOT SUMMER
HURRICANES
HYDROLOGY
ICE
ICE AGE
ICE COVER
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACT OF HEAT WAVES
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LAND USE
LANDFILLS
LEACHING
LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
MALADAPTATION
MELTING GLACIERS
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
MITIGATION
MITIGATION EFFORTS
NATIONAL ADAPTATION
NATIONAL CLIMATE
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NITROGEN
OIL EQUIVALENT
PARTICULATE
PARTICULATE MATTER
PESTICIDES
PLANT GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL INTENSITY
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEASONAL RAINFALL
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE
STORM SURGE
STORMS
SUMMER DROUGHTS
SUMMER HEAT WAVES
SUMMER TEMPERATURES
SURFACE EVAPORATION
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
TEMPORAL DATA
TRANSPORT SECTOR
UNDERGROUND WATER
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
WARMER CLIMATE
WARMER TEMPERATURES
WARMING CLIMATE
WATER TREATMENT
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
WINTER TEMPERATURES
WMO
Fay, Marianne
Block, Rachel I.
Ebinger, Jane
Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
description The climate is changing, and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. This book presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It starts with a discussion of emerging best-practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections. It then discusses possible actions to improve resilience organized around impacts on health, natural resources (water, biodiversity, and the coastal environment), the 'unbuilt' environment (agriculture and forestry), and the built environment (infrastructure and housing). The last chapter concludes with a discussion of two areas in great need of strengthening given the changing climate: disaster preparedness and hydro-meteorological services. This book has four key messages: a) contrary to popular perception, Eastern Europe and Central Asia face significant threats from climate change, with a number of the most serious risks already in evidence; b) vulnerability over the next 10 to 20 years is likely to be dominated by socioeconomic factors and legacy issues; c) even countries and sectors that stand to benefit from climate change are poorly positioned to do so; and d) the next decade offers a window of opportunity for ECA countries to make their development more resilient to climate change while reaping numerous co-benefits.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Fay, Marianne
Block, Rachel I.
Ebinger, Jane
author_facet Fay, Marianne
Block, Rachel I.
Ebinger, Jane
author_sort Fay, Marianne
title Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
title_short Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
title_full Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
title_fullStr Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
title_sort adapting to climate change in eastern europe and central asia
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100126225828
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2407
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spelling okr-10986-24072021-04-23T14:02:01Z Adapting to Climate Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Fay, Marianne Block, Rachel I. Ebinger, Jane ADAPTATION ACTION ADAPTATION ACTIONS ADAPTATION CONTEXT ADAPTATION DEFICIT ADAPTATION EFFORTS ADAPTATION INITIATIVES ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION NEEDS ADAPTATION OPTIONS ADAPTATION PLANNING ADAPTATION PLANS ADAPTATION PRACTICES ADAPTATION PROCESS ADAPTATION PROCESSES ADAPTATION RESPONSES ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION STRATEGY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDEX ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AIR AIR POLLUTION APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING ARCTIC OCEAN ARSENIC ATMOSPHERE BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION BIOCLIMATIC MODELS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION CAPACITY-BUILDING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON INTENSITY CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE FORECASTING CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLIMATE SHOCK CLIMATE STRESS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATE VARIATION CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC FACTORS CO CO2 COLORS CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS COPING CAPACITY CYANIDE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DROUGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS DROUGHT TOLERANCE DROUGHT YEARS DRY SPELL DRY SUMMERS ECOLOGICAL ZONES EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EVAPORATION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FOREST FOREST FIRES FOREST STOCK FORESTRY FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FROST FUTURE ADAPTATION FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY GAS GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GHG GLACIAL MELT GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL WARMING GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HAIL HEAT HEAT STRESS HEAT WAVES HEAVY RAINS HOT DAYS HOT SUMMER HURRICANES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE AGE ICE COVER IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF HEAT WAVES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND USE LANDFILLS LEACHING LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY MALADAPTATION MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MITIGATION MITIGATION EFFORTS NATIONAL ADAPTATION NATIONAL CLIMATE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NITROGEN OIL EQUIVALENT PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PESTICIDES PLANT GROWTH PRECIPITATION RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINY SEASON REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASONAL RAINFALL SEASONAL TEMPERATURE STORM SURGE STORMS SUMMER DROUGHTS SUMMER HEAT WAVES SUMMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPORAL DATA TRANSPORT SECTOR UNDERGROUND WATER VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER CLIMATE WARMER TEMPERATURES WARMING CLIMATE WATER TREATMENT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WINTER TEMPERATURES WMO The climate is changing, and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. This book presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It starts with a discussion of emerging best-practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections. It then discusses possible actions to improve resilience organized around impacts on health, natural resources (water, biodiversity, and the coastal environment), the 'unbuilt' environment (agriculture and forestry), and the built environment (infrastructure and housing). The last chapter concludes with a discussion of two areas in great need of strengthening given the changing climate: disaster preparedness and hydro-meteorological services. This book has four key messages: a) contrary to popular perception, Eastern Europe and Central Asia face significant threats from climate change, with a number of the most serious risks already in evidence; b) vulnerability over the next 10 to 20 years is likely to be dominated by socioeconomic factors and legacy issues; c) even countries and sectors that stand to benefit from climate change are poorly positioned to do so; and d) the next decade offers a window of opportunity for ECA countries to make their development more resilient to climate change while reaping numerous co-benefits. 2012-03-19T09:32:51Z 2012-03-19T09:32:51Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100126225828 978-0-8213-8131-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2407 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe Central Asia