Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach

This paper presents and applies a conceptual framework to address human vulnerability to climate change. Drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, the conceptual framework provides a unifying lens to examine links between risks, adaptation, and vulnerability. The result is an i...

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Main Authors:	Heltberg, R., Siegel, P. B., Jorgensen, S. L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5243

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spelling	okr-10986-52432021-04-23T14:02:21Z Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach Heltberg, R. Siegel, P. B. Jorgensen, S. L. This paper presents and applies a conceptual framework to address human vulnerability to climate change. Drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, the conceptual framework provides a unifying lens to examine links between risks, adaptation, and vulnerability. The result is an integrated approach to increase the capacity of society to manage climate risks with a view to reduce the vulnerability of households and maintain or increase the opportunities for sustainable development. We identify 'no-regrets' adaptation interventions, meaning actions that generate net social benefits under all future scenarios of climate change and impacts. We also make the case for greater support for community-based adaptation and social protection and propose a research agenda. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2012-03-30T07:31:57Z 2012-03-30T07:31:57Z 2009 Journal Article Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions 0959-3780 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5243 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper presents and applies a conceptual framework to address human vulnerability to climate change. Drawing upon social risk management and asset-based approaches, the conceptual framework provides a unifying lens to examine links between risks, adaptation, and vulnerability. The result is an integrated approach to increase the capacity of society to manage climate risks with a view to reduce the vulnerability of households and maintain or increase the opportunities for sustainable development. We identify 'no-regrets' adaptation interventions, meaning actions that generate net social benefits under all future scenarios of climate change and impacts. We also make the case for greater support for community-based adaptation and social protection and propose a research agenda. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
format	Journal Article
author	Heltberg, R. Siegel, P. B. Jorgensen, S. L.
spellingShingle	Heltberg, R. Siegel, P. B. Jorgensen, S. L. Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
author_facet	Heltberg, R. Siegel, P. B. Jorgensen, S. L.
author_sort	Heltberg, R.
title	Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
title_short	Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
title_full	Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
title_fullStr	Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
title_full_unstemmed	Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach
title_sort	addressing human vulnerability to climate change : toward a 'no-regrets' approach
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5243
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Addressing Human Vulnerability to Climate Change : Toward a 'No-Regrets' Approach

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