Abstract:
In addition to the technical and policy-oriented work, considerable effort was devoted to a key dimension of adaptation, namely capacity building, including awareness raising and action and institutional strengthening.
The work undertaken included assessments of both the risks arising from current climate variability and extremes and from the future incremental changes in those risks as a result of longer-term changes in climate extremes and variability. Significantly, the case studies also demonstrate methods for prioritizing adaptation strategies and specific measures in both their costs and benefits. A major goal, and challenge, was to determine, in a rigorous and quantitative manner, the incremental costs of adaptation to climate change.