"Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change. These can be both current or expected impacts."
The process of preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change. This can include measures such as building sea walls to protect against rising sea levels or developing drought-resistant crops to cope with changing weather patterns.
Climate Science: A broad understanding of how the Earth's climate works, the mechanisms that cause climate change, and the impact of human activities on the climate.
Climate modeling: The creation and application of mathematical models to simulate climate processes and predict future climate patterns.
Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and practices that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the degree of climate change.
Climate Change Adaptation: Measures and strategies used to manage the impacts of climate change and minimize the negative effects of climate variability and change.
Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis: The process of assessing the potential impacts of climate change, the risks to human and natural systems, and the identification of the most vulnerable areas and populations.
Disaster Risk Reduction: The identification and management of disaster risks, and the prevention or reduction of the adverse impacts of climate-related hazards.
Ecosystem Management and Restoration: The management and restoration of ecosystems, such as forests, wetlands, and coastal systems, to improve their resilience to climate change.
Water Resource Management: The management of water resources, including the water cycle, water supply, and water quality, to ensure access to water for various uses under changing climatic conditions.
Agriculture and Food Security: The management of agricultural systems, crops, and livestock to adapt to climate change and ensure food security for the population.
Sustainable urban planning: The planning and design of urban spaces to minimize the impact of climate change on human settlements and increase their resilience.
Energy transition: The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar energy, to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental and Social Justice: The integration of equity and social justice considerations, such as the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities, into climate adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Infrastructure Adaptation: Improving infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings to withstand extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods and extreme temperatures.
Agricultural Adaptation: Developing new agricultural practices that are resilient to extreme weather conditions including drought, floods, and heatwaves.
Coastal Adaptation: Developing coastal protection systems such as sea walls and dikes to protect cities and communities against rising sea levels, storm surges, and flooding.
Biodiversity Adaptation: Implementing conservation strategies to protect the biodiversity that supports ecosystems and provides ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and water filtration.
Forestry Adaptation: Ensuring the health and resilience of forests and woodlands, through practices that reduce the risk of wildfire, mitigate climate change, and improve the sustainable management of forests.
Water Resources Adaptation: Developing management strategies to ensure water is accessible and available in adequate quantity and quality, even during prolonged drought.
Socioeconomic Adaptation: Adapting social and economic systems and practices to climate change in order to protect vulnerable communities and support sustainable economic development.
Urban Adaptation: Developing urban and suburban infrastructure and land-use planning to support climate adaptation including efficient building designs, green spaces, and sustainable transportation systems.
Health Adaptation: Developing strategies to reduce the health impacts of climate change such as air pollution, heatwaves, and increased exposure to disease-carrying vectors like mosquitoes.
Humanitarian Adaptation: Developing emergency responses to support communities affected by extreme weather events and other climate hazards.
"Adaptation aims to moderate or avoid harm for people. It also aims to exploit opportunities."
"Humans may also intervene to help adjustment for natural systems."
"They can help manage impacts and risks to people and nature."
"We can classify adaptation actions in four ways. These are infrastructural and technological; institutional; behavioural and cultural; and nature-based options."
"Adaptation is particularly important in developing countries. This is because developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change."
"Adaptation needs are high for food and water. They are high for other sectors that are important for economic output, jobs, and incomes."
"Adaptation planning is important to help countries manage climate risks."
"Plans, policies or strategies are in place in more than 70% of countries."
"Other levels of government like cities and provinces also use adaptation planning. So do economic sectors."
"Developing countries can receive international funding to help develop national adaptation plans."
"The adaptation carried out so far is not enough to manage risks at current levels of climate change."
"Adaptation must also anticipate future risks of climate change."
"The costs of climate change adaptation are likely to cost billions of dollars a year for the coming decades."
"In many cases, the cost will be less than the damage that it avoids."
"Plans, policies or strategies are in place in more than 70% of countries."
"We can classify adaptation actions in four ways. These are infrastructural and technological; institutional; behavioural and cultural; and nature-based options."
"Adaptation is particularly important in developing countries. This is because developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change."
"Adaptation needs are high for food and water. They are high for other sectors that are important for economic output, jobs, and incomes."
"Adaptation planning is important to help countries manage climate risks."