Climate Change Adaptation and Development - 9780367028350

Taylor & Francis

Climate Change Adaptation and DevelopmentAuthor(s): John Carstensen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367028350, 978-0367028350\nSynopsis\nClimate change is real and it is man-made. We have put so many greenhouse gas pollutants into the atmosphere that we will see significant and long-term change that we need to adapt and adjust to. It is important for development practitioners to understand these impacts and the challenge of how and when to adapt to climate change.\n\nThere are plenty of grim presentations of what the extremes of the possible climate scenarios will throw at us over the next 100 years, but not all change will be disastrous; some change will be beneficial, but much of the change will happen at an unprecedented rate that will require the best possible analysis and understanding of how and when we should adapt to climate change.\n\nThis is important for development practitioners as we invest in ensu.