Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Ada .9780521119412

Making Climate Change Work for UsEuropean Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies\nAuthor(s): Mike Hulme, Henry Neufeldt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521119412, 978-0521119412\nSynopsis\nIntroducing the main challenges and opportunities of developing local, regional and global strategies for addressing climate change, this book explains the dilemmas faced when converting strategies into policies. Providing a synthesis of the findings of the three-year European Commission ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies) research project and written by many leading interdisciplinary climate change research teams, European strategies for tackling climate change are placed within a global context. The book illustrates the differences between adaptation and mitigation, offers regional and global case studies of how adaptation and mitigation are inter-linked, and suggests six different me.