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Concise Introduction to Adaptation to Climate Change [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 154 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm
  • Sari: Elgar Concise Introductions
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026
  • Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1800886136
  • ISBN-13: 9781800886131
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Concise Introduction to Adaptation to Climate Change
  • Formaat: Hardback, 154 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm
  • Sari: Elgar Concise Introductions
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Mar-2026
  • Kirjastus: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1800886136
  • ISBN-13: 9781800886131
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This enlightening Concise Introduction examines how adaptation can be implemented to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on humanity and the environment. Chapters outline the history of adaptation, new methods and how approaches to adaptation are changing.

Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and social science and are expertly written by some of the world’s leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking.

How can we adapt to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on humanity and the environment? In this enlightening book, Ian Noble outlines the history of adaptation, new ways of adapting and how approaches to mitigation and adaptation are changing.

Looking at how we have thought about the joint roles of mitigating our emissions and adapting to changed climates to avoid suffering, the book presents adaptation from both scholars’ and practitioners’ viewpoints and draws upon the experience of those most affected. Turning to the future, it maps potential ways forward and the challenges of adaptation in a world beset by other crises, both natural and political.

Key Features:

  • Explores the ways adaptation could be financed
  • Takes up the current debate on transformative adaptation
  • Assesses how adaptation can be incorporated in future climate action
  • Analyses topics such as insurance and recompensing people for losses and damages from extreme weather events


This is an essential read for scholars and students of geography, politics and public policy, the environment, and sociology. It will also be invaluable to practitioners in risk management and climate compliance, alongside mitigation specialists, legal professionals in climate litigation and journalists reporting on climate issues.

Arvustused

An extremely useful book on how adaptation has evolved in the past, and how it is likely to evolve in our troubling times. Ian Noble, an acclaimed global expert on adaptation, has managed to distill this highly complex field into a clear, objective narrative for both newcomers and seasoned practitioners. -- Sofia Bettencourt, Lead Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Cascais, Portugal Ian Noble, a brilliant participant in and observer of climate change adaptation, has built on three decades of experience to write a well-written and insightful review of key aspects of adaptation such transformation, maladaptation, and finance. It is a great introduction to this critical and complex field. -- Joel Smith, Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation Independent Researcher, Boulder, USA A must read. An extremely well-written and engaging book on the urgency to adapt to a rapidly changing climate that threatens nature and human well-being on an unprecedented scale. It justifies the need for urgent transformation of critical systems and provides guidance on how to do it. -- Robert Watson, University of East Anglia, UK

Contents
Preface
1 Introduction to Concise Introduction to Adaptation to
Climate Change
2 Adaptation and all the names
3 The quest for transformational change
4 On the practice of adaptation
5 Loss and damage
6 Financing adaptation
7 Insurance in a changing climate
8 Where next for adaptation?
References
Index
Ian Noble, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia