Climate adaptation

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2013

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Governance shapes the opportunities for adaptation in practice, facilitating communication and coordination between local and national-level action. Reversing climate change is essentially about empowering vulnerable communities. This chapter unpacks the concept of adaptation and vulnerability, making a link to governance as the hook that enables adaptation. Climate change in developing countries is made more difficult by weak institutions and governance. These two fundamental ingredients are necessary for transition to a transformative development that will make adaptation more sustainable.

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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, GOVERNANCE, RESILIENCE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, VULNERABLE GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL LEVEL, GOVERNMENT ROLE, DEVELOPMENT THEORY, GLOBAL SOUTH

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51571

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
5. Environment & Health/Environnement et santé
Research Results (President's Office) / Résultats de recherches (Bureau du/de la président(e))