Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change
The World Bank's mission is to alleviate poverty and support sustainable development. Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine these goals. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average 2 degree Celsius due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating. These rising temperatures will have significant impacts at a global scale and at local and regional levels. While it remains important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse climate change in the long run, many of the impacts of climate change are already in evidence. As a result, governments, communities, and civil society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change while searching for strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, its current and future effects. Global warming and changes in climate have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, cloud forests, arctic and high latitude ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate-induced disturbances. Current efforts to address climate change focus mainly on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly through cleaner energy strategies, and on attempting to reduce vulnerability of communities at risk by improving infrastructure to meet new energy and water needs. This report attempts to set out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third and essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change. The report is targeted at both Bank task teams and country clients. Such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptation strategies.
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ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND |
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ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND World Bank Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
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The World Bank's mission is to
alleviate poverty and support sustainable development.
Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that
could undermine these goals. Since the industrial
revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has
increased an average 2 degree Celsius due to the
accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of
this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the
rate of increase is accelerating. These rising temperatures
will have significant impacts at a global scale and at local
and regional levels. While it remains important to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and reverse climate change in the
long run, many of the impacts of climate change are already
in evidence. As a result, governments, communities, and
civil society are increasingly concerned with anticipating
the future effects of climate change while searching for
strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, its current and future
effects. Global warming and changes in climate have already
had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species.
Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs,
cloud forests, arctic and high latitude ecosystems are
especially vulnerable to climate-induced disturbances.
Current efforts to address climate change focus mainly on
reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly through
cleaner energy strategies, and on attempting to reduce
vulnerability of communities at risk by improving
infrastructure to meet new energy and water needs. This
report attempts to set out a compelling argument for
including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and
adaptation as a third and essential pillar in national
strategies to address climate change. The report is targeted
at both Bank task teams and country clients. Such
ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven
and sustainable solutions contributing to, and
complementing, other national and regional adaptation strategies. |
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ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
| title_full |
Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
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Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change |
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convenient solutions to an inconvenient truth : ecosystem-based approaches to climate change |
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World Bank |
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2009-06-01 |
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dig-okr-1098630622024-08-08T16:22:58Z Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth : Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change World Bank ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR ALTITUDE AMPHIBIANS ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS ANNUAL EMISSION ANTARCTICA AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITATS AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SPECIES ARID REGIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FORESTS CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSETS CARBON POOL CARBON POOLS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON SINKS CARBON STOCK CARBON STORAGE CARBON STORAGE CAPACITY CARBON STORES CARBONATES CASE STUDIES CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL HABITATS COASTAL STATES COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES COLORS CONSERVATION AREAS CORAL REEFS CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CYCLONES DAMS DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM FUEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EROSION EROSION CONTROL ESTUARIES EXOTIC SPECIES FIRE MANAGEMENT FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FLUXES OF CARBON FOREST AREA FOREST CANOPY FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST EDGE FOREST FIRES FOREST INVESTMENT FOREST LOSS FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS GLOBAL CARBON SINK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND CARBON HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGHLANDS HUMAN ACTIVITIES HURRICANES HYDROLOGY INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INVASIVE SPECIES IPCC LAKES LAND AREA LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE CHANGE LEACHING LOSS OF FOREST LOSS OF SOIL CARBON MANGROVES MARINE RESOURCES MARINE SYSTEMS MARSHES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MOUNTAINS NATIVE SPECIES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL WETLANDS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS OIL PALM ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PARTICLES PARTICULATE PEAT PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLANKTON PLANT SPECIES POLLUTANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PROTECTING WETLANDS QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RANGES RATE OF DEFORESTATION RATES OF DEFORESTATION RECREATIONAL USE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RIVER RIVER DELTAS RIVERINE SALTWATER INTRUSION SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WATER SOIL CARBON SOILS SPECIES DIVERSITY SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SWAMP TEMPERATE FORESTS TERRESTRIAL CARBON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS THERMAL STRATIFICATION TREE SPECIES TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS VEGETATION WATER QUALITY WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEATHER CONDITIONS WETLAND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS WETLAND HABITATS WETLAND RESTORATION WETLAND SOILS WETLANDS WILDERNESS AREAS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE HABITAT WIND The World Bank's mission is to alleviate poverty and support sustainable development. Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine these goals. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average 2 degree Celsius due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating. These rising temperatures will have significant impacts at a global scale and at local and regional levels. While it remains important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse climate change in the long run, many of the impacts of climate change are already in evidence. As a result, governments, communities, and civil society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change while searching for strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, its current and future effects. Global warming and changes in climate have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Natural systems such as wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, cloud forests, arctic and high latitude ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate-induced disturbances. Current efforts to address climate change focus mainly on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly through cleaner energy strategies, and on attempting to reduce vulnerability of communities at risk by improving infrastructure to meet new energy and water needs. This report attempts to set out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third and essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change. The report is targeted at both Bank task teams and country clients. Such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptation strategies. 2012-03-19T17:23:34Z 2012-03-19T17:23:34Z 2009-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090708013334 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3062 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank |