Designing Climate Change Adaptation Policies : An Economic Framework

Adaptation has long been neglected in the debate and policies surrounding climate change. However, increasing awareness of climate change has led many stakeholders to look for the best way to limit its consequences and has resulted in a large number of initiatives related to adaptation, particularly at the local level. This report proposes a general economic framework to help stakeholders in the public sector to develop effective adaptation strategies. To do so, it lays out the general issues involved in adaptation, including the role of uncertainty and inertia, and the need to consider structural changes in addition to marginal adjustments. Then, it identifies the reasons for legitimate public action in terms of adaptation, and four main domains of action: the production and dissemination of information on climate change and its impacts; the adaptation of standards, regulations and fiscal policies; the required changes in institutions; and direct adaptation actions of governments and local communities in terms of public infrastructure, public buildings and ecosystems. Finally, the report suggests a method to build public adaptation plans and to assess the desirability of possible policies.

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Main Authors:	Lecocq, Franck, Hallegatte, Stephane, de Perthuis, Christian
Language:	English
Published:	2011-02-01
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF INSURANCE, ACCESS TO INSURANCE, ACIDIFICATION, ADAPTATION ACTIONS, ADAPTATION BENEFITS, ADAPTATION CHOICES, ADAPTATION COMPONENT, ADAPTATION COSTS, ADAPTATION DEFICIT, ADAPTATION EFFORTS, ADAPTATION ISSUES, ADAPTATION MEASURE, ADAPTATION MEASURES, ADAPTATION OPTIONS, ADAPTATION PLANS, ADAPTATION POLICIES, ADAPTATION POLICY, ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, ADAPTATION STRATEGY, ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGIES, ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE, ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTATION YIELDS, ADAPTING, ADVERSE IMPACTS, ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE, AIR, ALLOCATION, ALTITUDE, ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS, ANTICIPATORY ADAPTATION, ARCTIC OCEAN, ARID REGIONS, ASSESSMENT OF ADAPTATION, ATMOSPHERE, AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BASES, BIODIVERSITY, CATASTROPHE RISK, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES, CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, CLIMATE ECONOMICS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE SCENARIO, CLIMATE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE SENSITIVITY, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATES, CO, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ZONES, COASTS, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSTRUCTION, CORAL REEFS, COST OF ADAPTATION, COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE, COST-BENEFIT, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, COSTS OF ADAPTATION, CROPS, DAMAGES, DESALINATION, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE BASINS, DROUGHT, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ACTOR, ECONOMIC ANALYSES, ECONOMIC MODELS, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC THEORY, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY PRODUCTION, EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS, EROSION, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME HEAT, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL TRANSFERS, FISCAL POLICIES, FIXED COSTS, FLOOD, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, FLOOD VICTIMS, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOREST, FOREST AREAS, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST FIRES, FOREST SPECIES, FORESTRY, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGES, GHG, GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HEAT WAVE, HEAT-RESISTANT VARIETIES, HOUSING, HURRICANE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPORTS, INCOME, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INSURANCE, INSURANCE SECTOR, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, IPCC, LAND USE, LOCAL CLIMATE, LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE, LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGES, LOCAL CLIMATES, LOCAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LOW-CARBON, MALADAPTATION, MARGINAL COST, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, MITIGATION, MITIGATION POLICIES, MONETARY BENEFITS, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL ADAPTATION, NATIONAL ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL WETLANDS, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PARKS, PORTFOLIO, PRECIPITATION, PRICE SIGNAL, PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE, REAL ESTATE, RISK AVERSION, RISK MANAGEMENT, SEA WATER, SEAWATER, SET ASIDE, SPATIAL SCALE, SPECIES, STORM EVENTS, STORMS, SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATION, SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATION STRATEGY, SUMMER TEMPERATURES, TEMPERATE CLIMATES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE RISES, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TROPICS, UNCERTAINTIES, WATER QUALITY, WETLANDS,
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