Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio

Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating, with significant impacts both 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, it's current effects.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008
Subjects:	ADVERSE IMPACTS, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, ALIEN SPECIES, AMAZON RAINFOREST, AMPHIBIANS, ANIMAL, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC HABITATS, ARTISANAL FISHERIES, BEACHES, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLANS, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION, BIODIVERSITY LOSS, BIODIVERSITY VALUE, BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BIOLOGY, BIOMASS, BIRD, BIRD AREAS, BIRDS, BOTANISTS, BREEDING, BUFFER ZONES, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON OFFSET, CATTLE, CIVIL STRIFE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAST, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT, COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS, COASTAL FISHERIES, COASTAL HABITATS, COASTAL WATERS, COASTAL WETLANDS, COASTAL ZONE, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, COASTAL ZONES, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CONSERVANCY, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION ACTION, CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, CONSERVATION INITIATIVES, CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION PRIORITIES, CONSERVATION STATUS, CORAL, CORAL REEF REHABILITATION, CORAL REEFS, CORALS, CRITICAL AREAS, CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM, CROPS, DIAMOND MINING, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE CHANNELS, DRY FORESTS, ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE, ELEPHANTS, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EROSION, EROSION CONTROL, ESTUARIES, ESTUARINE, EXOTIC PLANTS, EXOTIC SPECIES, FAUNA, FIELD GUIDES, FIRE MANAGEMENT, FISH, FISH POPULATIONS, FISHERIES, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLORA, FLORISTIC REGION, FOOD CHAIN, FOOD SECURITY, FOREST, FOREST CONSERVATION, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, FOREST FIRES, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST LAW, FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOREST RESOURCES, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES, FRESH WATER, FRESHWATER, FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, FRUIT, FRUITS, GENETIC, GENETIC DIVERSITY, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GOATS, GRASSLANDS, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HABITAT DEGRADATION, HABITATS, HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, HIGHLANDS, HUMAN ACTIVITIES, IMAGES, INDICATOR SPECIES, INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, ISSUES, LAKE, LAKES, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LAND USES, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK GRAZING, MAMMALS, MANGROVE SWAMPS, MANGROVES, MARINE BIODIVERSITY, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE RESOURCES, MARINE SYSTEMS, MARSHES, MEADOWS, MIGRATORY BIRDS, MITIGATION, MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS, MOUNTAIN RANGES, MOUNTAIN SLOPES, MOUNTAINS, NATIONAL PARK, NATIONAL PARKS, NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS, NATIVE SPECIES, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL HABITAT, NATURAL HABITATS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL WETLANDS, OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS, OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS, OCEANS, PARKS, PASTURE, PASTURES, PEAT, PLAINS, PLANNING PROCESS, PLANT, PLANT COMMUNITIES, PLANT SPECIES, PLANTATION, PLANTATIONS, POLLINATION, POLLUTANTS, QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS, RAINFALL, RAINFORESTS, RANGE MANAGEMENT, RANGES, RARE SPECIES, RECREATIONAL USE, REEF, RESERVES, RESERVOIRS, RIPARIAN ZONES, RIVER, RIVER DELTAS, RIVERINE, RUNOFF, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SAVANNA, SEA LEVEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SHEEP, SHIPS, SHORE, SOILS, SOUND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SPECIES, SPECIES RICHNESS, STORMS, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY, SWAMP, TAIGA, TEMPERATE FORESTS, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TIGER, TIGERS, TOURISM, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TREE SPECIES, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FOREST, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED PROTECTION, WATERSHEDS, WAVES, WETLAND, WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, WETLAND RESTORATION, WETLANDS, WETLANDS PROGRAMS, WETLANDS RESTORATION, WILDERNESS AREAS, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE HABITAT, WILDLIFE TRADE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/10607068/biodiversity-climate-change-adaptation-nature-based-solutions-world-bank-portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6216
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