'An extremely timely book. The Paris Climate Agreement establishes
a global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity,
strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate
change. The book addresses the key question of how such a goal
could be achieved by arguing that adaptation and resilience cannot
be separated from ongoing and dynamic development processes. Its
central theme is that more climate-resilient development pathways
will only occur if climate risks are embedded into wider
development, spatial planning, investment and poverty alleviation
strategies. Although written from an economics perspective it draws
on a wide range of literatures and experiences and is eminently
readable. Indeed, it should be read not only by students of
development and planning but also by practitioners, in both the
public and private sectors, whose development choices will affect
future vulnerabilities to climate change.' - Dame Judith Rees,
London School of Economics, UK 'The impacts of climate change can
appear remote when compared with such immediate problems as
poverty, disease and economic stagnation. Yet, climate change can
directly affect the achievement of many development objectives. How
development occurs also has implications for the vulnerability of
societies to the impacts of climate change. In providing a ''deep
dive'' into the nexus between adaptation to climate change and
economic development this volume makes a valuable contribution to
the literature. Furthermore, it also provides timely guidance to
policy practitioners on how to make climate resilient development a
reality.' - Shardul Agrawala, OECD, France Some climate change is
now inevitable and strategies to adapt to these changes are quickly
developing. The question is particularly paramount for low-income
countries, which are likely to be most affected. This timely and
unique book takes an integrated look at the twin challenges of
climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to
climate change as an issue of climate-resilient development, rather
than as a bespoke set of activities (flood defences, drought plans,
and so on), combining climate and development challenges into a
single strategy. It asks how the standard approaches to development
need to change, and what socio-economic trends and urbanisation
mean for the vulnerability of developing countries to climate
risks. Combining conceptual thinking with practical policy
prescriptions and experience the contributors argue that, to
address these questions, climate risk has to be embedded fully into
wider development strategies. This point of view is gaining in
prominence in the development community; however, the contributors
assert that a comprehensive analytical treatment is so far lacking.
This unique and innovative book will appeal to the development
community, such as think tanks and aid agencies, as well as
academics and those involved in climate change policy and
development. Contributors include: M. Bangalore, M. Bezabih, L.
Bonzanigo, D. Castells-Quintana, H. Costa, M. del Pilar
Lopez-Uribe, S. Dietz, C. Dixon, S. Fankhauser, M. Fay, J.
Finnegan, G. Floater, S. Hallegatte, A. Hunt, T. Kane, S. Lovo, T.
McDermott, C. McLaren, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, S. Surminski, D.
Treguer, A. Vogt-Schilb, G. Singer, M. Waldinger, J. Ward, P.
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