Climate Change and Adaptation
Edited by Neil Leary ,  James Adejuwon ,  Vicente Barros ,  Jyoti Kulkarni ,  Ian Burton ,  Rodel Lasco
Cloth: 978 1 84407 470 9
Price: $146.00  

Paper: 978 1 84407 689 5
Price: $67.95  

Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
December 2008 , 400 pp., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"
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Many parts of the developing world are subject to variable and extreme climate, the impacts of which impede development and point to the need to improve the understanding and management of climate risks. These needs are being amplified by human-caused climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its 2001 report that much of the developing world is highly vulnerable to adverse impacts from climate change. But the IPCC also concluded that the vulnerabilities of developing countries are too little studied and too poorly understood to enable determination of adaptation strategies that would be effective at reducing risks. Climate Change and Adaptation and its companion volume Climate Change and Vulnerability, resulting from the work of the Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) project launched by the IPCC in 2002, are the first to provide a comprehensive investigation of the issues at stake.

Climate Change and Adaptation covers current practices for managing climate risks to food security, water resources, livelihoods, human health and infrastructure, deficits between current practices and needs for effective management of climate risks, the changing nature of the risks due to human-caused climate change, strategies for adapting to climate change to lessen the risks, and the need to integrate these strategies into development planning and resource management. The book also identifies obstacles to effective adaptation and explore measures needed to create conditions that are favorable to climate change adaptation. The findings and lessons will be of use to policymakers and managers responsible for understanding and avoiding potentially adverse effects from climate change on sustainable development, food security, agriculture, water resources, forests, fisheries, grazing lands, biodiversity and public health. Citizen activists who are concerned about reducing the threats from climate change to the poor, sustainable development, biodiversity, and sensitive environmental systems and resources will learn about options for management of the threats.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword—R. K. Pachauri; 1) A Stitch in Time: General Lessons from Specific Cases—Neil Leary, James Adejuwon, Vicente Barros, Punsalmaa Batima, Bonizella Biagini, Ian Burton, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Rex Cruz, Daniel Dabi, Alain de Comarmond, Bill Dougherty, Pauline Dube, Andrew Githeke, Ayman Abou Hadid, Molly Hellmuth, Richard Kangalawe, Jyoti Kulkarni, Mahendra Kumar, Rodel Lasco, Melchior Mataki, Mahmoud Medany, Mansour Mohsen, Gustavo Nagy, Momodou Njie, Jabavu Nkomo, Anthony Nyong, Blagis Osman-Elasha, El-Amin Sanjek, Roberto Seiler, Michael Taylor, Maria Travasso, Graham von Maltitz, Shem Wandiga and Mónica Wehbe; 2) Adapting Conservation Strategies to Climate Change in Southern Africa—Graham von Maltitz, Roberto J. Scholes, Barend Erasmus and Anthony Letsoalo; 3) Benefits and Costs of Adapting Water Planning and Management to Climate Change and Water Demand Growth in the Western Cape of South Africa—John M. Callaway, Daniël B. Louw, Jabavu C. Nkomo, Molly E. Hellmuth and Debbie A. Sparks; 4) Indigenous Knowledge, Institutions and Practices for Coping with Variable Climate in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana—Opha Pauline Dube and Mogodisheng B. M. Sekhwela; 5) Community Development and Coping with Drought in Rural Sudan—Balgis Osman-Elasha, Nagmeldin Goutbi, Erika Spanger-Siegfried, Bill Dougherty, Ahmed Hanafi, Sumaya Zakieldeen, El-Amin Sanjak, Hassan A. Atti and Hashim M. Elhassan; 6) Climate, Malaria and Cholera in the Lake Victoria Region: Adapting to Changing Risks—Pius Yanda, Shem Wandiga, Richard Kangalawe, Maggie Opondo, Dan Olago, Andrew Githeko, Tim Downs, Robert Kabumbuli, Alfred Opere, Faith Githui, James Kathuri, Lydia Olaka, Eugene Apindi, Michael Marshall, Laban Ogallo, Paul Mugambi, Edward Kirumira, Robinah Nanynja, Timothy Baguma, Rehema Sigalla and Pius Achola; 7) Making Economic Sense of Adaptation in Upland Cereal Production Systems in The Gambia—Momodou Njie, Bernard E. Gomes, Milly E. Hellmuth, John M. Callaway, Bubu P. Jallow and Peter Droogers; 8) Past, Present and Future Adaptation by Rural Households of Northern Nigeria—Daniel D. Dabi, Anthony O. Nyong, Adebowale A. Adepetu and Vincent I. Ihemegbulem; 9) Using Seasonal Weather Forecasts for Adapting Food Production to Climate Variability and Climate Change in Nigeria—James Oladpo Adejuwon, Theophilus Odeyemi Odekunle and Mary Omoluke Omotayo; 10) Adapting Dryland and Irrigated Cereal Farming to Climate Change in Tunisia and Egypt—Raoudha Mougou, Ayman Abou-Hadid, Ana Iglesias, Mahmoud Medany, Amel Nafti, Riadh Chetali, Mohsen Mansour and Helmy Eid; 11) Adapting to Drought, Zud and Climate Change in Mongolia’s Rangelands—Punsalmaa Batima, Bat Bold, Tserendash Sainkhuu and Myagmarjav Bavuu; 12) Evaluation of Adaptation Options for the Heihe River Basin of China—Yongyuan Yin, Zhongming Xu and Aihua Long; 13) Strategies for Managing Climate Risks in the Lower Mekong River Basin: A Place-based Approach—Suppakorn Chinvanno, Soulideth Souvannalath, Boontium Lersupavithnapa, Vichien Kerdsuk and Nguyen Thuan; 14) Spillovers and Trade-offs of Adaptation in the Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed of the Philippines—Rodel D. Lasco, Rex Victor O. Cruz, Juan M. Pulhin and Florencia B. Pulhin; 15) Top-down, Bottom-up: Mainstreaming Adaptation in Pacific Island Townships—Melchior Mataki, Kanayathu oshy and Veen Nair; 16) Adapting to Dengue Risk in the Caribbean—Michael A. Taylor, Anthony Chen, Samuel Rawlins, Charmaine Help-Thomas, Dharmaratne Amarakoon, Wilma Bailey, Dave Chadee, Sherine Huntley, Cassandra Rhoden and Roxanne Stennett; 17) Adaptation to Climate Trends: Lessons from the Argentine Experience—Vicente Barros; 18) Local Perspectives on Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons from Mexico and Argentina—Mónica Wehbe, Hallie Eaking, Roberto Seiler, Marta Vincour, Cristian Ávila, Cecelia Maurutto and Gerardo Sánchez Torres; 19) Maize and Soybean Cultivation in Southeastern South America: Adapting to Climate Change—Maria I. Travasso, Graciela O. Magrin, Walter E. Barthgen, José P. Castaño, Gabriel R. Rodriguez, João L. Pires, Agustin Gimenez, Gilberto Cunha and Muricio Fernandes; 20) Fishing Strategies for Managing Climate Variability and Change in the Estuarine Front of the Río de la Plata—Gustavo J. Nagy, Mario Bidegain, Rubén M. Cafera, Walter Norbis, Alvaro Ponce, Valentine Pshennikov and Dimitri N. Severov; Index.


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"Climate change is a timely topic. Much has been written on the subject, but most publications have ignored the impact on developing countries and how humans can adapt to these changes. The studies in this two-volume set based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2007, are a product of the Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) project. Leary, science director of AIACG and colleagues present case studies with a special emphasis on developing countries and the application of vulnerability assessment methods as a management approach for climate change. Climate Change andAdaptarton focuses heavily on climate changes in Africa, South America, and Asia. The companion volume, Climate Change and Vulnerability, is divided into sections that include "Natural Resource Systems," "Coastal Areas," "Rural Economy and Food Security," and "Human Health." Each study is extensively documented with figures. tables, and a list of references. 'This resource is valuable for an environmental science researcher- Summing Up: Recommended
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“Sound and solid case studies on vulnerability and adaptation have been woefully lacking in the international discourse on climate change. This set of books begins to bridge the gap...they can assist in not only helping countries and communities to climate-proof economies but also put the spotlight on the much needed investments that are urgently required to reduce vulnerability.”
- Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director , United Nations Environment Program