Holdings: The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change

The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change

This review focuses on the role of local institutions in adaptation to climate change. It does so under the belief that climate impacts will affect disadvantaged social groups more disproportionately, and that local institutions centrally influence...

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Main Author:	Agrawal, Arun
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ADAPTATION ADAPTATION ACTIONS ADAPTATION CHOICES ADAPTATION COSTS ADAPTATION EFFORTS ADAPTATION INTERVENTIONS ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION OPTIONS ADAPTATION POLICIES ADAPTATION PRACTICE ADAPTATION PRACTICES ADAPTATION PROJECTS ADAPTATION RESPONSES ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION STRATEGY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES ADAPTIVE RESPONSES ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES ADVERSE CLIMATE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ALLOCATION ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINKS CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE HAZARD CLIMATE HAZARDS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VULNERABILITY CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC RISK CLIMATIC STRESSES CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIABLES COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF ADAPTATION COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CROP INSURANCE DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS DISASTER RELIEF DISASTERS DROUGHT DROUGHT EVENTS DRY REGIONS DRY SEASONS ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION EMISSIONS EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENTS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FLOOD FLOODING FLOODS FLUCTUATIONS IN RAINFALL FOREST FOREST GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIERS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURES GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS HEAT HEAT STRESS HEAT WAVES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE RISKS IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE PRODUCT INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURANCE SCHEME INSURANCE SCHEMES INTENSE STORMS INTENSITY OF DROUGHT IPCC LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LIVESTOCK INSURANCE LOCAL ADAPTATION LOCAL ADAPTATIONS LOCAL ADAPTIVE CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL LEVELS LOWER COSTS LOWER RAINFALL MALADAPTATION MARKET FAILURES MITIGATION MITIGATION EFFORTS NATIONAL ADAPTATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES PET POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL RIGHTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRECIPITATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL LEVELS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA WALLS SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL GROUPS STORM SURGES STORMS SUCCESS OF ADAPTATION SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURES TEMPORAL STRUCTURE TEMPORAL VARIABILITY TEMPORAL VARIATIONS TOTAL BENEFITS TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNCERTAINTIES VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL VULNERABILITY INDICATORS VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER PATTERNS
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28274

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