Description: Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia

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Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia

The climate is changing; and the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, winds...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCING ADAPTATION ACTION ADAPTATION ACTIONS ADAPTATION CONTEXT ADAPTATION DEFICIT ADAPTATION EFFORTS ADAPTATION INITIATIVES ADAPTATION MEASURES ADAPTATION NEEDS ADAPTATION OPTIONS ADAPTATION PLANS ADAPTATION PRACTICES ADAPTATION PRIORITIES ADAPTATION PROCESS ADAPTATION PROCESSES ADAPTATION PROGRAM ADAPTATION RESPONSES ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ADAPTATION STRATEGY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDICATORS ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AIR POLLUTION APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING ARCTIC OCEAN ARSENIC ATMOSPHERE BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION BELIEF IN CLIMATE CHANGE BIOCLIMATIC MODELS CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION CARBON CARBON INTENSITY CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELERS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLIMATE SHOCK CLIMATE STRESS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CO2 COLORS CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS COPING CAPACITY COST OF ADAPTATION DAMAGES DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DROUGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS DROUGHT TOLERANCE DROUGHT YEARS DRY SPELL DRY SUMMERS ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC MODELS EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS EVAPORATION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME VALUE THEORY EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH STOCK FLOOD CONTROL FLOODING FLOODS FOREST FOREST FIRES FOREST STOCK FORESTRY FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FROST FUTURE ADAPTATION FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GHG GLACIAL MELT GLACIERS GLOBAL WARMING GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HAIL HEAT HEAT STRESS HEAT WAVES HEAVY RAINS HOT DAYS HOT SUMMER HURRICANES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE AGE ICE COVER IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF HEAT WAVES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLEMENT ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES INCOME INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LANDFILLS LEACHING LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION MALADAPTATION MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MITIGATION MITIGATION EFFORTS NATIONAL ADAPTATION NATIONAL CLIMATE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NITROGEN OIL EQUIVALENT PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PESTICIDES PLANT GROWTH POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO POWER SECTOR PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINY SEASON REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE SEASONAL RAINFALL SEASONAL TEMPERATURE STORM SURGE STORMS SUMMER DROUGHTS SUMMER HEAT WAVES SUMMER TEMPERATURES SURFACE EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE INCREASES TRANSPORT SECTOR UNCERTAINTIES UNDERGROUND WATER VULNERABILITY INDICATORS VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARMER CLIMATE WARMER TEMPERATURES WARMING CLIMATE WATER TREATMENT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WINTER TEMPERATURES WMO
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Summary:	The climate is changing; and the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and cost of natural disasters have risen dramatically in the region. And the concentration of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere guarantees that similar or greater changes are yet to come, even if the world completely stopped emitting carbon dioxide. Now, and at least for the near future, ECA vulnerability is being driven more by its existing sensitivity than by the severity of the climate impacts. In fact, ECA already suffers from a serious adaptation deficit even to its current climate. This derives from a combination of socioeconomic factors and the Soviet legacy of environmental mismanagement. This report presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for ECA. It starts with a discussion of emerging best practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections. The report then discusses possible actions to improve resilience organized around impacts on natural resources (water, biodiversity, and the coastal environment), health, the 'unbuilt' environment (agriculture and forestry), and the built environment (infrastructure and housing). The last chapter concludes with a discussion of two areas in great need of strengthening given the changing climate: disaster preparedness and hydrometeorological services.