Bo Lim is the Senior Technical Advisor and Chief of the Capacity Development and Adaptation Group at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF). Erika Spanger-Siegfried is an Associate Scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute, Boston Center. Ian Burton is a Scientist Emeritus with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), and an Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto, where he was formerly Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies. Elizabeth L. Malone is a Senior Research Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. Saleemul Huq is Director of the Climate Change Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London.

"Not only is this book an excellent new resource in the literature on climate change, vulnerability, and adaptation, but it should take its place among the practical volumes used by scientists and policymakers concerned with adaptation to climate change." ARTIC

• Foreword; Executive summary; Part I. User's guidebook: Part II. Technical Papers: Preface; 1. Scoping and designing an adaptation project; 2. Engaging stakeholders in the adaptation process; 3. Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation; 4. Assessing current climate risks; 5. Assessing future climate risks; 6. Assessing current and changing socio-economic conditions; 7. Assessing and enhancing adaptive capacity; 8. Formulating an adaptation strategy; 9. Continuing the adaptation process; Part III. Case Studies: Preface; Case studies; Annexes: A. Glossary of terms; B. List of reviewers.

Bo Lim is the Senior Technical Advisor and Chief of the Capacity Development and Adaptation Group at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF). Erika Spanger-Siegfried is an Associate Scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute, Boston Center. Ian Burton is a Scientist Emeritus with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), and an Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto, where he was formerly Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies. Elizabeth L. Malone is a Senior Research Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. Saleemul Huq is Director of the Climate Change Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London.

"Not only is this book an excellent new resource in the literature on climate change, vulnerability, and adaptation, but it should take its place among the practical volumes used by scientists and policymakers concerned with adaptation to climate change." ARTIC

• Foreword; Executive summary; Part I. User's guidebook: Part II. Technical Papers: Preface; 1. Scoping and designing an adaptation project; 2. Engaging stakeholders in the adaptation process; 3. Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation; 4. Assessing current climate risks; 5. Assessing future climate risks; 6. Assessing current and changing socio-economic conditions; 7. Assessing and enhancing adaptive capacity; 8. Formulating an adaptation strategy; 9. Continuing the adaptation process; Part III. Case Studies: Preface; Case studies; Annexes: A. Glossary of terms; B. List of reviewers.

Bo Lim is the Senior Technical Advisor and Chief of the Capacity Development and Adaptation Group at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF). Erika Spanger-Siegfried is an Associate Scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute, Boston Center. Ian Burton is a Scientist Emeritus with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), and an Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto, where he was formerly Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies. Elizabeth L. Malone is a Senior Research Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. Saleemul Huq is Director of the Climate Change Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London.

"Not only is this book an excellent new resource in the literature on climate change, vulnerability, and adaptation, but it should take its place among the practical volumes used by scientists and policymakers concerned with adaptation to climate change." ARTIC

• Foreword; Executive summary; Part I. User's guidebook: Part II. Technical Papers: Preface; 1. Scoping and designing an adaptation project; 2. Engaging stakeholders in the adaptation process; 3. Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation; 4. Assessing current climate risks; 5. Assessing future climate risks; 6. Assessing current and changing socio-economic conditions; 7. Assessing and enhancing adaptive capacity; 8. Formulating an adaptation strategy; 9. Continuing the adaptation process; Part III. Case Studies: Preface; Case studies; Annexes: A. Glossary of terms; B. List of reviewers.