Concise Introduction to Adaptation to Climate Change

Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and social science and are expertly written by some of the world’s leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking. How can we adapt to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on humanity and the environment? In this enlightening book, Ian Noble outlines the history of adaptation, new ways of adapting and how approaches to mitigation and adaptation are changing. Looking at how we have thought about the joint roles of mitigating our emissions and adapting to changed climates to avoid suffering, the book presents adaptation from both scholars’ and practitioners’ viewpoints and draws upon the experience of those most affected. Turning to the future, it maps potential ways forward and the challenges of adaptation in a world beset by other crises, both natural and political.Key Features:Explores the ways adaptation could be financedTakes up the current debate on transformative adaptationAssesses how adaptation can be incorporated in future climate actionAnalyses topics such as insurance and recompensing people for losses and damages from extreme weather eventsThis is an essential read for scholars and students of geography, politics and public policy, the environment, and sociology. It will also be invaluable to practitioners in risk management and climate compliance, alongside mitigation specialists, legal professionals in climate litigation and journalists reporting on climate issues.