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Adapting to the inevitable

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  • Martin Parry

    (the Jackson Environment Institute, University College London)

  • Nigel Arnell

    (University of Southampton)

  • Mike Hulme

    (the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia)

  • Robert Nicholls

    (the Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University)

  • Matthew Livermore

    (the Jackson Environment Institute, University College London)

Abstract

Greenhouse-gas emissions targets to be discussed in Buenos Aires next month will have little effect on the potential impacts of climate change. We should be exploring ways of adapting to impacts, some of which are inevitable.

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  • Martin Parry & Nigel Arnell & Mike Hulme & Robert Nicholls & Matthew Livermore, 1998. "Adapting to the inevitable," Nature, Nature, vol. 395(6704), pages 741-741, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:395:y:1998:i:6704:d:10.1038_27316
    DOI: 10.1038/27316
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    3. Indur Goklany, 2007. "Integrated strategies to reduce vulnerability and advance adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 12(5), pages 755-786, June.
    4. Khan, Shahbaz & Hanjra, Munir A., 2009. "Footprints of water and energy inputs in food production - Global perspectives," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 130-140, April.
    5. Michel Damian, 2012. "Repenser l'économie du changement climatique," Post-Print halshs-00709929, HAL.
    6. Richard Tol, 2007. "The double trade-off between adaptation and mitigation for sea level rise: an application of FUND," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 12(5), pages 741-753, June.
    7. Paavola, Jouni & Adger, W. Neil, 2006. "Fair adaptation to climate change," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(4), pages 594-609, April.
    8. George Frisvold & Charles Sanchez & Noel Gollehon & Sharon B. Megdal & Paul Brown, 2018. "Evaluating Gravity-Flow Irrigation with Lessons from Yuma, Arizona, USA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-27, May.
    9. Md Aboul Fazal Younus & Nick Harvey, 2014. "Economic consequences of failed autonomous adaptation to extreme floods: A case study from Bangladesh," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 29(1-2), pages 22-37, February.

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