Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
14 - How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 221 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
14.4 Further Reading
Carter, J.G., Cavan, G., Connelly, A., et al. 2015. Climate change and the city: building capacity for urban adaptation. Progress in Planning, 95, 1–66.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Murphy, C., Tembo, M., Phiri, A., Yerokum, O. and Grummell, B. 2016. Adapting to climate change in shifting landscapes of belief. Climatic Change, 134, 101–114.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Suckall, N., Stringer, L.C. and Tompkins, E.L. 2014. Presenting triple-wins? Assessing projects that deliver adaptation, mitigation and development co-benefits in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Ambio, 44, 34–41.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
14.5 Other Resources
Dartmouth Flood Observatory www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/index.html [accessed 16/07/16]
Deltares Adaptation Pathways Generator https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/AP/Pathways+Generator [accessed 16/07/16]
Keeping Rivers Cool Guidance www.asfb.org.uk/keeping-rivers-cool-new-guidance-for-river-managers/ [accessed 16/07/16]
Loughborough University TEmperature Network (LUTEN) www.luten.org.uk/home [accessed 16/07/16]
The Thames Barrier www.gov.uk/guidance/the-thames-barrier [accessed 16/07/16]