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Adapting to climate change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Ebinger, Jane O, Block, Rachel I, Fay, Marianne

2010,2012

Overview

The climate is changing, and the Eastern 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. This book presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It starts with a discussion of emerging best-practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections. It then discusses possible actions to improve resilience organized around impacts on health, natural resources (water, biodiversity, and the coastal environment), 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 hydro-meteorological services. This book has four key messages: a) contrary to popular perception, Eastern Europe and Central Asia face significant threats from climate change, with a number of the most serious risks already in evidence; b) vulnerability over the next 10 to 20 years is likely to be dominated by socioeconomic factors and legacy issues; c) even countries and sectors that stand to benefit from climate change are poorly positioned to do so; and d) the next decade offers a window of opportunity for ECA countries to make their development more resilient to climate change while reaping numerous co-benefits.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications
• Subject: ADAPTATION ACTION / ADAPTATION ACTIONS / ADAPTATION CONTEXT / ADAPTATION DEFICIT / ADAPTATION EFFORTS / ADAPTATION INITIATIVES / ADAPTATION MEASURES / ADAPTATION NEEDS / ADAPTATION OPTIONS / ADAPTATION PLANNING / ADAPTATION PLANS / ADAPTATION PRACTICES / ADAPTATION PROCESS / ADAPTATION PROCESSES / ADAPTATION RESPONSES / ADAPTATION STRATEGIES / ADAPTATION STRATEGY / ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE / ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE / ADAPTING / ADAPTIVE CAPACITY / ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDEX / ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE / ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE / ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE / AIR / AIR POLLUTION / APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING / ARCTIC OCEAN / ARSENIC / ATMOSPHERE / BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION / BIOCLIMATIC MODELS / BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION / BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION / CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION / CAPACITY-BUILDING / CARBON / CARBON DIOXIDE / CARBON INTENSITY / CATASTROPHIC EVENTS / Central Asia / CLIMATE / CLIMATE ADAPTATION / CLIMATE CHANGE / CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES / CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION / CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT / CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS / CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS / CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY / CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM / CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS / CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS / CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO / CLIMATE CHANGES / CLIMATE CONDITIONS / CLIMATE DATA / CLIMATE EVENTS / CLIMATE EXTREMES / CLIMATE FORECASTING / CLIMATE IMPACT / CLIMATE IMPACTS / CLIMATE INFORMATION / 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 / CLIMATE VARIATION / CLIMATE-RELATED EVENTS / CLIMATIC CHANGE / CLIMATIC CHANGES / Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Europe, Eastern / Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Russia (Federation.) / CLIMATIC FACTORS / CO2 / COLORS / CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE / CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS / COPING CAPACITY / CYANIDE / DISASTER MANAGEMENT / DISASTER PREPAREDNESS / DISASTER RECOVERY / DISASTER RISK / DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT / DROUGHT / DROUGHT CONDITIONS / DROUGHT TOLERANCE / DROUGHT YEARS / DRY SPELL / DRY SUMMERS / Eastern Europe / ECOLOGICAL ZONES / EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION / ELECTRICITY / EMISSIONS / ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE / Environmental policy / Environmental policy -- Europe, Eastern / Environmental policy -- Russia (Federation) / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE / Europe, Eastern / EVAPORATION / EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE / EXTREME EVENT / EXTREME EVENTS / EXTREME TEMPERATURES / EXTREME WEATHER / EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS / FLOOD / FLOODING / FLOODS / FOREST / FOREST FIRES / FOREST STOCK / FORESTRY / FORESTS / FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE / FROST / FUTURE ADAPTATION / FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE / FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY / GAS / GCM / GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL / GHG / GLACIAL MELT / GLACIERS / GLOBAL CLIMATE / GLOBAL WARMING / GOLD / Government policy / GREENHOUSE / GREENHOUSE GAS / GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS / 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 / IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES / INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE / IPCC / LAND USE / LANDFILLS / LEACHING / LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY / 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 / PRECIPITATION / RAIN / RAINFALL / RAINFALL INTENSITY / RAINFALL PATTERNS / RAINY SEASON / REGIONAL CLIMATE / REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL / RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE / Russia / Russia (Federation) / Russian Federation / SEA-LEVEL / SEA-LEVEL RISE / SEASONAL RAINFALL / SEASONAL TEMPERATURE / STORM SURGE / STORMS / SUMMER DROUGHTS / SUMMER HEAT WAVES / SUMMER TEMPERATURES / SURFACE EVAPORATION / TEMPERATURE / TEMPERATURE CHANGES / TEMPERATURE INCREASES / TEMPORAL DATA / TRANSPORT SECTOR / UNDERGROUND WATER / VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE / WARMER CLIMATE / WARMER TEMPERATURES / WARMING CLIMATE / WATER TREATMENT / WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY / WINTER TEMPERATURES / WMO
• ISBN: 0821381318, 9780821381311, 9780821381328, 0821381326