A Challinor

A Dai

A Michaelowa

A Reenberg

AL Luers

B Smit

BJ Barnett

BL Turner

BM Haddad

BP Jallow

C Vogel

D Schröter

Danida

DSG Thomas

EE Wheaton

G O’Brien

G Yohe

Gouvernement du Burkina Faso

H Eakin

HG Bohle

HM Fussel

I Burton

J Bojö

JCL Chan

Jørgen E. Olesen

K Emanuel

K Halsnæs

K Vincent

Kirsten Halsnæs

Kjeld Rasmussen

MJ Mortimore

MJ Watts

N Brooks

N Van Duivenbooden

O Davidson

Ole Mertz

P Tschakert

PJ Gregory

PM Kelly

PY Groisman

R Chambers

RW Kates

République du Mali

S Gigli

SH Eriksen

WN Adger

World Bank

Adaptation to climate change is given increasing international attention as the confidence in climate change projections is getting higher. Developing countries have specific needs for adaptation due to high vulnerabilities, and they will in this way carry a great part of the global costs of climate change although the rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are mainly the responsibility of industrialized countries. This article provides a status of climate change adaptation in developing countries. An overview of observed and projected climate change is given, and recent literature on impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation are reviewed, including the emerging focus on mainstreaming of climate change and adaptation in development plans and programs. The article also serves as an introduction to the seven research articles of this special issue on climate change adaptation in developing countries. It is concluded that although many useful steps have been taken in the direction of ensuring adequate adaptation in developing countries, much work still remains to fully understand the drivers of past adaptation efforts, the need for future adaptation, and how to mainstream climate into general development policies

Mertz, Ole

Halsnæs, Kirsten

Olesen, Jørgen E.

Rasmussen, Kjeld

Copenhagen University Research Information System

Adaptation to climate change in developing countries

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

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