Climate Change Adaptation Scenarios in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 233-260
Author(s):  
Mohsen M. Aboulnaga ◽  
Amr F. Elwan ◽  
Mohamed R. Elsharouny
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Scenarios

Development as Self-Interest

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Blodgett Bermeo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

This chapter introduces the role of development as a self-interested policy pursued by industrialized states in an increasingly connected world. As such, it is differentiated from traditional geopolitical accounts of interactions between industrialized and developing states as well as from assertions that the increased focus on development stems from altruistic motivations. The concept of targeted development—pursuing development abroad when and where it serves the interests of the policymaking states—is introduced and defined. The issue areas covered in the book—foreign aid, trade agreements between industrialized and developing countries, and finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation—are introduced. The preference for bilateral, rather than multilateral, action is discussed.

scholarly journals Climate change adaptation networks for small and medium-sized cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Häußler ◽  
Wolfgang Haupt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Regional Network ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Response Systems ◽  
Adaptation Scenarios

AbstractCities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Many larger cities have identified the potential impacts of different climate change adaptation scenarios. However, their smaller and medium-sized counterparts are often not able to address climate risks effectively due to a lack of necessary resources. Since a large number of cities worldwide are indeed small and medium-sized, this lack of preparedness represents a crucial weakness in global response systems. A promising approach to tackling this issue is to establish regional municipal networks. Yet, how might a regional network for small and medium-sized cities be systematically designed and further developed? Focussing on the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, we have explored this question by applying a participatory action research approach. As part of our research, we established a regional network framework for small and medium-sized cities. The framework supports small and medium-sized cities in identifying key regional actors, while taking local and regional contextual factors into account. Based on our findings, we suggest that other small and medium sized cities follow these steps: develop the knowledge base; build the network; and transfer and consolidate knowledge.

Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen M. Aboulnaga ◽  
Amr F. Elwan ◽  
Mohamed R. Elsharouny
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Urban Climate

scholarly journals Assessment on Climate Change Adaptation: A Study on Coastal Area of Khulna District in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Saline Water Intrusion ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Adaptation Scenarios ◽  
Very High

Bangladesh is likely to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change due to geographical location and geo-morphological conditions. Bangladesh experiences extremely disastrous situations like a cyclone, flood, saline water intrusion, water logging, heavy rainfall, river erosion, storm surge, etc. that occur frequently in the coastal part of Bangladesh. This results in a huge loss of lives, damages properties and degrades the integrity of the environmental components. This study was conducted on 2 villages (Chotta Chalna and Shivnagar) of Dacope Upazila of Khulna district with the purpose of assessing existing climate change adaptation scenarios and techniques for mitigating climate change-related risks. Necessary data were collected from various sources namely direct household survey, focus group discussion, and key informants interview and from various journals, related thesis papers. About 46% of the respondents cited cyclone is the most terrific type hazard and 17.33% of respondents cited salinity intrusion is the second devastating type hazard that they faced. The results show that the study area climate change risks are very high and existing climate change adaptation techniques are not effective enough to mitigate the risks. Sustainable climate change adaptation strategies are much needed to mitigate the climate change risks of the study area.

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