Adaptive responses of plants to insect herbivores under climate change.

2015 ◽  
pp. 38-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rasmann ◽  
L. Pellissier
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Insect Herbivores ◽  
Adaptive Responses

scholarly journals Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 627-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergely Torda ◽  
Jennifer M. Donelson ◽  
Manuel Aranda ◽  
Daniel J. Barshis ◽  
Line Bay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Responses

scholarly journals Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Radchuk ◽  
Thomas Reed ◽  
Céline Teplitsky ◽  
Martijn van de Pol ◽  
Anne Charmantier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptive Responses

Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Metro Manila

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 75-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Porio
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Metro Manila ◽  
Poor Communities

Climate change and flooding in Asian cities pose great challenges to the environmental and human security of the population and their governance systems. This paper examines the intersections of ecological-environmental and social vulnerability and the adaptive responses of urban poor communities and commercial-industrial establishments in Metro Manila to floods and other climate change-related effects, such as storm surges and sea-level rise (SLR). These weaken the communities’ ecological-environmental systems, threaten the well-being and security of the people and strain the resources of city governments. Disaggregating the ecological-environment vulnerabilities of a city/community according to specific places/spaces (or place-based vulnerabilities) that lead also to variable patterns among different groups (e.g., gender, income group, sector) of adaptive responses to flooding. Drawing a systematic sample of urban poor households and industrial-commercial establishments along the Pasig-Marikina River Basin of Metro Manila, this study utilised household surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions (FGD) and secondary data sources, in analysing the sources of their vulnerability and adaptive responses. Existing studies generally focus on the vulnerability and adaptation of urban-rural populations and do not highlight the interaction of place-based vulnerabilities with sector-specific vulnerabilities that reconfigure flood impacts and responses among the urban poor communities and commercial-industrial establishments during and after floods. In particular, poor and female-headed households residing in highly degraded environments or places/spaces within and across urban poor communities suffered higher damages and losses compared to better-off households and establishments. The interaction of these drivers of vulnerability further heightens and compromises the environmental and human security needs of poor people, their communities and those in the private sector that local/national government agencies need to respond.

Climate, Oceans, and the Law of Special and General Adaptation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Rashid Sumaila
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
General Adaptation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Adaptation Law ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
International Fisheries

This chapter describes the literature of adaptation law in the context of international ocean governance. Adaptation law consists of rules aimed at minimizing the social costs associated with human response to climate impacts. These can be used to shape the behaviour of private actors or public institutions. The law sometimes might provide incentives to make enterprises more resilient as it makes capital unnecessarily stranded during climate change. In order to illustrate the challenges of implementation in the ocean context, the chapter focuses on two examples: international fisheries and ‘mari-engineering’. International fisheries represent ongoing ocean use and regulated by a well-developed body of international law. Due to the wide range of possible climate impacts and adaptive responses, proactive changes to existing fisheries rules in anticipation of climate change fit into the category of general adaptation law, while mari-engineering is engineering the seas to slow or halt climate change impacts.

scholarly journals Vertical integration for climate change adaptation in the water sector: lessons from decentralisation in Africa and India

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2729-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Ziervogel ◽  
Poshendra Satyal ◽  
Ritwika Basu ◽  
Adelina Mensah ◽  
Chandni Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Formal And Informal Institutions ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Semi Arid

AbstractVertical integration, which creates strategic linkages between national and sub-national levels, is being promoted as important for climate change adaptation. Decentralisation, which transfers authority and responsibility to lower levels of organisation, serves a similar purpose and has been in place for a number of decades. Based on four case studies in semi-arid regions in Africa and India, this paper argues that vertical integration for climate change adaptation should reflect on lessons from decentralisation related to governing natural resources, particularly in the water sector. The paper focuses on participation and flexibility, two central components of climate change adaptation, and considers how decentralisation has enhanced or undermined these. The findings suggest that vertical integration for adaptation will be strengthened if a number of lessons are considered, namely (i) actively seek equitable representation from marginal and diverse local groups drawing on both formal and informal participation structures, (ii) assess and address capacity deficits that undermine flexibility and adaptive responses, especially within lower levels of government, and (iii) use hybrid modes of governance that include government, intermediaries and diverse local actors through both formal and informal institutions to improve bottom-up engagement.

Are tourism businesses’ responses to weather variability a suitable precursor to climate change adaptation?

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 578-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Becken ◽  
Jude Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Great Level ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Weather Sensitivity

Purpose This paper aims to investigate weather sensitivity of tourism businesses in New Zealand to examine whether adaptive responses and “learning” about current weather can help operators to prepare more proactively for future climatic changes. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on data from interviews with 57 tourism operators and stakeholders in three key tourist destinations in New Zealand. Data were content-analysed and coded into weather types, impacts and business responses. Findings This research found that tourism stakeholders were well aware of the specific weather conditions that caused business problems, and they had considerable knowledge and experience in responding to conditions effectively, even though the causal chain of weather conditions and direct and indirect tourism impacts was often quite complex. Importantly, operators were found to learn from previous experience and also from other agents at the destination. Thus, the research established that a collective process of “sense making” occurred in relation to managing the weather. A longer term perspective of future, and possibly more dramatic, climatic changes, was not taken however. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited to three case study destinations and is also subject to the usual limitations of qualitative research (including interviewee selection and coding). However, the research does indicate a great level of weather literacy which could be extended into adaptive capacity for climate change, if general awareness of climate change adaptation needs could be enhanced among operators. Originality/value This paper provides detailed insights into the weather sensitivity of tourism operators and stakeholders, and of their current ability to deal with various conditions and impacts. Their weather “sense” and weather responses provide a solid platform on which more explicit and planned climate change adaptation might be based.

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