Adapting to Climate Change: Methods and Tools for Climate Risk Management
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Anthropogenic climate change, and the risks that a changing climate presents, is now widely acknowledged to be a reality, and one that represents a serious threat to organisations in the private and public sector, as well as to society as a whole.
These risks range from adverse impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity, water resources, food production, and infrastructure. As the Earth continues to warm, these risks are likely to increase in relevance, and as such organisations that have business areas which are sensitive to climate related risks, will need to adapt to this changing environment, in order to reduce or avoid any negative consequences, and seize any positive consequences.
Adaptation to the risks posed by climate change and variability is a complex process, and one that is still relatively new to many organisations. To date, progress on adaptation in both the private and public sector has at best been patchy. In view of the relative novelty of the issue, together with the complexity of the challenge, there is a clear need for guidance and support, to help assist organisations in making progress with adaptation.
This guidebook, Adapting to climate change: methods and tools for climate risk management, seeks to provide organisations with the information they need in order to understand the range of issues involved in adaptation, and to help them make informed decisions about how they may make progress with adaptation planning in practice. This version of the guidebook is a first order draft, to which feedback is warmly welcomed.
- Climate change, and the impacts of climate change and variability, are real and already have major consequences on a range of different business activities, which are of relevance to organisations in both the public and private sector. As the world continues to warm, these impacts are likely to increase in relevance.
- Adapting to the impacts of climate change and variability, to reduce any negative consequences, and seize any positive consequences, is an issue of forward planning, and is an urgent requirement.
- Adaptation to climate change is a complex process, requiring the synthesis and integration of a range of different approaches, methods, tools, and stakeholder engagement.
- A risk management framework is highly attractive for dealing with adaptation, and the consequences from climate risks.
- The potential for effective climate risk management, and thus adaptation, is increased by considering all the relevant climate and non-climate factors that relate to a particular adaptation problem, and by integrating climate risks into corporate risk management strategies.
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