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Bodenschutz in der deutschen Landwirtschaft – Stand und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten (Soil protection in German agriculture - Status and possible improvements)

Different soil protection measures are described and economically evaluated. Based on the evaluation recommendations are formulated.

Impacts of Climate Change on European Forests and Options for Adaptation

This study compiles and summarizes the existing knowledge about observed and projected impacts of climate change on forests in Europe and reviews options for forests and forestry to adapt to climate change.

Economic Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and their role in project prioritisation and appraisal

In this paper the authors Peter Kuch and Simone Gigli have been applying their economist’s thinking to the challenge of how to prioritise and appraise adaptation options in developing countries.

Potential costs and benefits of adaptation options: A review of existing literature

Critique of UNFCCC (2007) and comment on global adaptation financing needs for 2030 in developing countries. Concludes the costs of adapting to climate change have been significantly under-estimated.

PESETA - Coastal Zones

Costs and benefits of adaptation for coastal zones in Europe using the DIVA model

Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Human Health: Empirical Evidence from the Literature.

This paper critically reviews a number of studies about the costs of planned adaptation in the health context, and compares current health expenditures with MDGs which are felt to be inadequate when considering climate change impacts.

Sweden facing climate change - threats and opportunities

Costs of adaptation for many sectors, costs and benefits for road transport sector

Foresight. Future Flooding. Scientific Summary: Volumes I and II.

The report assess possible UK flood risk between 2030 and 2100.

Cost-effectiveness of the lyme disease vaccine

A vaccine for Lyme disease was approved in 1998 for use in the US. Given the high cost of the vaccine, the low risk of Lyme disease in many areas, and the largely curable nature of the disease, the cost-effectiveness of the vaccine in various risk groups is uncertain.

Climate Warming and Water Management Adaptation for California

Paper focuses on the likely effects of a range of climate warming estimates on the long-term performance and management of California’s water system.

Effects of seasonal climate forecasts and participatory workshops among subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe

Improvement in harvests from use of El Nino and non-El Nino forecasts for subsistence farmers

Project Appraisal Document on a Proposed Loan in the Amount of US$150 million and a grant from the Global Environment Facility in the Amount of US$7 million for Government of Romania for a Hazard Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project

The overall objective of the project is to assist the Government of Romania in reducing the environmental, social, and economic vulnerability to natural disasters and catastrophic mining accidental spills of pollutants.

Human health. In Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability,

This volume illustrates the impacts of global warming already under way and the potential for adaptation to reduce the vulnerability to, and risks of climate change.

Efficient adaptation to climate change

This paper stresses the lack of efficciency on adaptation

The economics of climate change adaptation in EU coastal areas

This study on ‘The economics of climate change adaptation in EU coastal areas’ provides insights in the state-of-play and the financial dimension of the actions undertaken to prepare Europe’s coastal zones, including the Outermost regions, to the effects of climate change

Impact Assessment Guidelines

These Guidelines are for Commission staff preparing impact assessments. They consist of a core text (this document) and annexes. The core text explains what IA is, presents the key actors, sets out the procedural rules for preparing, carrying out and presenting an IA, and gives guidance on the analytical steps to follow in the IA work.

Part III: Annexes to Impact Assessment Guidelines

These Guidelines are for Commission staff preparing impact assessments. They consist of a core text (this document) and annexes. The core text explains what IA is, presents the key actors, sets out the procedural rules for preparing, carrying out and presenting an IA, and gives guidance on the analytical steps to follow in the IA work. The Annexes deliver more support.

Chapter 29: Stunting, Wasting, and Micronutrient Deficiency Disorders.

This chapter summarizes the problems of undernutrition and vitamin A, iron, zinc, and iodine deficiencies in young children and current programmatic efforts to prevent and treat them.

Annotated guidelines for the preparation of national adaptation programmes of action

Describes annotated guidelines for the preparation of national adaptation programmes of action

Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change

In 1999, the UNFCCC Secretariat took a first step towards disseminating information on methods and tools when it produced a report entitled Compendium of Decision Tools to Evaluate Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change. Since then, the adaptation assessment process has changed considerably and in some ways grown more sophisticated.

Adaptation to Climate Change: Needs and Opportunities in Southeast Asia

This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia. Adaptation refers to the actions taken by individuals, communities, or governments in response to climate change, to reduce the adverse impacts or to take advantage of opportunities offered by such changes.

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: Quantify the Cost of Impacts and Adaptation

The aim of this project is to advance knowledge of the costs of climate change in the UK, by generating initial estimates of the welfare effects associated with specific impacts occurring under a range of climate change and socioeconomic scenarios for the UK. To the extent possible, it also indicates how and where the burden of these welfare affects may fall.

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