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Policy Briefing Note 3: River Floods. The Impacts and Economic Costs of River Floods in the European Union, and the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation

Policy brief which provides an overview of the European-wide assessment of the impacts and economic costs of floods, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation.

Sea-Level Rise: The Impacts and Costs of Sea-Level Rise on Coastal Zones in the EU and the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation

Policy brief which provides an overview of the European-wide assessment of the impacts and economic costs of sea-level rise, and an analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation.

Using Portfolio Theory to Guide Reforestation and Restoration Under Climate Change Scenarios

Using Portfolio Theory, this study develops a method by which the selection of genetic material, to be used in regenerating or restoring a forest, is optimally adapted to multiple, equally probable future climates.

Working Together with Water: A Living Land Builds for Ist Future

Report commissioned by the Dutch government for recommendations on how to protect the Dutch coast and the low-lying hinterland against the consequences of climate change.

Assessing the robustness of adaptation decisions to climate change uncertainties: A case study on water resources management in the East of England

This paper presents an assessment framework that allows the identification of adaptation strategies that are robust (i.e. insensitive) to climate change uncertainties.

Uncertainty and Climate Change Adaptation: A Scoping Study

The report reviews methods and tools available in the literature on the assessment of climate change uncertainties and reviews existing frameworks for decision making under uncertainty for adaptation to climate change in the Netherlands.

Robust Decision Making for Sustainable and Scalable Drought Index-Based Microinsurance in Ethiopia: Reducing Weather Related Disaster Risk With Rural Agro-Insurance

An agent-partner, index-based microinsurance product design was explored as a risk management tool for drought in Ethiopia.

Investing for the Future: Flood and Coastal Risk Management in England

Report sets out the best available evidence on the choices the people of England face regarding how much should be invested in managing the increasing risk of flooding and coastal erosion, and how the Environment Agency should deliver a long-term programme of investment.

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Annexes: Ethiopia

Describes in detail the main models, assumptions, and analysis methods used in the large report: Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Ethiopia.

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Ethiopia

Main goal is to aid Ethiopia's government to understand the potential economic impacts of climate change and to develop sound policies and investments in response to such impacts. Adaptation options and their costs are estimated and compared with the costs of inaction.

Flexible Urban Drainage Systems in New Land-use Areas

Dissertation focuses on the need for flexibility in urban drainage systems due to uncertain future conditions.

Guiding climate compatible development: User-orientated analysis of planning tools and methodologies

Report provides an overview of the tools and methodologies available to plan adaptation, mitigation and development, and to guide decision makers towards climate compatible development pathways.

Economics of Climate Change: Kenya

Study covers the impacts and economics costs of climate change, the costs of adaptation, and the potential for low carbon growth in Kenya.

The Economics of Climate Change in the United Republic of Tanzania

Study covers the impacts and economics costs of climate change, the costs of adaptation, and the potential for low carbon growth in Tanzania.

Urban Regions: Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability Assessments by Indicators and Adaptation Options for Climate Change Impacts

Study assesses the feasibility of developing climate change related vulnerability indicators for urban areas to support future EU spatial development policy by reviewing available literature and research activities.

An Economic Approach to Adaptation: Illustrations from Europe

Paper discusses a more strategic, economic approach to public adaptation and compares it with adaptation practice in Europe.

The Costs of Adaptation

Opinion paper which reviews the existing literature on adaptation costs.

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Smallholder Adoption and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Paper provides a brief review of the adaptation and mitigation benefits from various practices, and then focus in detail on empirical evidence concerning costs and barriers to adoption, both from household and project-level data.

Adaptation to Climate Change: Global Costs and Practical Examples (Adaptatie aan Klimaatveranderiung - Globale Kosten en Praktische Voorbelden)

Executive summary of report (in English)

Adaptatie aan Klimaatveranderiung - Globale Kosten en Praktische Voorbelden. Literatuurstudie.(Adaptation to Climate Change: Global Costs and Practical Examples)

Extensive study of the international literature concerning the effects of climate change and the associated costs, scaled to the Flemish context for an initial estimate of the potential cost of climate change in Flanders. (in Flemish)

Adaptatie aan Klimaatveranderiung - Globale Kosten en Praktische Voorbelden. Literatuurstudie. Lokale Case-Studies. (Adaptation to Climate Change: Global Costs and Practical Examples. Local Case Studies)

Local case studies to the report: Adaptatie aan Klimaatveranderiung - Globale Kosten en Praktische Voorbelden. Literatuurstudie.(Adaptation to Climate Change: Global Costs and Practical Examples)

Study on Economic and Social Benefits of Environmental Protection and Resource Efficiency Related to the European Semester

Study which represents a rapid review of key data for the financial, economic and social impacts of floods; the potential of SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) support on resource efficiency; and the relative environmental expenditure within the EU.

Climate change uncertainty: building flexibility into water and flood risk infrastructure

Study applies RIO (real in option) analysis to the selection and timing of options for the modification of an urban drainage system as an example of how best to adapt these systems to provide greater climate change resilience.

Saved health, saved wealth: an approach to quantifying the benefits of climate change adaptation

Report proposes a framework consisting of two key indicators (saved wealth and saved health) that allows the total value of an adaptation project to be assessed.

A new analytic method for finding policy-relevant scenarios

Paper describes a new analytic method for identifying scenarios that may help resolve the challenges of finding the the best means to choose three or four scenarios to summarize what is often a very wide range of uncertainties and how best to include probabilistic information with such scenarios.

New Methods for Identifying Robust Long-Term Water Resources Management Strategies for California

This dissertation has two main objectives. The first is to motivate the need for new quantitative scenario-based planning and decision making methods for California water resource management. The second is to demonstrate the benefits of such methods for water resource planning, and in particular in California water resources planning.

Planning Tool to Support Planning the Future of Coastal Louisiana

Article provides a summary of the CPRA Planning Tool, a computer-based decision support tool, that supported the development of the Louisiana Master Plan through CPRA and community-based deliberations.

Adapting to a Changing Colorado River

Report describes RAND's contributions to the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study with a focus on the methodological underpinnings to provide a more useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used.

Preparing for an Uncertain Future Climate in the Inland Empire

Document describes the analysis developed for the fourth workshop which was developed to help water managers, technical staff, elected officials, and other planners from the IEUA region consider the significance of potential climate change relative to other key planning uncertainties and evaluate options for reducing their vulnerability to supply shortfalls under a wide range of plausible futur

Presenting Uncertainty About Climate Change to Water-Resource Managers

Sumary of workshops Inland Empire Utilities Agency documenting methods and observations to preserve an archive of the workshop process.

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