Toward an integrated analysis of mitigation and adaptation: Some preliminary findings

Thomas J. Wilbanks; Paul Leiby; Robert Perlack; J. Timothy Ensminger; Sherry B. Wright

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Toward an integrated analysis of mitigation and adaptation: Some preliminary findings

Thomas J. Wilbanks, Paul Leiby, Robert Perlack, J. Timothy Ensminger, Sherry B. Wright

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Between 1999 and 2003, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) made a preliminary effort to integrate an analysis of mitigation and adaptation to climate change impact vulnerabilities in two ways: top-down and bottom-up. This paper briefly describes these early experiments and summarizes their findings, both about climate change vulnerability reduction and about the challenges of integrated analysis, expanding upon results previously reported [Wilbanks et al. (Environment 45/5:28-38, 2003); ORNL (Integrated analysis of mitigation and adaptation as responses to concerns about impacts of global climate change, ORNL Working paper 2003); ORNL and CUSAT 2003; Wilbanks 2005].

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	713-725
Number of pages	13
Journal	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-007-9095-4
State	Published - Jun 2007

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The second experience was a prototype place-based assessment of climate change vulnerability and response alternatives in a city in a developing country: in this case Cochin in the state of Kerala in India. Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development between 2000 and 2002 and carried out in collaboration with the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), this assessment considered the likelihood that Cochin will be exposed to climate change impacts; the sensitivity of Cochin to various kinds of impacts; and Cochin’s coping capacity and how it might be strengthened, with special attention to strategies that also support other urban management priorities (ORNL and CUSAT 2003). The assessment was intended to lead to a strategy for Cochin that would include the identification of practical implementation steps and sources of technical and financial assistance to implement those steps. As a prototype urban impact assessment in a developing country, it was also intended to help clarify to what degree assessments are possible now with readily-available data in such contexts.

Keywords

Adaptation
Climate change impacts
Integrated analysis
Mitigation
Responses
Scale
Vulnerablity

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