Economics of Adaptation

MATERIALS FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

Ecosystem-based Adaptation Can Be Cost Effective

Discussion paper from The Nature Conservancy. Link to Document

DOCUMENTS & REPORTS FROM OTHER SOURCES

New Policy Brief: A strategy for restoring confidence and economic growth through green investment and innovation - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment & Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science - April 2012

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publications/Policy/docs/PB-Zenghelis-economic-growth-green-investment-innovation.pdf

Climate Economics: The State of the Art

http://sei-international.org/publications?pid=1976

Costs Imposed by Climate Change in Three Ecoregions of East Africa

This report, prepared as an input into the design of USAID East Africa's Office for Regional Economic Growth and Integration, presents the results of an assessment of the monetary costs imposed by climate change in three ecological regions of East Africa; the Lake Victoria Basin, the Horn of Africa, and the plains of Kenya and Tanzania. The study focuses on four major areas of climate change impact; crop production, livestock production, coastal flooding, and health.
Link to Full Report

PRESENTATIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES

Adaptation Economics - Presentations from Side Event at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Dec. 2010

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change by Warren Evans http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/attachments/get_attachment?code=6SDOUKM7P9F963DQBV0P0961T9IWCRGZ
Economics of Climate Adaptation: Shaping climate-resilient development following a multi-sectoral approach by David N. Bresch http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/attachments/get_attachment?code=IM22T8PLZ3NTGIQ69S63FWUXAU8GPTZP
Efficiency in Adaptation Financing by Axel Michaelowa http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/attachments/get_attachment?code=C8K12PXJQKPQKAPN3OCJODF5NV9L3WGF

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