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Increasing attention is being given to climate technologies on the international climate change agenda, not least in the agricultural sector and water sectors, and to technologies for adaptation. However investments in technology-based adaptation (seeds, dams, irrigation, etc.) are complicated by the fact that it remains difficult to predict future climate change impacts, especially on a local scale. In addition, evidence for the costs and benefits of implementing adaptation technologies is relatively limited. The analysis presented in this paper shows that there is a large potential for integrating adaptation technologies into the planning and implementation of on-going and future projects. Based on local-level data from a technology needs assessment project in Lebanon, this paper presents two examples of the economic feasibility of implementing adaptation technologies in the agricultural and water sectors. The results show that the technologies can be applied at low cost and with relatively little effort.
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This article is part of a Special Issue on “Governance, policy, and enabling frameworks for the transfer and diffusion of low carbon and climate resilient technologies in developing countries countries” edited by Subash Dhar, Ulrich Hansen, James Haselip, Daniel Puig, and Sara Trærup.
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Trærup, S., Stephan, J. Technologies for adaptation to climate change. Examples from the agricultural and water sectors in Lebanon. Climatic Change 131, 435–449 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1158-4
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