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Countries can strengthen their capacity for adaptation to climate change and variability and develop appropriate public policy. Six reasons for developing and adopting adaptation strategies now are provided. Adaptation to extreme events (natural hazards) can reduce long-term vulnerability to climate change. A framework for identifying and classifying adaptations is presented and applied to the adaptation options described in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports. It is found that some major categories of adaptation, such as insurance, disaster assistance, and changes of land use and location, receive little or no attention.
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Burton, I. (1996). The Growth of Adaptation Capacity: Practice and Policy. In: Smith, J.B., et al. Adapting to Climate Change. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8471-7_6
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