Jean Palutikof, Sarah L. Boulter, Andrew J. Ash, Mark Stafford Smith, Martin Parry, Marie Waschka, Daniela Guitart (Eds): climate adaptation futures

摘要

The longer an effective policy on preventing and mitigating climate changes is delayed, the more the focus will shift to adaptation. While more research, theories, case studies, conferences, and publications can delay policy and action through "analysis paralysis," they are useful and necessary for policy making and action. This book is part of this intellectual wave. The chapters are based on the selected contributions to the "First International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation," which was held in Queensland, Australia, in 2010. The 33 chapters of the book reflect the state of the research art by the end of the last decennium. Interestingly, the book succeeds going beyond presenting proceedings.