Theory and Practice of Climate Adaptation

582 Pages·2018·14.96 MB·English

by  Fátima Alves

Climate Change Management
Fátima Alves
Walter Leal Filho
Ulisses Azeiteiro Editors
Theory and
Practice
of Climate
Adaptation
Climate Change Management
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Walter Leal Filho, Hamburg, Germany
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Fátima Alves Walter LealFilho
Department ofSocial Sciencesand Faculty of LifeScience
Management HAWHamburg
Universidade Aberta Hamburg
Lisbon Germany
Portugal
Ulisses Azeiteiro
and Department ofBiology &CESAM
University of Aveiro
Centrefor Functional Ecology,Science for Aveiro
Peopleandthe Planet Portugal
University of Coimbra
Coimbra
Portugal
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Climate Change Management
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Preface
Climate change is among the major challenges of modern times. As the Fifth
Assessment Report (AR5) produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change(IPCC)andtherecommendationsfromtheParisAgreementhaveshown,it
is important to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by
keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even
further to 1.5 °C.
TheendorsementoftheParisAgreement,whichwasratifiedby172Parties—out
of the 197 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)—means that there is a perceived need to strengthen the ability of
countries—especially the developing ones—to deal with the impacts of climate
change. To reach these ambitious goals, a number of measures are needed. For
example,
(cid:129) The need to ensure appropriate financial flows;
(cid:129) The need for a new technology framework;
(cid:129) The need for an enhanced capacity building framework;
(cid:129) The need to continuously measure and monitor progress.
A further need, acknowledged by both industrialising and developing nations
alike, is the requirement for the documentation and dissemination of experiences
andgoodpracticeonclimatechangeadaptation,whichmayserveasinspirationand
motivation.
Consistentwiththeneedtofillintheabovegap,“the2ndWorldSymposiumon
Climate Change Adaptation” was organised by the University of Coimbra
(Portugal),theResearchandTransferCentre“SustainableDevelopmentandClimate
Change Management” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
andtheBalticUniversityProgrammeinUppsala(Sweden),incooperationwiththe
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International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and the United
Nations University initiative “Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for
Sustainable Development” (RCE). The symposium was a truly interdisciplinary
event,coveringsomeofthekeyareasinthefieldofclimatechangeadaptation.The
eventfocusedon“integrativeapproachestoimplementclimatechangeadaptation”
and was meant to contributeto thefurtherdevelopment ofthis fast-growingfield.
This book titled “Theory and Practice of Climate Adaptation” is one of the
outcomes of the event. Its aims are as follows:
i. Toprovideresearchinstitutions,universities,NGOsandenterprisesallaround
the world with an opportunity to documenttheir works in the field of climate
change adaptation;
ii. To foster the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the
execution of climate change adaptation projects, especially successful initia-
tives and good practice;
iii. To introduce methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case
studiesandprojects,whichaimtoshowhowtheprinciplesofclimate change
adaptation may be implemented in practice.
Thirty-twodouble-blindpeer-reviewedchaptersfromseveralgeographicorigins
cover different subjects related to the theme of this book that is organised in five
sections. Part I “Climate Change Governance and Policy” gathers 6 contributions
about community resilience priorities, ecosystem-based adaptation and climate
change adaptation policies; Part II “Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and
Disaster Risk Management” gathers 6 contributions and brings experiences from
differentcontinentsandgeographies(e.g.MozambiqueinAfrica,IndiainAsiaand
Brazil in South America); Part III “Social Perceptions and Socio-cultural
Dimensions of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation” gathers 7 contributions
about community perceptions, attitudes, ability and willingness, environmental
justice and climate change adaptation in the context of risk society, migrations,
small island coastal communities and climate risk communication; Part IV “Food
Security and Climate Change: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change” gathers 8
contributionsandbringsexperiencesfromPortugalandtheMediterranean,Malawi,
Argentina and Brazil; and Part V “Technological approaches to Climate Change
Adaptation/Innovative Approaches towards Low Carbon Economics” gathers 5
contributionsaboutagriculturepracticesasinitiativesformitigationandadaptation
to climate change, climate adaptation practices in building constructions,
water-savingtechnologiestoadapttoglobalchangesandadaptationtechnologiesin
water sector, emission trading schemes and carbon markets in the NDCs.
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Last butnotleast,afurtheraim ofthebookistodocumentanddisseminate the
wealth of experiences on climate change adaptation available today across the
world.
We thank the authors for their willingness to share their knowledge, know-how
and experiences, as well as the many peer reviewers, which have helped us to
ensure the quality of the manuscripts.
Enjoy your reading!
Lisbon, Portugal Fátima Alves
Hamburg, Germany Walter Leal Filho
Aveiro, Portugal Ulisses Azeiteiro
Summer 2018
Contents
Part I Climate Change Governance and Policy
Decentralized Governance and Climate Change Adaptation:
Working Locally to Address Community Resilience Priorities. . . . . . . . 3
Erin Martin, Christopher Perine, Veronique Lee and Jeff Ratcliffe
Using the Open Standards-Based Framework for Planning and
Implementing Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Projects in the High
Mountainous Regions of Central Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Paul Schumacher, Tobias Garstecki, Bunafsha Mislimshoeva,
John Morrison, Benedikt Ibele, Corey Lesk, Salamat Dzhumabaeva,
Umed Bulbulshoev and Shaun Martin
Understanding Climate Change Adaptation: The Role of Citizens’
Perceptions and Appraisals About Extreme Weather Events. . . . . . . . . 49
Samuel Domingos, Rui Gaspar, João Marôco and Rita Beja
Diffusion of Climate Change Adaptation Policies Among Local
Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conceptual Review . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Albert Ahenkan, Justice Nyigmah Bawole
and Samuel Antwi Darkwah
The Politics and Governance of Negative Emissions Technologies . . . . . 87
Klaus Radunsky
Vulnerability Here, There, and Everywhere: What Happened to
Ghana’s Decentralized Climate Change Adaptation Policy?. . . . . . . . . . 105
Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Albert Ahenkan, Justice Nyigmah Bawole
and Antwi Samuel Darkwah
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Part II Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk
Management
Effect of a Drought on Cork Growth Along the Production Cycle. . . . . 127
Carla Leite, Vanda Oliveira, Alexandra Lauw and Helena Pereira
Ozone Layer Depletion, Climate Change, Risks and Adaptation . . . . . . 137
Aliaksandr Krasouski and Siarhei Zenchanka
Embedding Adaptation into Development Planning and Decision
Making Process at the Municipal Levels in Mozambique. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Luís Artur, Casimiro António, Olanda Bata, Felisberto Afonso
and Gilberto Muai
PromotingPrivateSectorEngagementinClimateChangeAdaptation
and Flood Resilience—A Case Study of Innovative Approaches
Applied by MSMEs in Mumbai, India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Caroline Schaer and Archana Pantakar
Can Young Olive Plants Overcome Heat Shock?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Márcia Araújo, Conceição Santos and Maria Celeste Dias
Microclimatic Adaptations That Occurred in Urban Area in the
Brazilian Cerrado Between the Years 2011–2012 and 2016 . . . . . . . . . . 205
Diana Carolina Jesus de Paula, Natallia Sanches e Souza,
Marta Cristina de Jesus Albuquerque Nogueira
and Flávia Maria de Moura Santos
Part III Social Perceptions and Socio-cultural Dimensions of
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Outlining Community Perceptions of Climate Change
in Local Adaptation Strategies Development: The Case of
ClimAdaPT.Local. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Luísa Schmidt, Adriana Ferreira Alves, Susana Valente
and João Morais Mourato
Attitudes, Ability and Willingness: Rethinking Split-Incentives
of Non-domestic Building Tenure to Overcome Energy Inertia . . . . . . . 235
Kay Emblen-Perry
Environmental Justice and Climate Change Adaptation
in the Context of Risk Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Maria Eduarda Medeiros da Silveira, Solange Buchele de S. Thiago,
Larissa Pereira Cipoli Ribeiro, Ana Clara Medeiros da Silveira,
José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra, Jéssica Garcia
and Sthefanie Aguiar da Silva