Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: This article provides a stocktake of the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to better understand how adaptation responses affect risk under the particularly challenging conditions of compound climate events. Across 39 countries, 45 response types to compound hazards display anticipatory (9%), reactive (33%), and maladaptive (41%) characteristics, as well as hard (18%) and soft (68%) limits to adaptation. Low income, food insecurity, and access to institutional resources and finance are the most prominent of 23 vulnerabilities observed to negatively affect responses. Risk for food security, health, livelihoods, and economic outputs are commonly associated risks driving responses. Narrow geographical and sectoral foci of the literature highlight important conceptual, sectoral, and geographic areas for future research to better understand the way responses shape risk. When responses are integrated within climate risk assessment and management, there is greater potential to advance the urgency of response and safeguards for the most vulnerable.
Source: iScience
Authors: Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, Lea Berrang-Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Alcade C. Segnon, Donovan Campbell, Justice Issah Musah-Surugu, Elphin Tom Joe, Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Salma Sabour, Andreas L.S. Meyer, Talbot M. Andrews, Chandni Singh, A.R. Siders, Judy Lawrence, Maarten van Aalst, Christopher H. Trisos
Institutions: University of Cape Town, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Miami, University of Leeds, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University, Deltares, Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT, Bioversity International, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, University of Ghana, United Nations University, World Resources Institute, University of Waterloo, University of Southampton, University of Connecticut, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, University of Delaware, Victoria University of Wellington, Climate Centre, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,150
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Legler Benbough Foundation, World Bank Group, Government of the United Kingdom, International Development Research Centre, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Office of Science, National Park Service
Award: G1108388174
OpenAlex ID: W4313594019