TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging responses to global climate change
T2 - Ecosystembased adaptation
AU - Barkdull, John
AU - Harris, Paul G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has recently emerged as an important way to address the impacts of climate change. EbA suggests that harnessing ecosystem services can help communities adapt to climate change, thereby limiting threats to social systems and human security. What are the arguments for and against EbA? Who favours EbA? What does EbA mean in practice? What are the limits to EbA as global average temperature rises? Reviewing documents of non-governmental organisations, governments, intergovernmental organisations and scholars helps answer these and related questions. As climate change results in increasing challenges for society, the more important all forms of adaptation, including EbA, will become. Yet, while useful and appropriate in certain contexts, EbA might not be sufficient if climate disruption becomes severe, which would require consideration of a transformational change in global institutions and practices.
AB - Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) has recently emerged as an important way to address the impacts of climate change. EbA suggests that harnessing ecosystem services can help communities adapt to climate change, thereby limiting threats to social systems and human security. What are the arguments for and against EbA? Who favours EbA? What does EbA mean in practice? What are the limits to EbA as global average temperature rises? Reviewing documents of non-governmental organisations, governments, intergovernmental organisations and scholars helps answer these and related questions. As climate change results in increasing challenges for society, the more important all forms of adaptation, including EbA, will become. Yet, while useful and appropriate in certain contexts, EbA might not be sufficient if climate disruption becomes severe, which would require consideration of a transformational change in global institutions and practices.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Climate change
KW - Climate policy
KW - Ecosystembased adaptation
KW - United nations framework convention on climate change
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U2 - 10.1080/14781158.2018.1475349
DO - 10.1080/14781158.2018.1475349
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047201297
VL - 31
SP - 19
EP - 37
JO - Global Change, Peace and Security
JF - Global Change, Peace and Security
SN - 1478-1158
IS - 1
ER -