 | Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Natalia E. Koroleva - 2003 - 548 էջ
...over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. Adaptive capacity is the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. Sensitivity is the degree to which a system is affected, either adversely or beneficially, by climate-related... | |
 | P. R. Shukla - 2003 - 526 էջ
...variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity and its adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity is the ability of a system to adjust to climate change,...potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or cope with the consequences. Adaptive capacity may be natural or man-made. Adaptation is the degree... | |
 | Anthony J. McMichael - 2003 - 340 էջ
...planning, preparing for, facilitating, and implementing adaptation measures, including transition costs. adaptive capacity: The ability of a system to adjust...climate change (including climate variability and extreme events) to moderate potential damages, take advantage of opportunities or cope with the consequences.... | |
 | World Bank - 2004 - 106 էջ
...reduce the sources of greenhouse gases or enhance their sinks. 8. Adaptation is defined as the ability to adjust to climate change (including climate variability...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. 9. The two major flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol are Joint Implementation (JI), which... | |
 | Carmenza Robledo, Markku Kanninen, Lucio Pedroni - 2005 - 195 էջ
...planning, preparing for, facilitating, and implementing adaptation measures, including transition costs. Adaptive Capacity The ability of a system to adjust...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. Maladaptation Any changes in natural or human systems that inadvertently increase vulnerability to... | |
 | Mohan Munasinghe, Rob Swart - 2005 - 470 էջ
...caused by an increase in the frequency of coastal flooding due to sea level rise. Adaptive capacity is the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. Coping ability, the degree to which a system can grapple successfully with a stimulus, is an element... | |
 | John E. Oliver - 2008 - 873 էջ
...immediate or delayed, and muted to lesser or greater degree (cf. Kates, 1986). Adaptive capacity is "the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences" (McCarthy et al., 2001, p. 982). Adaptations in social systems may be made by adjustments in practices... | |
 | Barry S. Levy - 2006 - 816 էջ
...the current ability of an individual or population to manage risk exposure, and adaptive capacity is "the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences."4 In human societies, adaptive capacity varies with wealth, access to technology, education... | |
 | Ichiro Kawachi, Sarah Wamala - 2006 - 360 էջ
...been ratified and implemented. Adaptive capacity is formally defined by the IPCC (2001b, p. 982) as "the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...opportunities, or to cope with the consequences." In human societies, adaptive capacity varies with wealth, access to technology, education and information,... | |
 | Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Pavel Kabat, Jörn Möltgen - 2007 - 440 էջ
...system to adapt to anticipated or experienced change in its context. IPCC (2001): Adaptive capacity is the ability of a system to adjust to climate change...of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. Regarding the sustainability of water systems one can now make the normative claim: Sustainable water... | |
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Adaptive capacity is the ability of a system to adjust to climate change, including climate variability and extremes, to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. 
