Adaptation to Compound Climate Risks: A Systematic Global Stocktake

作者：Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Alcade C. Segnon, Donovan Campbell, Issah musah, 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 · 发表于：SSRN Electronic Journal · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.2139/ssrn.4205750 · 被引用次数：6 · 研究领域：Climate Change Policy and Economics、Global Energy and Sustainability Research

SummaryThis article provides a stocktake the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to better understand how responses affect risk under the particularly challenging conditions of compound climate impacts. Across 39 countries, 45 response types to compound hazards display anticipatory (9%), reactive (33%) and maladaptive characteristics (41%), as well as hard (18%) and soft limits (68%) to adaptation. Low income, food insecurity, access to institutional resources and finance are the most prominent of 23 vulnerabilities observed to negatively affect responses. Risk to food security, health, loss of livelihoods and decreased 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.