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Uncertain Futures
Practical Action Publishing
Adapting development to a changing climate
Jonathan Ensor (Practical Action, UK)
‘This is a fascinating and timely book. It deals with a set of highly complex issues surrounding the practical dimensions of tackling community-based adaptation.’
Emily Boyd, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
‘This book will be an excellent guide for development policy makers, planners and practitioners grappling with incorporating climate change into development.’
Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, Climate Change Group at International Institute for Environment and Development
Adaptation to climate change is a new challenge for development policy makers and practitioners. As future weather patterns become increasingly uncertain, communities in the developing world need to be able to respond and adapt.
Uncertain Futures argues that as greenhouse gas emissions continue to accumulate, a ‘business as usual’ approach to development practice is increasingly inadequate and the importance of securing adaptive capacity becomes more urgent. The author examines this challenge, and invites readers to rethink development policy and practice in terms of how adaptive capacity can be best supported.
This book should be read by the staff of donor agencies, policy makers, NGO practitioners, academics and students of development studies and the environment,
ISBN 9781853397202
2011 • 120 pages
£14.95 • €22.95 • $29.95
