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02.10.2015

Vulnerability, Adaptation and Climate Disasters: A Conceptual Overview

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The overview element of this article brings together policy relevant insights for these complex questions from the outputs of the project which are set out in this IDS Bulletin: the country case studies and synthesis, the articles on the future climate research agenda and the rationale and plans for the LCA Network that aims to link adaptation policy makers, practitioners and communities impacted by climate. The conceptual aspect of this overview explains why we focused on particular research questions, how we defined key concepts and what underlying theoretical traditions and bodies of
evidence we draw upon to support our work. One of the benefits of all the high-level political attention climate change has received in 2005 is the acceptance by a much wider community of development actors that they need to think anew about climate change in preparation for more intensive future actions. By making the values, assumptions, gaps and priorities embedded in our work more accessible we hope
our work will prove useful to others embarking on fresh analytical and policy journeys.

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  • adaptation to climate change
  • Climate induced disasters
  • Vulnerability to Climate Change