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Informationen zum Autor Siri Eriksen is an Associate Professor of climate and development at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the University of Life Sciences, Norway. Katrina Brown is Professor of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. Klappentext Effective adaptation to climate change will be an international priority over the next decades! and yet current adaptation projects are often not sustainable. Adaptation policies that focus on reducing specific climate sensitivities can! even if bringing benefits! adversely affect vulnerable groups and create social inequity! or even unintentionally undermine environmental integrity. We must ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable! contributing to poverty reduction as well as confronting the processes driving vulnerability. Zusammenfassung Sets out how to ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable, contributing to poverty reduction as well as confronting the processes driving vulnerability. This book examines how adaptation to climate change interacts with social and environmental sustainability. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change 2. When Not Every Response to Climate Change is a Good One: Defining Criteria for Sustainable Adaptation 3. Sustainable Adaptation: An Oxymoron? 4. Converging and Conflicting Interests in Adaptation to Environmental Change in Central Vietnam 5. Sustainable Adaptation and Human Security: Interactions between Pastoral and Agropastoral Groups in Dryland Kenya 6. Gums and Resins: Challenges and Opportunities for Livelihood Diversification in Kenya's Drylands 7. The Discourse of Adaptation to Climate Change and the UK Climate Impact Programme: (De)scribing Conceptual Frames and Limits
