Adaptive Capacity

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Some of the definitions below may refer to Adaptation to Climate Change.

Definitions

European Definitions

CLIMATE-ADAPT

Adaptive capacity: 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. [1]

Adaptive capacity can be framed in many different ways; an inventory has been made by the Dutch Climate Changes Spatial Planning research programme.

RESIN project

The RESIN project [2] gives the following definition:

The ability of systems, institutions, humans and other organisms to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences [3]


Other International Definitions

United Nations/IPCC

Adaptive capacity: The combination of the strengths, attributes, and resources available to an individual, community, society, or organization that can be used to prepare for and undertake actions to reduce adverse impacts, moderate harm, or exploit beneficial opportunities. [4]



National Definitions

Germany

The adaptive capacity of a country depends on what institutions, skills and resources it has available. [5]



Nepal

Adaptive Capacity: 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. [6]



Peru

Capacidad de adaptación o adaptativa al cambio climático: Capacidad de un sistema para ajustarse al cambio climático (incluso a la variabilidad del clima y a los episodios extremos) con el fin de moderar los daños potenciales, beneficiarse con las oportunidades o afrontar las consecuencias. Tener capacidad adaptativa no implica su utilización (IPCC 2007). [7]



Rwanda

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’ (Parry et al, 2007). [8]



United Kingdom (UK)

Adaptive capacity describes the ability of a sector to design or implement effective adaptation measures, using information on possible future climate change and extreme weather to moderate potential damage, take advantage of opportunities or to cope with the consequences. [9]



Other Definitions

Scotland

The ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate change variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences. [10]



Standard Definition

Discussion Topic

See also

Notes

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