AdaptCost Project: Analysis of the Economic Costs of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Thomas E. Downing; Paul Watkiss

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AdaptCost Project: Analysis of the Economic Costs of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

This report summarizes the findings from the AdaptCost project.

Thomas E. Downing, Paul Watkiss / Published on 17 December 2010

Citation

Watkiss, P., T. Downing, J. Dyszynski (2010). AdaptCost Project: Analysis of the Economic Costs of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Watkiss, P., T. Downing, J. Dyszynski (2010). AdaptCost Project: Analysis of the Economic Costs of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Nairobi: UNEP. http://www.unep.org/pdf/SEI.pdf.

The AdaptCost project, funded by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) under the Climate Change – Norway Partnership, has investigated and built evidence of the costs of adaptation, producing a range of estimates for climate adaptation in Africa using different evidence.

The study aims were:

To help African policymakers and the international climate change community to establish a collective target for financing adaptation in Africa.
To investigate estimates of the economic costs of adaptation to climate change and improve understanding of adaptation processes, to provide useful information for planning adaptation programmes and supporting decision-making by national governments and multi and bilateral donor capital.

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Thomas E. Downing

Paul Watkiss

SEI Affiliated Researcher

SEI Oxford