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BEST ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS (BAS) BEST ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS (BAS) ‘Building Resilience through Private Public Partnerships’ ‘Building Resilience through Private Public Partnerships’ Climate Resilience Pathways Climate change calls for new approaches to sustainable development that take into account complex CLIMATE RESILIENT PATHWAYS interactions between climate and social and ecological systems. Climate resilient pathways are development Climate change calls for new approaches to sustainable development that take into account complex interactions trajectories thatclimate and social andand mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development. They can be between combine adaptation ecological systems. Climate-resilient pathways are development trajectories that seen as iterative, continually evolving processes for managing change within complexThey can be seen as iterative, combine adaptation and mitigation to realize the goal of sustainable development. systems. read more continually evolving processes for managing change within complex systems. read more Adaptation Needs Adaptation needs Needs Adaptation arise when the anticipated risks or experienced impacts of climate change require action to ensure the safetyneeds arise when the anticipated of assets, including ecosystems and their services. action to Adaptation of populations and the security risks or experienced impacts of climate change require read more the safety of populations and the security of assets, including ecosystems and their services. ensure read more Adaptation Planning and Implementation Adaptation to climate change is transitioning from a phase of awareness to the construction of actual Adaptation Planning and Implementation Adaptation to climate change is transitioning from a phase of awareness to the construction of actual strategies and plans in societies. read more strategies and plans in societies. read more Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and a useful Risk-based approaches to decision-making provideLimits foundation for assessing the potential Risk-based approaches to decision-making provide a useful foundation for natural systems. read opportunities, constraints, and limits associated with adaptation of human and assessing the potential more opportunities, constraints, and limits associated with adaptation of human and natural systems. read more Economics of Adaptation Economics on adaptation Economic thinking of Adaptation has evolved from a focus on cost benefit analysis and identification of “best Economic thinking on adaptation has of multi-metric evaluations benefit analysis and identification of economic” adaptations to the developmentevolved from a focus on cost including the risk and uncertainty “best economic” adaptations to the development of dimensions in order to provide support to decision multi-metric evaluations including the risk and uncertainty makers. read more dimensions in order to provide support to decision makers. read more Regional ContextCONTEXT REGIONAL There There has an evolution in the treatment of regional aspects of climate change in IPCC reports from a a has been been an evolution in the treatment of regional aspects of climate change in IPCC reports from patchwork of case examples in earlyearly assessments towards recent attempts a more systematic coverage ofof patchwork of case examples in assessments towards recent attempts at at a more systematic coverage regional issues at continental and sub-continental scales. read more regional issues at continental and sub-continental scales. read more Africa Africa Europe Europe Asia Asia Australasia AustralAsia North America North America Central and South America Central and South America Polar Regions Small Islands Polar Regions SmallThe Oceans Islands Glossary The Oceans