TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic, social and governance adaptation readiness for mitigation of climate change vulnerability
T2 - evidence from 192 countries
AU - Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu
AU - Strezov, Vladimir
PY - 2019/3/15
Y1 - 2019/3/15
N2 - Adaptation strategies have become critical in climate change mitigation and impact reduction, to safeguard population and the ecosystem from irreparable damage. While developed countries have integrated adaptation plans and policies into their developmental agenda, developing countries are facilitating or yet to initiate adaptation policies in their development. This study examines the nexus between climate change vulnerability and adaptation readiness in 192 UN countries using mapping and panel data models. The study reveals Africa as the most vulnerable continent to climate change with high sensitivity, high exposure, and low adaptive capacity. Developed countries, including Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Spain, and Germany, are less vulnerable to climate change due to strong economic, governance and social adaptation readiness. International commitment from developed countries to developing countries is essential to strengthen their resilience, economic readiness and adaptive capacity to climate-related events.
AB - Adaptation strategies have become critical in climate change mitigation and impact reduction, to safeguard population and the ecosystem from irreparable damage. While developed countries have integrated adaptation plans and policies into their developmental agenda, developing countries are facilitating or yet to initiate adaptation policies in their development. This study examines the nexus between climate change vulnerability and adaptation readiness in 192 UN countries using mapping and panel data models. The study reveals Africa as the most vulnerable continent to climate change with high sensitivity, high exposure, and low adaptive capacity. Developed countries, including Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Spain, and Germany, are less vulnerable to climate change due to strong economic, governance and social adaptation readiness. International commitment from developed countries to developing countries is essential to strengthen their resilience, economic readiness and adaptive capacity to climate-related events.
KW - Climate change
KW - Adaptation readiness
KW - Climate change vulnerability
KW - Adaptive capacity
KW - Climate change sensitivity
KW - Climate change exposure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057296732&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.349
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.349
M3 - Article
C2 - 30504017
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 656
SP - 150
EP - 164
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
ER -