Developing Climate Adaptation

The Intersection of Climate Research and Development Programmes in Index Insurance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7744192
AutoresNicole Peterson (0000-0002-2176-3109, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, autor de correspondencia), Nicole D Peterson
Año2012
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas557-584
Fecha de publicación2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7660.2012.01767.x
OpenAlexW1576174682
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas68

Using a case study from Ethiopia, this article examines the ways in which climate information and economic development interact in climate adaptation programmes. Microinsurance programmes have become very popular as an adaptation strategy but there has been little attention paid to the social, economic and political aspects of implementation. Examining one case in relation to the broader literature on climate adaptation projects suggests that greater attention needs to be paid to existing coping strategies, introduction of additional market risks, local capacity building and the socio‐political context of implementation. Climate change cannot be viewed as a technical problem only; it has a social dimension as well

Adaptation (eye) · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Climate risk · Context (archaeology) · Coping (psychology) · Dimension (graph theory) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Microinsurance · Political economy of climate change · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Public economics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Energy and Environment Impacts · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Psychology