Adaptation & vulnerability

SEI’s expertise in this field is both broad and deep, with specialists in adaptation finance and policy, vulnerability assessment, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation in water planning.

Below are some of our most important recent publications on this topic – all available free of charge, directly from SEI or on an external site. Click on the menu on the right for additional items published as journal articles or book chapters.

• Understanding the Nexus (Bonn2011 conference background paper)

• From Case Studies to Climate Adaptation Policy: a Framework for Dialogue Between Local Professionals and Decision Makers (policy brief, 2011)

• Strengthening regional entities’ role in adaptation governance and implementation (policy brief, 2010)

• Innovation and diffusion of sustainable agricultural water resource management in a changing climate: A case study in Northeast Thailand (project report, 2010)

• Costing Climate Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Study on Coastal Zones (report to NRTEE, 2010)

• Expanding the Community of Community-Based Adaptation (policy brief, 2009)

SEI also publishes the journal Climate and Development, which earlier this year had the special issue “Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change: Prioritising Social Equity and Environmental Integrity.” The entire contents are available free of charge on the journal’s website. Additional articles are available with a subscription or for a fee.

For a rich and diverse look at adaptation projects and research around the world, visit weADAPT, a collaborative platform led by SEI-Oxford.