Adapting to extreme events : managing fat tails
Cooke, Roger and Kousky, Carolyn (2010) Adapting to extreme events : managing fat tails. Other. Resources for the Future, Washington.
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As defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, adaptation includes a set of actions to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities in response to climate change. To date, little research has addressed public policy options to frame the nation’s approach to adapt to a changing climate. In light of scientific evidence of extreme and unpredictable climate change, prudent policy requires consideration of what to do if markets and people fail to anticipate these changes, or are constrained in their ability to react. This issue brief is one in a series that results from the second phase of a domestic adaptation research project conducted by Resources for the Future. The briefs are primarily intended for use by decisionmakers in confronting the complex and difficult task of effectively adapting the United States to climate change impacts, but may also offer insight and value to scholars and the general public. This research was supported by a grant from the Smith‐Richardson Foundation
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Item type: Monograph(Other) ID code: 45310 Dates: DateEvent2010PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Risk Management
Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Environmental engineeringDepartment: Strathclyde Business School > Management Science Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 22 Oct 2013 14:26 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 16:02 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/45310