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CLIMADA v1.4.1: towards a globally consistent adaptation options appraisal tool
Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Zurich,
Switzerland
Gabriela Aznar-Siguan
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Zurich,
Switzerland
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Short summary
Climate change is a fact and adaptation a necessity. The Economics of Climate Adaptation methodology provides a framework to integrate risk and reward perspectives of different stakeholders, underpinned by the CLIMADA impact modelling platform. This extended version of CLIMADA enables risk assessment and options appraisal in a modular form and occasionally bespoke fashion yet with high reusability of functionalities to foster usage in interdisciplinary studies and international collaboration.
Climate change is a fact and adaptation a necessity. The Economics of Climate Adaptation...