TY - CHAP AB - Climate change is projected to bring a range of changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and sea level. As a result, widespread occurrence of floods, cyclones, droughts, cold and heat waves, etc. are projected with uneven distribution in time and spatial scales (Rosenzweig et al., 2007). These changes can manifest in the form of long-term slow changes in the mean state of the climate and sudden changes in the extremes of the climate (Carter et al., 2007). The sudden severe changes can have high impacts with widespread devastation, severely impacting years of developmental efforts in many vulnerable countries. VL - 4 SN - 978-0-85724-487-1, 978-0-85724-488-8/2040-7262 DO - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004010 AU - Prabhakar S.V.R.K. ED - Rajib Shaw ED - Juan M. Pulhin ED - Joy Jacqueline Pereira PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Chapter 4 Promoting adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the post-Kyoto climate regime T2 - Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges T3 - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 77 EP - 98 Y2 - 2024/05/04 ER -