Adaptation to Climate Change: The New Challenge for Development in the Developing World

This analytical report discusses key aspects of climate change adaptation and provides policymakers with a starting point, including background information and questions for further reflection. In particular, the paper focuses on: 1) the contours of the adaptation issue, as well as its relationship to other important issues; 2) the consideration of adaptation within the current international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the issues relating to adaptation finance; 3) the challenge of approaching adaptation at every level in a country: community, local, regional, sectoral and national.