Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in Scotland: an Integrated Approach

Description

This policy brief summarizes the key findings from the integrated approach implemented as part of the CLIMSAVE project. Many of these results were produced using the interactive web-based tool: the CLIMSAVE Integrated Assessment Platform. 

The content of the policy brief is organized around answers to the following questions:

• How can policy promote climate change adaptation?
• How can stakeholders explore climate change impacts and opportunitites for adaptation?
• What are plausible futures for Scotland?
• What are the key impacts of climate change?
• How might Scotland adapt to climate change?
• What are the costs of adaptation options?
• Where is Scotland most vulnerable to climate change?
• Which adaptation policy strategies are robust to uncertain futures?
• Why adaptation and mitigation need to be integrated?

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