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Scope and Roles of Adaptation to Climate Change

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Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change

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Effects of climate change have become more and more apparent in various forms in the world. An important issue is how to address climate change and its adverse impacts both today and in the future. In the international arenas, many political initiatives have been established, including the G8 Summit, that are much more serious and intensive than before.

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  1. Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito, 310-8512, Ibaraki, Japan

    Nobuo Mimura

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  1. Transdisciplinary Initiative for Global Sustainability, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan

    Akimasa Sumi (Executive Director), Kensuke Fukushi (Associate Professor) & Ai Hiramatsu (Project Assistant Professor) (Executive Director),  (Associate Professor) &  (Project Assistant Professor)

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Mimura, N. (2010). Scope and Roles of Adaptation to Climate Change. In: Sumi, A., Fukushi, K., Hiramatsu, A. (eds) Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99798-6_9

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