Decision Making in a Changing Climate

The document argues that the ability of developing countries to integrate climate risks into their decision-making processes is a key determinant of their success in mitigating future impacts. It emphasizes that development agencies must move beyond supporting individual adaptation interventions to strengthening the institutional frameworks and policies that allow national governments to make robust, flexible, and durable decisions in the face of climate uncertainty and long-term variability.

• The capacity of poor countries to manage climate change is essential for economic and social progress, as vulnerability is highest in these regions and climate risks threaten to undermine the Millennium Development Goals and previous investments.
• Effective decision-making for climate adaptation requires processes that are proactive, robust enough to handle various impact scenarios, flexible enough to respond to unforeseeable surprises, and durable given the long-term nature of the impacts.
• Development agencies, including multilateral development banks and bilateral/multilateral donors, are positioned to support national governments in addressing specific challenges such as sector transitions, institutional responses to pests or diseases, and precipitation uncertainty.

APA

World Resources Institute (2010). Decision Making in a Changing Climate. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-01/wrr-2010-11-question-3.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Decision Making in a Changing Climate. 2010. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-01/wrr-2010-11-question-3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2010decision, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Decision Making in a Changing Climate}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2010}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-01/wrr-2010-11-question-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }