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dc.titleOptions Paper: Reducing Climate Risk in IDB Operations
dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Fareeha Y.
dc.contributor.authorSuding, Paul Hugo
dc.contributor.orgunitEnvironmental and Social Safeguards Unit
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageVenezuela
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageNorth America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2013-04-05T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2011-04-25T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores options to minimize threats posed to IDB-financed physical investments by the impacts of climate change. A large proportion of projects are implemented in climate-sensitive sectors (e.g., agriculture, water resources, and transport). In these cases, the norm is to consider historic climatic trends for guiding project conceptualization and design. However, there is growing realization among international development agencies including the IDB that this may not be sufficient; many multilateral and bilateral development agencies now recognize the need to also consider future changes in long-term trends of climatic variables, as well as the possibility of an intensification or increased frequency of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, and hurricanes.
dc.format.extent91
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009073
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Options-Paper-Reducing-Climate-Risk-in-IDB-Operations.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectEnvironmental Policy
dc.subjectNatural Resources Management
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectRenewable Energy
dc.subject.jelcodeQ5 - Environmental Economics
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
idb.operationRG-K1063
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