Economic approaches for assessing climate change adaptation options under uncertainty

Publishing date: December 2013

This guide provides decision-makers and technical experts with background information on three economic approaches to assess climate change adaptation options. It introduces decision-makers to cost-benefit analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses and multi-criteria analyses and offers two generic Excel tools on how to conduct them. These approaches can contribute to the ranking and choice of adaptation measures to implement NDC adaptation goals.

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Resource Type: Guidance

Target Group: Governments , Technical Experts

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Further resources:

Cost Benefit Analysis Template IMACC

An Excel tool helping to compare up to three adaptation options using cost-benefit analyses and sensitivity analyses

 

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Multi-Criteria Analysis Template IMACC

An Excel tool helping to compare up to ten adaptation options according to a set of up to ten criteria.

 

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