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Climate change (CC) impacts are threatening around the globe and they are not limited to developing countries. CC adaptation in developing countries is mostly focused on community-based adaptation to help the poorest and the most vulnerable societies by empowering communities to become resilient to CC impacts (Huq and Reid, 2007; Ayers and Huq, 2009). In contrast, developed countries are presumed to have a low vulnerability to CC (Ford and Berrang-Ford, 2011). As a result, not many studies are conducted in the developed countries to see the effectiveness of policies and actions taken for CC adaptation. However, as the adaptation is location specific and solutions and approaches are diverse (Agrawal, 2010), it is worthwhile understanding cases in developed countries.
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Tsurita, I., Prabhakar, S.V.R.K., Sano, D. (2013). Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Agricultural Initiatives in Japan. In: Ha, H., Dhakal, T.N. (eds) Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137325211_6
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