Economic, social and governance adaptation readiness for mitigation of climate change vulnerability: Evidence from 192 countries
Abstract
Adaptation strategies have become critical in climate change mitigation and impact reduction, to safeguard population and the ecosystem from irreparable damage. While developed countries have integrated adaptation plans and policies into their developmental agenda, developing countries are facilitating or yet to initiate adaptation policies in their development. This study examines the nexus between climate change vulnerability and adaptation readiness in 192 UN countries using mapping and panel data models. The study reveals Africa as the most vulnerable continent to climate change with high sensitivity, high exposure, and low adaptive capacity. Developed countries, including Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Spain, and Germany, are less vulnerable to climate change due to strong economic, governance and social adaptation readiness. International commitment from developed countries to developing countries is essential to strengthen their resilience, economic readiness and adaptive capacity to climate-related events.
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- Authors
- Sarkodie, S. A., & Strezov, V.
- Affiliations
- Macquarie University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-03
- Volume
- 656
- Pages
- 150-164
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2900896730
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 9.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Macquarie University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Keywords
- climate change vulnerability, adaptive capacity, economic readiness, social readiness, governance readiness, climate sensitivity, climate exposure, developing countries, developed countries, international climate commitments, climate resilience, Africa
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