RT Report
T1 Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern - Chapter 5
T2 气候变化适应不良：避免陷阱
T2 Mauvaise adaptation au changement climatique : éviter les pièges se trouvant sur la voie de l’évolutivité
T2 Плохая адаптация к изменению климата: как не попасть в западню на пути сохранения способности к эволюционному развитию
T2 Inadaptación al cambio climático: evitar las trampas de la senda evolutiva
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 McMullen, Catherine
A2 Downing, Thomas
A2 Patt, Anthony
A2 Troni, Jessica
A2 Resurrección, Bernadette
K1 climate change
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27545
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27545
NO As climate change negotiations progressed, researchers examined how and why some adaptation actions go awry, particularly those actions that waste substantial amounts of human, natural, or financial resources. Maladaptation thinking continues to advance, and one influential study considered the problem according to the outcomes, identifying five categories of maladaptation when compared to alternative choices. According to this analysis, maladaptations are actions that increase greenhouse gas emissions, burden the most vulnerable disproportionately, incur high opportunity costs, reduce incentives to adapt, or set paths that limit the choices available to future generations.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026