Incorporating cross-sectoral effects into analysis of the cost-effectiveness of climate change adaptation measures

M. Skourtos (), Ch. Tourkolias, D. Damigos, A. Kontogianni, P. Harrison and P. Berry

Climatic Change, 2015, vol. 128, issue 3, 307-321

Abstract: By their sheer size, adaptation investments are processes addressing multiple climate impacts at the same time. Nevertheless, cross-sectoral effects of adaptation measures are rarely taken into consideration in adaptation costing and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). We explicitly address joint adaptation processes by focusing on inter- or intra-sectoral adaptation synergies within a cost-effectiveness framework. A software tool – CrossAdapt - has been developed in order to quantify cross-sectoral adaptation impacts based on expert judgement. Our research shows that the calculation of cross-sectoral impacts and their integration into cost-effectiveness analysis can significantly affect the cost-effectiveness ranking of adaptation measures. Future European adaptation strategies can benefit from the analytical possibility of estimating net adaptation costs based on CrossAdapt. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1168-2

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