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Created: 2024-07-17T13:39:05

adaptive capacity  

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  • Information Adaptive capacity is the ability of systems to respond, recover and address an adaptation deficit. It relates to the capacity to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences.

    Created: 7/17/24

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Scope note

  • Often used in the context of climate change. Adaptive capacity is essentially linked to the existence of the knowledge, policies, institutions that can help systems and institutions become resilient, where resilience is the capacity to absorb, respond and transform in the face of shocks and disturbances. (en)

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