Abstract
PreviewThis document specifies principles, requirements and guidelines for adaptation to climate change. This includes the integration of adaptation within or across organizations, understanding impacts and uncertainties and how these can be used to inform decisions.
This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and nature, e.g. local, regional, international, business units, conglomerates, industrial sectors, natural resource management units.
This document can support the development of sector-, aspect- or element-specific climate change adaptation standards.
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Status: PublishedPublication date: 2019-06
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Edition: 1Number of pages: 28
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Technical Committee: ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities
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- ICS :
- 13.020.40 Pollution, pollution control and conservation
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