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The article examines how community-based adaptations to climate change can strengthen resilience through development. According to the authors, international efforts to control climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration have been ineffective. The "Fourth Assessment Report," by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) anticipates rapid changes despite quick mitigation of GHGs and cites the severity of the environmental impact as a result. Topics include the urgency of developing countries to support environmental adaptation, which are adjustments in natural and human system in response to climatic changes, and an in-depth analysis of the benefits of a community-based approach.

Summary: Future climate change policy in developing countries is likely to require both technology transfer and the achievement of a “development dividend.” This paper analyzes how cross-sector partnerships between investors, municipalities, and citizens can enhance both technology transfer and local deliberation about development benefits. Adopting a political institutional approach, the paper compares examples of partnerships involving waste-to-energy investment in India, the Philippines, and Thailand to consider how more and less complex forms of contracting and deliberation may advance policy. Building partnerships that can reduce costs and increase local deliberation is an important complement to formal mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Examines the environmental adaptation of people in developing countries. Illustration of the nature of adaptation in three key land-use situations in developing countries; Questions on general assumptions about the links of environmental adaptation and poverty; Negative impacts of environmental adaptation on some people.

Discusses offenses against the environment in developing countries. Date and participants of conference; Topics covered; Roster of speakers; Division into sessions; Denial of some environmental problems; Number of attendees; Factors affecting problems in developing countries.