Evaluation of interventions for climate change adaptation: Instruments for managing residual climate risks

Abstract

Climate change is causing increasingly high losses and damages, particularly in developing countries. Typically, this is a consequence of residual climate risks. 'Residual climate risks' are those climate risks that remain after risks have been reduced through mitigation and adaptation. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, residual climate risks need to be managed effectively. So far, only sporadic evidence is available on the effectiveness of instruments for managing these risks. Against this background, the present evaluation module report fills the knowledge and evaluation gap on the relevance and effectiveness of the instruments applied so far to manage residual climate risks.