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Between 1999 and 2003, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) made a preliminary effort to integrate an analysis of mitigation and adaptation to climate change impact vulnerabilities in two ways: top-down and bottom-up. This paper briefly describes these early experiments and summarizes their findings, both about climate change vulnerability reduction and about the challenges of integrated analysis, expanding upon results previously reported [Wilbanks et al. (Environment 45/5:28–38, 2003); ORNL (Integrated analysis of mitigation and adaptation as responses to concerns about impacts of global climate change, ORNL Working paper 2003); ORNL and CUSAT 2003; Wilbanks 2005].
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Wilbanks, T.J., Leiby, P., Perlack, R. et al. Toward an integrated analysis of mitigation and adaptation: some preliminary findings. Mitig Adapt Strat Glob Change 12, 713–725 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-007-9095-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-007-9095-4