Adaptation Tipping Points and Resilience

Assessment of adaptation tipping points
Determine alternative adaptation strategies: assess how to implement a
different strategy or additional measures to postpone / resolve a tipping
point (methods depend on scale, score these alternatives to policy targets)
Adaptation pathways for the
Theems estuary with
increasing sea level
The blue boxes are
adaptation strategies
(portfolios of option)
The blue arrows show
possibly transitions between
strategies.
In red the various scenarios
(EnvironmentAgency, 2007)