Outcome · Outcome

Absorptive capacity

Capacity comprising the ability of people, institutions, organisations and systems, using available skills, values, beliefs, resources and opportunities, to address, manage and overcome adverse conditions in the short to medium term.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Glossary: Coping capacity (mapped to absorptive capacity)

Synonyms

coping capacity

Broader

Capacity

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

OTC_051 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/OTC_051
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/OTC_051)