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17 September 2013

ADB’s new publications on climate change adaptation in the Pacific

The Asian Development Bank published a set of seven new flyers on adaptation issues and challenges facing developing member countries in the Pacific. These include disaster risk management; shift from risk to resilience; resilienc...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Disaster Risk Reduction / Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Guideline / Manual / Toolkit

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World, South Asia, Central Asia

15 March 2013

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Partnership Programme Launches Website

The Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) Programme is run by a partnership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Announcement

All Countries, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World, South Asia, Central Asia

11 September 2012

Adaptation Focus: How Ecosystem-Based Solutions are Bearing Fruit in Xai Xai, Mozambique

The capacity to adapt to changing climatic conditions is becoming an increasingly vital skill for all countries. Ecosystem-Based Adaptation is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation strateg...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Mozambique, Rest of the World

14 June 2012

Adaptation: resources now to plan and implement

Wealthy nations have committed to support developing countries to establish National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) that identify long-term priorities for responding to climate change challenges. But how and when will this support be giv...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture / Private Sector / Gender and Social Impacts / Coastal Zone Management / Communication and Awareness / Community Based Adaptation / Disaster Risk Reduction / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Natural Resources and Agriculture / Gender and Social Impacts / Gender and Social Impacts / Gender and Social Impacts / Gender and Social Impacts / Communication and Awareness / Urban Areas and Infrastructure / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World

10 June 2012

Into Unknown Territory: The limits to adaptation and reality of loss and damage from climate impacts

The concept of loss and damage is increasingly important because we have not mitigated or adapted to climate change in time: whatever we do now, there will still be losses and irreversible impacts. Current emission reduction comm...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture / Gender and Social Impacts / Coastal Zone Management / Disaster Risk Reduction / Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World

08 July 2011

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: What it Means

If you understand what adaptation is, then the term “ecosystem-based adaptation,” or EbA, should be self-explanatory. But it’s not. The article aims to explain ecosystem-based adaptation or the use of biodiversity and ecosystem as...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Rest of the World

15 June 2011

Findings and Implications from a Coarse-scale Global Assessment of Recent Mega-fires

This report was presented by FAO at the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference in South Africa. As climate change conditions may be intensifying the growing number of mega-fires around the world, the fires may also themselves...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Greece, Indonesia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Rest of the World

14 June 2011

Wetlands and Climate Change

Wetlands are natural and human-made infrastructures that receive, transport, clean, store and deliver water to a wide range of users – “from the mountains to the seas” – for domestic needs, agriculture, biodiversity, industry and...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World

07 June 2011

Use of Agro-biodiversity by Indigenous and Traditional Agricultural Communities in Adapting to Climate Change

Indigenous and traditional agricultural communities throughout the world depend on, and are custodians of, agrobiodiversity maintained within agricultural landscapes through various forms of traditional resource management. These ...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture / Community Based Adaptation / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World

03 June 2011

Framework for Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Himalayas

It is said that awareness of the value of mountain ecosystem is on the rise, but there is a need to develop sound methodologies for conserving this ecosystem. This report aims to bridge the gap by outlining a general framework for...

THEMES : Ecosystems Based Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Rest of the World

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