Publications

31 January 2018

Examining the relationship between inequality and climate change in Papua New Guinea and Tonga

Understanding the relationship between inequality and climate change risk is increasingly recognized as being central to informing effective adaptation action. In this research, negative outcomes of inequality associated with...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Papua New Guinea, Tonga

10 November 2017

Livelihood Security in Changing Climate: Insight from the Farmer's Field Laboratory

Climate induced natural hazards are emerging as a cause of major concern, particularly in the coastal and haor areas of Bangladesh. There is growing evidence that these hazards are appearing more frequently and are expected to be...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh

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31 October 2017

Mainstreaming, accessing and institutionalising finance for climate change adaptation

The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could rise to between US$280 and US$500 billion per year by 2050 (UNEP, 2016). Moreover, adaptation costs are likely to increase, even if the world succeeds in limitin...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

South Asia

16 February 2017

Innovative Financing for the Adaptation Fund: Pathways and Potentials

This new report explores the potential of seven innovative climate finance options to meet the financing needs of the Adaptation Fund. It concludes that if implemented in a collective manner, these can provide a steady and predict...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

15 February 2017

Summary of Adaptation Measures in the Nationally Determined Contributions of selected Asia-Pacific Countries

The international commitments in response to climate change have been made globally, particularly at COP21 in Paris in December 2015 and at COP22 in Marrakech in November 2016. All parties are required to submit their Nationally D...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

15 February 2017

Summary of APAN Capacity Building Activities, 2010-2015

In support of APAN’s broad mission to “build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems and economies” in Asia-Pacific, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) has provided significa...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

30 January 2017

Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region’s Small Island Developing States

This working paper presents an analysis of climate finance flows to Pacific Island states in 2010–2014, collectively and by country, as well as more recent data on flows from multilateral climate funds. The Small Island Developing...

THEMES : Financing Adaptation

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Pacific

08 November 2016

Role of various sectors in demonstrating resilience during Chennai flood 2015

History repeated itself in the city of Chennai on November- December 2015, when the devastating flood claimed more than 470 lives and resulted in enormous economic loss. The city and its suburb recorded several days between Novemb...

THEMES : Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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31 July 2016

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Report: Developing a Demonstration Site in Nepal on Community Forestry, Gender and Climate Change Adaptation

The Asia-Pacific region has some of the highest absolute numbers of people dependent on forests for significant portions of their livelihoods, and also stands to suffer some of the greatest expected economic and loss of human life...

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

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Nepal

05 July 2016

LEGACY REPORT: Planning and Implementing Rural Adaptation Initiatives in the Lower Mekong

USAID Mekong ARCC worked with implementing partners to identify the environmental, economic, and social effects of climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), and to assist highly exposed and vulnerable rural populations in ec...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Communication and Awareness

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

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