Publications

01 February 2012

Good Practices in Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

The world is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change caused by global warming. Countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) alone are expected to see temperature increases of 0.5°C–2°C by 2030, together with a sea-l...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Factsheet / Brochure

Southeast Asia

01 February 2012

Review of Assessment Frameworks, Methods and Tools for Climate Impacts, Vulnerability, Adaptive Capacity and Decision Support

Climate change is a stressor on human and natural systems and socio-economic sectors. It poses an additional challenge to the already difficult task of managing ecosystems and promoting sustained economic development in developing...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Forecast and Assessment

PUBLICATION TYPE : Factsheet / Brochure

01 January 2012

Proceedings Report: Central Asia Climate Change Focal Points and Experts Consultation Meeting, 28-30 Sept 2011, Turkmenistan

The consultation meeting of climate change focal points and experts in the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from September 28 to 30...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Event Proceedings

Central Asia

30 November 2011

Proceedings: South Asia Climate Change Focal Points and Experts Consultation Meeting, 16-17 November 2011

Executive Summary South Asia is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change because of fragile ecosystems, potential for glacial melt, low-lying land areas, and large poor and remote village populations. Many communiti...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Event Proceedings

South Asia

01 November 2011

Proceedings Report: Regional Training on Cross-Sectoral Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Training Background: There is now plenty of evidence that climate change is taking place. Climate change will affect everyone but developing countries will be hit hardest, soonest while they have the least capacity to respond. Asi...

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

PUBLICATION TYPE : Event Proceedings

01 June 2011

Synthesis Report: 5th Sharing and Learning Seminar: Reaching the Masses: Building Critical Public Awareness of Climate Change

Among the intended outputs of the seminar were greater collaboration towards public awareness and behaviour change in relation to climate change; better understanding of the concepts, strategies and tools that can be employed in b...

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

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

11 April 2011

Surat City Resilience Strategy

This document is prepared with the aim of providing a framework for the development of a Climate resilience strategy for the city of Surat. It has been developed through continued interactions with city stakeholders, sector studie...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

India

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30 April 2010

City vulnerability analysis report: Indore and Surat

The Rockefeller Foundation's Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network initiative is a collective experiment with a range of activities that will together improve the ability of the cities to withstand, prepare for, and recov...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Announcement

India

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01 January 2010

Recovery and Climate Change

The Guidance Notes on Recovery: Climate Change draws from documented experiences of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant experts. The collected materials are presente...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Gender and Social Impacts / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Best Practice / Lessons Learned

28 February 2009

National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management (NCSA) and National Adaptation Programme of Action for Climate Change (NAPA)

Executive Summary: Up to 80 percent of Afghan people rely on the country’s natural resource base for their livelihoods. Natural resource management is therefore of paramount importance to sustainable development and improved loc...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Afghanistan

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