Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) will assist WWF-Pakistan to learn how best to support community-based planning for climate adaptation actions in two Pakistani pathfinder communities (i.e. Keti Bunder and Kharo Chan). This initiative responds to the survey result that shows, owing to the limited reach...
11.10.2013
BBC’s Climate Asia – Data Portal Launch
BBC Media Action has launched a study of people's daily experience with climate change in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam, revealing how people are impacted by, and responding to, changes in their environment and where communities are struggling and adapting. The survey...
11.10.2013
Climate Adaptation by Livestock Smallholders in Gandaki River Basin, Nepal
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The Small Earth Nepal, in collaboration with the City University of New York and Colorado State University, is conducting a research project aimed at enhancing the understanding of how climate change is impacting economies and ecosystems essential to the livelihood of livestock keepers in Nepal....
11.10.2013
CARE International’s initiatives toward community-based mangrove management in responding to climate change
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CARE International, the chair of the NGO Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) in Viet Nam, has conducted various policy dialogues on climate change issues under the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment of Viet Nam. A draft workshop report on community-based...
11.10.2013
Workshop on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation in Development Plans and Investments Laguna, Philippines, September 3-5, 2013
Fifteen representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Sectoral Working Group (ASWG) in Fisheries and Livestock enhanced approaches and practical ways for mainstreaming climate adaptation into policies, action plans and projects of ASWG and applying climate proofing to selected ASEAN initiatives within the...
11.10.2013
Workshop on Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Assessment (VIAA) for Climate Change: Approaches, Methods and Tools, Hanoi, Vietnam, July 10-12, 2013
The workshop provided over 25 technical officers and executives from seven Southeast Asian countries with an overview of the approaches, methods and tools in vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessment as inputs to planning for climate change adaptation. The workshop was co-organized for SEAN-CC by SEARCA...
10.10.2013
World Mayors Summit Calls for Increased Financing for Local Climate Actions
With the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report painting a clear and worrying picture regarding man-made climate change, cities and regions came together at the World Mayors Summit on Climate Change yesterday to affirm their commitment to scale up climate actions, urge engagement...
07.10.2013
World Bank Helps Communities Adapt to Climate Change Risks
The Government of Tajikistan and the World Bank launched a project today valued at $16.88 million that aims to support sustainable management of natural resources in Tajikistan and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts. The Tajikistan Environmental Land Management and Rural Livelihoods...
04.10.2013
The Difficulty of Defining Adaptation Finance
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While working on tracking adaptation finance for our Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative project, we often get the question “What is adaptation finance?” or “What counts as adaptation finance?” To our embarrassment, we still don’t have a clear answer to either question, other than “Well… finance...
25.09.2013
Lao farmers need no ‘magic’ to adapt to climate change
The sky is still dark when 48-year old Ms Kham Phanyavong leaves her house at 3:30 AM on Saturday. She has to be at That Luang organic market before the customers arrive. She pays 40,000 kip to transport four baskets of vegetables from Nontae village...