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Through a European Union funded ‘Building coastal resilience to reduce climate change impact in Thailand and Indonesia’ project, CARE works closely with coastal authorities and civil society organisations to integrate climate change adaptation into sub-national development and disaster risk reduction strategies and plans and to...

A consortium of four organizations that includes WWF, the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal and CARE is involved in a five year USAID funded project called Hariyo Ban. The overall goal of the Hariyo Ban Program is to reduce...

With climate science evolving but remaining uncertain, how can journalists accurately communicate about climate change in the media? And, how can they break through the national perspective of their media outlet to give the regional story of climate change? The 24 journalists selected from Bangladesh,...

Communities in two districts in Fiji are beginning to include climate change risks in their development plans, thanks to efforts by the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Fiji project team and partners. Known as  'climate change mainstreaming', this is one of the key objectives...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today launched a 'Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change' in the state capital with an aim to providing a platform to engage the different government departments and civil societies towards addressing the issue of climate change.  Dedicating the centre to...

AWID interviewed Dr. Netatua Pelesikoti and Peniamina Leavai* from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) about new moves towards gender mainstreaming climate change initiatives. Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries and Territories According to the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change...

Adapting and coping with changes in climatic and weather patterns is important. Lack of preparedness and growing uncertainty over weather patterns is a serious issue that needs to be addressed at all levels, from village to national. “We see that weather patterns have changed, and...

Twelve technical officers and two executives from focal Climate Change offices in seven Southeast Asian countries completed a workshop on Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Assessment (VIAA) for Climate Change: Approaches, Methods and Tools on 10-12 July 2013 at Meliã Hanoi Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. The officials and...

In a collaborative four-year project, scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will provide technical assistance to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development’s (ICIMOD) Koshi Basin Programme in developing an integrated basin-wide modelling system to improve management of the Koshi River...

But as recent data show, the global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million – something that has not happened in the last million years, and possibly not in the last 25 million years, according to a NASA – National Aeronautics...