This report assesses the damage caused by Typhoon Mirinae in Vietnam, which killed 122 people and caused $280 million in damage to property. It also analyses local response capacities and their relevance in Vietnam today. For more information, please visit http://acccrn.org/sites/default/files/documents/ISET_LearningFromTyphoonMirinae_Final_130419.pdf or watch the video...

At its 16th session in Cancun in 2010, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) decided to establish the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under Article 11 of the Convention, as an operating entity of the Convention’s financial...

The study warns that businesses might find their activities can no longer be insured as the costs of insurance are going up due to increasing payouts to climate-related events. The study also highlights the legal imperative that should drive businesses to identify their climate-related risk and...

As the urgent need for climate change adaptation becomes clearer, so three issues come to the fore. The first is the cost.  Many estimates suggest that trillions of dollars are needed, with little idea of where these might come from. The second is whether governments...

APAN is co-organising the workshop with the NUM-ITC-UNESCO Remote Sensing and Space Science Laboratory of the National University of Mongolia which is the local organizer of the workshop. The workshop will focus on various aspects of environmental problems and provide an opportunity for participants to...

This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, this new scientific analysis examines the likely impacts...

On 6 June UNEP, the World Bank, IUCN and UNDP organized Adaptation Knowledge Day for the fourth year alongside the UNFCCC Climate Talks in Bonn. The day is an event organized by the Global Adaptation Network (GAN). The half day event attracted 16 speakers (and...

The Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP) is a member of the consortium of specialist organisations that is working with Evidence on Demand to produce a series of topic guides for the Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods Advisers in the UK Department for International Development (DFID)....

The APEC Climate Symposium (APCS) is an annual event, held since 2005, that brings together around 100 scientists, representatives of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services, academics, policy-makers and students from around the world to discuss emerging issues in climate prediction and its applications. This year’s...

Climate change planning capacities and processes vary among the various Southeast Asian countries. But common is the difficulty faced in mobilising local action.   In Cambodia, the need for policy that supports climate change adaptation (CCA) mainstreaming into national policies, planning and budgetary processes has...