Building on results of an expert group meeting on “Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation” held in 2010, this book provides key concepts linking demography and adaptation, incorporating case studies on how census data and other demographic information can be used...

  This article provides updates on a CDKN funded project that helps the Indian city, Ahmedabad, develop a Heat Action Plan. This groundbreaking effort focuses on heat-related illnesses, stressed healthcare systems, and even death. Ahmedabad is leading the way in developing strategies to safeguard the...

Climate warming has caused the degradation of the permafrost in Mongolia, which has considered accelerating reduction of water resources and put a negative effect on terrestrial ecosystems and pastoral productivity. Policies and processes to mitigate for these effects are urgently required. In response to these...

This paper presents the effects of increased temperatures and sea-level rise, together with other climate-linked changes to the Pacific Islands. It examines past responses to climate changes and barriers in driving adaptation to climate change at the community level. It also presents a set of...

  Assessing the challenges and needs of a locality is an important aspect of adaptation action. This scoping assessment presents an overview of the needs of small islands in Indonesia in adapting to the impacts of climate change and climate variability. The assessment was conducted...

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation planning can be taken into consideration acrossmany sectors and at different levels and scales. Different scales of planning have different contextsand may require different approaches. In a landscape context, inter-linkages between sectorswithin the landscape form the context of adaptation planning,...

  As part of the Copenhagen Accord, wealthy nations pledged to help developing countries transition to a lower-carbon economy and to deal with the current and future impacts of climate change. The pledges were substantial, but by no estimate adequate: US$ 30 billion of ‘fast-start...

  WOTR’s Vulnerability Assessment Tool (VAT) is developed to assess vulnerabilities of communities in a particular geographical area. It gives ‘indications’ of the vulnerability of communities to the hazard which they are most likely to face. The Vulnerability Assessment exercise shows the relative degree of...

  Food and nutritional security (FNS) is a complex issue given its reliance on climatic as well as non-climatic factors that are intertwined and interdependent. When climate change is superimposed, it further worsens the situation as food production, one of the critical ecosystem services, is...

The Climate Change Adaptation project is being implemented in 65 villages of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh covering an area of 40,734 ha (407 sq.kms), directly benefitting 63,282 people from over 11,979 households. Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Project Besides watershed development, WOTR is introducing...