This report examines and draws lessons from two adaptation projects in Vietnam—a climate change vulnerability assessment in the Cat Khanh Commune of Binh Dinh province, and efforts to mainstream adaptation in the province’s fishery sector. One of the main findings of these two projects was...

The main objectives of this case study were to understand climate risks and uncertainties inherent in local communities and demonstrate the integration of climate change adaptation into local development plans. The study concluded that raising awareness about climate risks and variability, communicating climate-related information, and...

This paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing this particular country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the...

Weathering Climate Change (English; 8.50 minutes) is a film that describes WOTR’s Agro-Meteorology component of Climate Change Adaptation project, which combines locale-specific met advisories and agro advisories for timely weather information to help farmers plan their agricultural activities. Web-based, this initiative is marked by its...

A total of 80,000 people were affected while over 50 people died, 80 villages were cut off from mainland, seven major bridges collapsed, and 60 km of national highway damaged in the flash flood and landslide that hit Uttarkashi on August 3, 2012. Again, on...

This article identifies the future challenges that cities face in their ability to create well-being, particularly for urban poor communities, as a result of the compound effect generated by climate change. It suggests that action to reduce exposure and improve the adaptive capacity of urban...

In a CDKN online article, Michiel van Dijk of LEI-Wageningen UR reports on the growing need for policy-makers to be aware about and balance trade-offs among food security, poverty, climate change and sustainable development. If decision-makers are to balance such trade-offs, they must be aware...

To mark the successful outcome of the 5th Asia Ministerial Conference on DRR, where the Yogyakarta declaration on disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific 2012 calls for “increase the involvement of multi-stakeholders, especially the vulnerable groups including women, children, elderly, and persons with...

In a new CDKN blog, Nasreen Rashid, Executive Advisor, EFU Group of Insurance, Pakistan reflects on the role of micro-insurance in DRR strategies. He writes that even though his work in the insurance sector often feels far from the day to day concerns of these...

Saleemul Huq writes in an article for the CDKN website on what Bangladesh has gained from efforts over the last year to understand and advance the loss and damage agenda. He writes: “When residents in the coastal district of Satkira in Bangladesh were asked a...