Two years before the massive floods triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains hit Pakistan in 2010, the federal government had already started taking the threat of climate change seriously by forming a Task Force on Climate Change in October 2008. In February 2010, before the disastrous...

About 150 researchers, academicians, policymakers, and development workers representing 21 countries attended the International Conference on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Food and Environmental Security (ICCCIAFES) held on 21-22 November 2012 at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture...

The first online learning course on Climate Change for the Secondary Teachers is now available. This innovative training kit, entitled UNESCO Course for Secondary Teachers on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development (CCESD) is designed to give teachers confidence, through a series of six-day programmes,...

Executive Summary Due to its already precarious climatic situation, which is characterized by scant precipitation, widespread aridity, highly continental conditions, and unevenly distributed resources, the Central Asian region is particularly threatened by climate change, which will exacerbate the already difficult situation. Adaptation is defined as...

Executive Summary Most Southeast Asian countries are vulnerable to climate change risks and impacts. In large part, this is due to a lack of adaptive capacity towards resilience or self-organization. These are specific governance challenges at various levels of human organization. A review of the...

The release of our Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) in December last year coincided with a significant event in global politics – the UN climate conference in Qatar. While negotiators quibbled over sums and sources of climate money, the index pointed to a worrisome trend. Most...

I recently attended the “Coastal Cities At Risk 2013” conference organized by the Manila Observatory and the Coastal Cities at Risk Initiative supported by the Canadian Government. As many remarked, the venue was quite apt because Manila has the distinction of being one of seven...

During May 2012 Climate Himalaya launched Mountain Voice a multimedia information communication series to capture the experiences, thoughts and opinions of people, practitioners, policy makers and researchers on various climate linked issues in the Himalayan region. In this the team interacts with people to capture...

Climate change induced increases in temperature and the variability of rainfall and extreme weather events are projected to influence the occurrence of crop failures, pest and disease outbreaks, and the degradation of land and water resources. These impacts are likely to affect developing countries in...

This paper provides central policy decision makers and donors with accessible guidance on how government might make use of the national budget system to prioritise a response to climate change. The paper also explores how governments can make complementary use of domestic and international sources...