This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in the Pacific. For the purpose of this review, the Pacific is defined as including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands,...

In late 2009, Indonesia made a voluntary commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2020, or by 41% with international assistance, compared to business as usual. The country aims to achieve 87% of this goal by reducing emissions from deforestation and peat...

2011 was the costliest year on record for disasters in economic terms, with estimated global losses of USD380 billion. Not only were aggregate losses extremely high, but the distributional and knock-on effects were also large. Recent data suggests that the floods in Thailand reduced Japan’s...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has produced a report aimed at catalyzing thinking on how the agricultural sector can be fully integrated into national strategies on climate change and into the UNFCCC framework. (http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2533e/i2533e00.pdf) The paper, titled “Global Action on Climate...

This report provides an analysis of the tools and tactics advocacy groups use to influence policy responses to climate change at international, regional, national and sub-national levels. More than 20 climate networks and their member organizations have contributed to the report with their experiences of...

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and WWF Southern Africa has released a new joint publication that links climate change adaptation and community based natural resources management (CBNRM). The publication specifically looks at what lessons community based adaptation (CBA) can learn from the experiences...

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is predicted to be severely affected and socially vulnerable to climate change. This study delves into how political processes hinder or promote the adoption of sustainable and equitable adaptation strategies to water-related stress and hazards in the context of climate...

In 2009, with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Hewlett-Packard Company, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a project to understand and promote mangrove resilience to climate change. Drawing on the pilot activities in three countries in...

This document discusses the outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of Parties, with an explicit focus on implications for the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region. The report’s content is the product of a specialist workshop held in...

This report provides information to facilitate the multi-level European process and the effective participation of local governments in urban adaptation to climate change. From a European perspective, this report elaborates on the key challenges that climate change poses to cities and the need for urban...