Now in China, EIA focuses on the methods and institutions for analyzing, predicting and appraising the impacts of programs and construction projects that  might incur after they are carried out. In case the environmental impact appraisal document of a construction project fails to pass the examination,...

This second edition of ‘Climate and Development Outlook’, covering the last quarter of 2011, looks back at the positive results achieved from CDKN’s support to the Least Developed Country Group of negotiators at UN climate talks in Durban. It announces some of the funding awards made for...

The project team conducted a consultation exercise to identify priority research and policy issues for the most vulnerable countries and communities in different regions in the South. Dates:  January 2005 – May 2005 Background:  IIED together with the Regional and International Networking Group members in...

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has launched a report, “Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report for Asia”. The report highlights the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of...

This report marks the conclusion of an ADB-financed technical assistance project launched to generate policy responses to migration stimulated by climate-related factors. It represents the first significant effort to identify policy and other responses to the impacts of environment events on human mobility within the...

The report is the outcome of cross-disciplinary teamwork among scientists studying the physical aspects of climate change, scientists with expertise in impacts, adaptation and vulnerability as well as experts in disaster risk management. It explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and...

This report is organized into three themes. Within each theme, the risks and key challenges are identified, as are adaptation actions that have been initiated. It summarizes those activities, and highlights opportunities to further enhance the Australian urban water industries’ preparedness for both current and...

A new report from the Institute of Development Studies and ActionAid provides practical tips, advice and guidance on the process of mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) into disaster risk reduction (DRR). Written primarily for practitioners, policymakers, programme staff and management working in the DRR sector, Harnessing Synergies draws on...

An aim of government and the international community is to respond to global processes and crises through a range of policy and practical approaches that help limit damage from shocks and stresses. Three approaches to vulnerability reduction that have become particularly prominent in recent years...

Projections suggest that, by the end of the 21st century, climate change could have had substantial impact on agricultural production and thence on the scope for reducing poverty. This paper seeks to trace the likely impacts through changes in the quality of the physical asset...