This desktop study was a joint effort between the Southeast Asia Network of Climate Change Focal Points (SEA-CC Net) and the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform) to meet the key ASEAN member countries’ needs to review and analyze existing...

The impacts of climate change on water resources will have wide-reaching implications for agricultural systems and food security around the globe. This is especially true for Nepal, a poorly developed country where a high percentage of the population is dependent on agriculture for its livelihood....

The paper hopes to provide the reader with a clear overview of the current situation regarding funding for climate adaptation programming and and policy in Nepal. It focuses mainly at the national level, though is cognisant of the great bearing that deicison making and action...

The report examines the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on the South Alligator River system in Kakadu National Park, Australia. It uses modeling to assess the risk of saltwater intrusion and extreme rainfall events on low-lying coastal wetlands, under climate change...

The report describes a project undertaken in two Pacific atoll countries, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. The key project objectives were: (1) build research skills in atoll countries to undertake rapid vulnerability assessments at the local scale; (2) identify local scale variances...

The report presents data on the exposure of commercial buildings (e.g. retail precincts), light industrial buildings, and transport infrastructure (road, rail, tramways), in Australia’s coastal areas. It complements the first national assessment of climate change risks to Australia’s coastal assets. The report is intended to...

The paper develops a systematic mixed-methods review methodology to examine if and how climate change adaptation is taking place in developed nations. It finds limited evidence of adaptation action.  However, the paper argues that the methodology presented in this paper offers important insights for meta-analyses...

This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, employees and current or potential customers. While many companies are focused on...

This policy brief is based on the findings of a participatory research effort: Climate Change Adaptation – Factors of choice, effectiveness, and supporting systems conducted in the provinces of Koh Kong and Sihanoukville, Cambodia in late 2010 and in January of 2011. This study is...

This issue focuses on how local communities in six countries in south-east Asia are managing risk; how they are coping with and preparing for possible disaster in their villages; how people living on the flood plains of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river in Bangladesh are coping with...