When considering climate change, indigenous people and marginalized populations warrant particular attention. In order to strengthen the consideration of indigenous knowledge in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (5AR), to be released in 2014, this publication draws the attention of authors of the 5AR and climate...

The report aims to highlight and raise awareness on the exposure and vulnerability of the energy sector to climate change. It also identifies adaptation options available to each source of energy generation as well as for the distribution and end use of electrical energy.

In this article on CDKN’s website, Dina Khan, CDKN Project Manager, and Lorna Davey, Mott MacDonald Ltd, take stock of what a CDKN project with the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, on climate compatible reconstruction has already achieved. Through a CDKN project, the Government of Punjab,...

This briefing paper highlights that impacts from climate change and global warming are already being felt, and will become increasingly inevitable in the future unless there is a rapid reduction in emissions coupled with scaled up support for adaptation. Climate change will result in devastating...

The scoping assessment on adaptation to climate change in the Philippines was conducted in March 2012. This assessment draws on work in progress by the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia, also known as Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP), to disseminate and exchange knowledge...

Despite the increasingly evident need to conduct adaptation work at the urban level, organizations often have to deal with several obstacles when planning and conducting adaptation actions. This article features the challenges to urban adaptation, frameworks and methodologies to plan and conduct adaptation work at...

Planetary health is today inextricably linked to population health. Climate change, an integral part of planetary health, is foremost among the global environmental changes affecting human health. This mammoth challenge carries the potential to cripple health systems worldwide and profoundly alter disease dynamics, thereby threatening...

The issue of climate change in the People’s Republic of China is one of the reasons why the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities, industries and fields with enough water. This paper explores how to achieve better drought management and sustainable water...

This report reveals that biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific is in decline in all types of ecosystems, with the rate of species loss about twice the global average. It also provides examples of promising approaches for sustainably managing natural capital in the region. These...

This publication examines the problems and issues of urban transport in relation to climate change in the People’s Republic of China. It reviews international and local best practices for addressing such challenges. It also identifies policies, strategies, and measures to reduce CO2 emissions from the...