In this article we investigate the complex relationship between environmental risk, poverty, and vulnerability in a case study carried out in one of the poorest and most flood-prone countries in the world, focusing on household and community vulnerability and adaptive coping mechanisms. Based upon the...

This paper considers the needed adaptation and mitigation agenda for cities in India — where the urban population is likely to grow by around 500 million over the next 50 years. It considers the likely changes that climate change will bring in temperature, precipitation and...

Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and vector-borne diseases. This research, undertaken with a set...

The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) organised a conference on climate change adaptation in Bali, Indonesia from 13 to 15 February, 2008. The event brought together key players in the subject-area by way of 65 participants comprising researchers, policy-makers, NGOs and donors. About 40 papers...

Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia

  This technical assistance6 (TA) is formulated to strengthen adaptation responses in the Asia and Pacific region so that DMCs will be more resilient to climate change. The design and monitoring framework is in Appendix 1.

This project builds on previous work in India and Pakistan (APN2000-017), which established a network of research teams with capacity to apply agricultural systems analysis to evaluate options for managing climatic risk. Building on that foundation, this project documented and delivered benefits from climate information to agricultural...

By exploring the relationship between climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and social protection, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) researchers have developed the concept of „adaptive social protection‟. Adaptive social protection involves examining the role of social protection in strengthening adaptation, for example,...

This project will use high-resolution climate and hydrological scenarios as the basis for assessing vulnerability of social and economic sectors in Mekong river basin to changing water regimes due to climate and land cover changes. This will be accomplished by an assessment team in concert...

Our study assessed climate change impacts on and vulnerability of natural (forest, water) and social systems in the watershed. In addition, we identified potential adaptation options for these systems. This paper presents an approach on how to analyze sectoral adaptation options by looking at the trade-offs between...