Since the 3rd World Water Forum (Kyoto, 2003) the Caribbean and Pacific region have been collaborating as part of the global Dialogue on Water and Climate (DWC) initiative, which works »to improve the capacity in water resources management to cope with the impacts of increasing variability of the...

This document is intended as a resource to be used when familiarizing staff of the World Bank about the evolving climate change agenda, covering the issues of science, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, and more broadly the policy agenda. It is based on a targetted analysis of a study,...

Building momentum for local government to better respond to climate change in the Pacific Region, the first Pacific CCCI workshop of was held in Suva, Fiji 1st -3rd June 2011. The workshop provided a comprehensive overview of tools methodologies and approaches to build the capacity of national teams...

The project entitled Formulation of the National Adaptation Programme of Action to Climate Change (NAPA) aims to develop a realistically achievable country-driven programme of action and priority activities addressing the needs of Cambodia for adapting to the adverse effects of climate change (UNDP, 2003). Specifically, the project’s goals...

The changing environment is expected to intensify the challenges that people in developing countries are facing, particularly among the groups whose livelihoods depend on natural resources. The adaptive capacity of livelihoods largely defines the extent to which people can cope with future environmental changes, whether caused by climate...

There is growing concern about the potential effects of climate change on the socioeconomic characteristics and natural resources of the Lower Mekong Basin. As a result there is a need for a more understanding of the potential impacts from climate change. In response, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)...

The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) covers an area of approximately 606,000 km2 within the countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Based on the outcomes of recent national and regional studies, there is growing concern about the potential effects of climate change on the socio-economic characteristics...

This booklet provides a summary of the preliminary impact assessment of climate change and development on Mekong flow regimes and recommendations to improve the assessment of these impacts. The results of two global emission scenarios (A2 and B2, IPCC 2000) were downscaled to the regional level covering...

The purpose of this review is twofold: it provides an introduction to the theoretical landscape of planning adaptation to climate change, offering an overview of many of its key concepts and approaches; and it draws out key issues that are especially relevant to countries in the Lower Mekong...

The MRC’s State of the Basin Report aims to provide an overall picture of the state of the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), in terms of its people and their livelihoods, the environment and the economy. Research and monitoring since the first State of the Basin Report was published in 2003 has...