This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Reflecting a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective,it shows how to implement plans at local levels. It also focuses on the climate-related disasters in the Asian region.  To Buy copies click here...

As a component of “Building the Resilience of Communities and their Ecosystems to the impactsof Climate Change in the Pacific”, a draft for the Resource Management Plan has been prepared and is under final revision. The plan will address key issues and put in place...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (16 to 27 May 2011), pointed out that indigenous peoplen have been living a ‘green economy’ for centuries and learning from them is the key to achieving sustainable development. The forum focused on reviewing the...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced five winners of this year’s UN Champions of the Earth prize, which recognizes leaders who take action through visionary thinking, unwavering dedication and action towards global green growth. The five winners are President Felipe Calderon (Mexico), Dr. Olga...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published a roadmap to show the Least Developed Countries (LDC) the steps required to be taken to access funds for climate change adaptation and mitigation from the LDC fund. This fund is known to support LDCs in the preparation...

The fight against climate change could be won or lost on the pages of newspapers, in TV and radio broadcasts and on the internet and mobile phones.This is because people need good information to make effective decisions. Climate change journalism can protect people and promote...

Oxfam’s new briefing paper for climate changeadaptation in developing countries focuses on finance and provides recommendations for theGreen Climate Fund and other fund providers. Read more: http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/ bp146-owning-adaptation-130611-en.pdf : http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp146-owning-adaptation-130611-en.pdf

This book highlights what will be lost if we don’t take action against global warming now. The publisher,Gaute Hogh, uses the power of photographs to illustrate how many cultures, places and species are now threatened by our failure to effectively address climate change. Read more:...

FAO of the UN has launched a new initiative for sustainable crop production intensification by releasing a book outlining the approach. Titled “Save and Grow”, the book provides farmers with various approaches for adapting to climate change. Read more: http:// www.fao.org/ag/save-and-grow/ : http://www.fao.org/ag/save-and-grow/

Scientific information on the impacts of climate change is an essential prerequisite for successful adaptation. Therefore, GTZ has collaborated with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research to develop this practitioner’s manual. It describes the steps needed to obtain climate change information, the ways to interpret...