The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), together with the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and the Royal Institute (RI), have requested assistance from ADAPT Asia-Pacific to formulate a strategic plan that will identify, support, monitor and assess a national strategy for...

This discussion paper was prepared for the Regional Clinic on the Design and Management of National Climate Funds (NCFs) on 6-8 September 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Regional Clinic is jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United States Agency for...

History repeated itself in the city of Chennai on November- December 2015, when the devastating flood claimed more than 470 lives and resulted in enormous economic loss. The city and its suburb recorded several days between November 2015 to December 2015 of torrential rainfall, which...

Surat is India’s 12th largest city with a population of 4.4 million (2011 Census). The city has been growing fast: it has almost doubled in size between 2001 and 2011. The high density, the lack of safe water supply and its location on a river...

A TARU Leading edge case study to promote cool roof and passive ventilation technologies in state and central government poor housing schemes through advocacy and support. The expansion of the cities resulting in increasing heat island effects as well as climate change has caused these...

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network initiative is a collective experiment with a range of activities that will together improve the ability of the cities to withstand, prepare for, and recover from the projectedimpacts of climate change. The interventions in the city...

This document is prepared with the aim of providing a framework for the development of a Climate resilience strategy for the city of Surat. It has been developed through continued interactions with city stakeholders, sector studies conducted to understand different dimensions of current situation and...

This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy...

Overcoming Floods in the Philippines: A story of climate change adaptation and mitigation

In 2014, the USAID Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific (USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific) teamed up with RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests to establish a demonstration site in the Bishnupur community of Sarlahi district of Nepal, on planning,...