When the sea turns its enormous power against us, our best defense is to get out of its way. But to do that we must first be able to predict when and where the sea will strike. If the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26,...

This book dwells on ways to ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable. Over $100bn a year is pledged to help finance adaptation projects via the Climate Adaptation Fund. These projects and their funding played a central role in the latest climate talks...

 The environmental and climatic issues vary from continent to continent. Understanding the issues does need a lot of research and study material which students may not be able to gather due to shortage of time and resources. The authors have made an effort to gather...

The Inception report was written during the Inception Phase of the Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia, between January and December 2009.The following organizations and individuals collaborated on this report: • Asian Institute of Technology-United Nations Environment Programme Regional Resource Centre for Asia and...

The mission of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform is to mainstream climate adaptation into development planning in the region as well as to ensure an effective two-way flow of information from researchers on ways to cope with changing climate to policy makers, and to communities who...

In cooperation with the Asian Institute of Technology and the United Nations Environment Programme (AIT-UNEP), and the Learning Institute, the Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia has seen great value in learning more about climate change adaptation in Cambodia. Asking questions around what best supports positive adaptation,...

This policy brief is based on the findings of a participatory research effort: ‘Climate Change Adaptation – Factors of Choice, Effectiveness, and Supporting Systems’, conducted in the provinces of Koh Kong and Sihanoukville, Cambodia in late 2010 and in January 2011.  The study is an...

Climate change induced increases in temperature and the variability of rainfall and extreme weather events are projected to influence the occurrence of crop failures, pest and disease outbreaks, and the degradation of land and water resources. These impacts are likely to affect developing countries in...

The Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP), and the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) are actively facilitating climate change adaptation at local, national and regional scales in Asia and the Pacific; knowledge management being one of their core activities. As part of this effort, the web portal...

The Adaptation Knowledge Platform is working toward building bridges between current knowledge on adaptation to climate change and various stakeholders. Activities have been initiated in the five pilot countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam, with local partners mobilized and key knowledge and capacity...