The unique role of agriculture in development—our primary food source, significant potential for GHG mitigation, and its sensitivity to climate change—entails that innovations in technology and practice be enabled and diffused locally and appropriately to respond to climate change. Innovative technologies and practices may come...

This report provides a summary of the activities of APAN from January- December 2013. During 2013, APAN enhanced its operations through the Regional Hub (RH) and the Secretariat of the Steering Committee (SC) with the support from partners. In addition, APAN organised various training workshops...

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is a halogenated gas and a replacement for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). Most ODS’ are also potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) and this includes CFCs and HCFCs which are currently being phased out under the Montreal Protocol. HFCs, on...

This first UNEP Adaptation Gap Report provides a framework for defining adaptation gaps and a preliminary assessment of the gap between adaptation needs and reality. It proposes an approach for identifying and assessing the current state and action in key adaptation areas, and comparing these...

This publication showcases technologies that can be used to address such impacts across six sectors: agriculture, coastal resources, human health, transportation, water resources, and disaster risk management. The solutions presented may serve to demystify the technologies surrounding adaptation options. Conclusions This study has four important...

The Indo-German development cooperation project Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas of India (CCA RAI) is pleased to announce the launch of its publication  “A Framework for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments”. The framework was developed by GIZ together with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and...

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 119, October 2014:  This issue focuses on the development of a successor to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), which was the seminal framework that guided the global response to the challenges of disaster risk reduction (DRR). Drawn for a period of...

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are benefiting from the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Initiative supported by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as projects supported by other development partners. A series of photo essays...

The three-stage competitive grant process will bring together multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary teams to identify and help solve the toughest obstacles to building resilience for population in Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Teams that are selected to advance to the subsequent stages...

This report by SEARCA or the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture consolidates and synthesizes current adaptation interventions and identifies critical intervention gaps. The report aims to provide a critical review of the overall landscape of available knowledge on climate...