India’s 7,500 km long, densely populated coastline is vulnerable to coastal floods, erosion and cyclones. In the South-Eastern coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu extreme heat during summer times as well as heavy rains and flooding during the monsoon season further challenge local...

CARE International, chair of the NGO Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) in Vietnam, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment for conducting various policy dialogues. CARE has conducted several workshops under this MOU with participation from relevant stakeholders around a number of climate...

The 1st Exchange Series on Climate Financing: Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership – A Climate Financing  was raised by Dr. Peter King on 11 September 2013 to engage the climate change finance community in Asia and the Pacific. The Exchange period lasted two weeks (11-25 September...

 A joint discussion paper by Oxfam and CARE, titled "Who's counting? Issues and Options for Climate Finance in Vietnam" explores different issues and options around climate finance in Vietnam. It is intended to support dialogue and debate between civil society, research institutes, the Government of...

CARE International, chair of the NGO Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) in Vietnam, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment for conducting various policy dialogues. CARE has conducted several workshops under this MOU with participation from relevant stakeholders around a number...

Rising sea levels along Hawai‘i’s shorelines call for state and local governments to take action by means of a wide range of coastal land use policy tools designed to help Hawai‘i successfully adapt to climate change. Hawai‘i is expected to experience sea-level rise of one...

Evidence from across Africa andAsia indicates that shiftingseasonal patterns and high intensityextreme events are already erodingcommunity and household resilienceand making them more vulnerableto external shocks. Investing inintegrated and flexible institutionaland policy frameworks is a first steptowards creating a policyenvironment that can build resilienceto climate and...

The loss of life and assets in Uttarakhand after the sudden floods is most heart wrenching. At least 16 lakh people in four districts of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Garhwal were affected by the June 16 rains and floods1.The death toll, according to the state's...

The rural populations of southern Bangladesh are some of the most vulnerable communities in the world to the future impacts of climate change. They are particularly at risk from Ḁoods,  waterlogged soils, and increasing salinity of both land and water. The objective of this project...

Project Report: 2013-35 Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to a range of potential natural disasters due to its: i) unique geographic situation—80% of the country’s 140,000 km2 are eᴀectively Ḁoodplains of major river systems (Hopson and Webster, 2010) and much of the country is less than10...