REDD+ interventions can help both people and forests adapt to climate change by conserving or enhancing biodiversity and forest ecosystem services. However, additional adaptation measures might be needed, such as the protection of agriculture and livelihoods and the development of fire management strategies. Such measures...

The Capacity Building Programme on the Economics of Climate Change Adaptation (ECCA) is a cooperative effort between UNDP, the USAID ADAPT Asia‐Pacific Project, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Yale University. It addresses a consensus reached during a 2012 Regional Consultation that a more comprehensive...

The training modules developed from training needs assessment carried out during 2010-2011 were further pilot tested and modified. The pilot testing of training modules was carried out for two levels of agriculture extension officers i.e. district and upazila agriculture officers and Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officers operating...

Pilot training programs were conducted in Cambodia for province and subprovince level government officers of the agriculture department to test the effectiveness of draft training modules on climate change adaptation. The pilot tested training modules include ‘Agriculture extension staffs at provincial level’ and ‘District and...

There is a growing consensus among development community that the risk insurance can provide an effective risk management tool for mitigating the impacts of climatic and non-climatic disasters. Several risk insurance initiatives have been implemented at grassroots level for reducing the vulnerability of communities to...

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is piloting an exciting new initiative seeking to enable business to business partnerships that demonstrate the potential to deliver sustained climate, poverty reduction and economic growth benefits. CDKN will look to use the pilot to build evidence on...

The Climate Risk Assessment Guide – Central Asia provides a clear and practical process to assess the impacts and outcomes of climate-related events on lives and livelihoods in Central Asia. The need the Guide arises from the region’s arid climate and the livelihoods systems based...

Three videos from the training held in March 2013 reveals various views on migration as an adaptation strategy as well as other related issues faced by the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please visit

These three articles describe ways in which the private sector can engage more effectively with the climate change threats and begin to build resilient businesses and communities. The article "Ice melt could sink Asia: What should business do?" recommends a set of concrete activities that...

This working paper sets out the CDKN’s initial thinking on how climate change negotiators from poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries can be supported to have effective, influential voices. It presents a range of examples drawn from the literature and CDKN’s experience to date. For more...