These two country papers reflect each nation’s experience against the building blocks for successful mainstreaming that government staff from diverse backgrounds identified at a course aimed at reflecting on their experience and needs around integrating climate change into development planning. Among the three building blocks...

This report explores the vulnerability to climate change among ethnic minority groups in the northern region of Vietnam and their capacity to adapt. The report builds on a study conducted as part of CARE Vietnam’s Civil Action for Socio-economic Inclusion in Sustainable Development (CASI III)...

This report aims at exploring the multiple ways in which mobility influences vulnerability and resilience at the individual, community and society level, as well as at highlighting how innovative solutions can be used to reduce environmental risks faced by mobile populations, as well as by...

This paper examines two aspects of community adaptation planning: the relative advantages of community forest user groups and groups of poor and marginalized communities in planning and implementation of local adaptation activities; and integration of community adaptation plans into local development planning processes. The paper...

This paper examines the apparent contribution of climate factors to disaster trends by investigating the observed changes in climatic variables in Asia and the Pacific and exploring whether there is a statistical relationship between these changes in climate variables and the frequency of intense natural...

A recently released draft report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that global sea levels could rise by more than three feet by the end of the century if current emissions rates continue. It also states, more strongly than in previous...

Choiseul is a province of the Solomon Islands with a population of 26,372 people. Sustainable livelihoods in Choiseul Province are closely linked to healthy terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. The majority of inhabitants earn their livelihood from natural resources such as copra, garden crops, seaweed and...

The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project has launched a comprehensive practical guide to mainstreaming climate change adaptation in the Pacific. A key output of the project, the guide represents a significant step forward in incorporating climate risks into development planning and practice in the region....

A new policy brief on Enhancing Direct Access to the Green Climate Fund by the Frankfurt School, Germanwatch and ENDA Tiers Monde for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) contributes to the ongoing debate around access modalities for the GCF. In particular, the paper: explains the...

Recent climate changes have had significant impact on high-mountain glacial environment. Rapid melting of snow/ice and heavy rainfall has resulted in the formation and expansion of moraine-dammed lakes, creating a potential danger from dammed lake outburst floods1. On 16 and 17 June 2013, heavy rains...