Executive Summary Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, but has increasingly developed national capacity to address climate change impacts. Climaterelated hazards are expected to increase in frequency and intensity, however, and as such it is now becoming clear that adaptation...

This report is a synthesis of two Adaptation Knowledge Platform studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan. These two Himalayan countries have significant commonalities and differences. Nepal and Bhutan are both...

While the world is waking up to the news of the horrific scale of the recent flood disaster in the Mahakali basin of Nepal and Uttarakhand in India, several questions are being asked: what kind of climatic events led to this disaster? Could anything have...

The Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) is seeking an evaluator to engage in undertaking the mid-term review of the Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida) funded projects on Climate Change Adaptation in Greater Mekong and on Environmental Governance and Principle 10 (Rio Declaration) (P10). The term of...

The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) invites you to submit innovative proposals focusing on urban resilience to climate changes. Accepted proposals consist of best practices related to urban resilience which are research results among existing practices or brand new ideas. All the eligible practices...

The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) raised four key questions related to urban resilience issues in Asia to experts at the Asia Pacific Adaptation Forum 2013 held in March in Incheon, Korea. To watch a video on each question, please visit the following...

The Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) operates in nine countries and two regions, aiming to support them to prepare and implement climate resilience programmes that are long term and integrated into wider poverty reduction and development planning. This briefing paper shares early insights gained...

Together with the Plan, the World Vision and the Caritas Cambodia, the Joint Climate Change Initiative (JCCI) has developed “A Guide to Climate Change Responses – A Learning Manual for Cambodian Organizations and Institutions” (Khmer and English) and a “Good Practice Booklet” (English, soon in...

Concerns over climate change, with projected changes to water availability, variability and the frequency of extreme events, have contributed to concerns over the need to develop more flexible allocation practices and the capacity to better respond to scarcity of supply. This book considers modern approaches...

This book results from an international collaborative effort to explore and distil best practice approaches to flood risk management in challenging large scale and inter-related environments. The book is one in a series of six books, which together consider three fundamental water resources management issues:...