Resilient cities 2013
4th global forum on urban resilience and adaptation, 31 May - 2 June 2013, Bonn, Germany.
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Weather and climate: understanding risks and preparing for variability and extremes
Weather and Climate – Understanding Risks and Preparing for variability and extremes” is the theme of WMO’s latest Bulletin. Articles include: Activities for Early Career Scientists at the World Weather
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Sustainable cities water index
<p>Delhi (46) and Mumbai (49) are amongst the four Asian countries that are most susceptible to higher flood risks due to natural disasters, says the global sustainable cities index. Manila is the most vulnerable and ranks at the bottom in this index of 50 countries.</p>
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Addressing long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in South Asia
Notwithstanding its impressive economic growth, food insecurity in South Asia continues to be a stark reality for a large number of households. Despite several successful policy interventions by Governments,
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A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts
<p>This new study of nine coastal cities around the world published in the latest edition of journal Natural Hazards, says that Kolkata is among the most flood vulnerable cities in world and could experience coastal flooding as the city is built on river delta.</p>
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Community and institutional responses to the challenges facing poor urban people in Khulna, Bangladesh in an era of climate change
Poor urban people in Bangladesh are already experiencing numerous climate-related problems because of their multiple forms of vulnerability and multiple sources of deprivation. Their problems differ greatly,
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Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2014
India is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2014 published by Maplecroft. Original Source: http://maplecroft.com/portfolio/new-analysis/2013/10/30/31-global-economic-output-forecast-face-high-or-extreme-climate-change-risks-2025-maplecroft-risk-atlas/
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How urban societies can adapt to resource shortage and climate change
<p>With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas and with much of the world still urbanizing, there are concerns that urbanization is a key driver of unsustainable resource demands. Urbanization also appears to contribute to ever-growing levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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India city profile: climate and disaster resilience
<div><font size="2">This recent report by Christian Aid based on study across 12 Indian cities explores whether they are ready to withstand climate-related disasters and presents detailed report for these cities including policy implications in relation to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). </font></div> <p>This study initiates a discourse on urban risk reduction, inclusive of disaster and cl
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Cities of Dhaka, Manila, Bangkok, Yangon and Jakarta face highest climate change risks
<p>Multinational companies operating in the Asian growth economies will be exposed to spiralling environmental risks over the coming decades, according to Maplecroft Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013.</p>
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Research insights on climate and water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Managing water resources is one of the major challenges of our century. Nowhere could this be more so than for the waters emanating from the Hindu Kush Himalayas, which is already characterized by a situation
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Climate organizations call for renewed efforts to communicate climate change knowledge and spur action
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Sustainable energy for developing countries: modelling transitions to renewable and clean energy in rapidly developing countries
The main objective of this thesis is first to adapt energy models for the use in developing countries and second to model sustainable energy transitions and their effects in rapidly developing countries like China and India.
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Asia-Pacific disaster report 2012: reducing vulnerability and exposure to disasters
The ESCAP/UNISDR Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2012, Reducing Vulnerability and Exposure to Disasters provides an analysis of the impact of disasters on Asian and Pacific countries between 1970 to 2011,
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Bangkok assessment report on climate change 2009
Climate change is a global issue which is of concern to the entire international community. In view of the rapid increases in urbanization that have occurred in countries of Asia, including Thailand, over the past several decades, the impacts of climate change are starting to occur and are expected to be especially serious in the not too distant future.
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Mitigation and adaptation measures for cities of developing countries
<p><span><span>This report by UN-Habitat identifies promising mitigation & adaptation measures that are supportive of more sustainable and resilient urban development paths.
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Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift
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A Brief History of CO2 Emissions
<p>An animated short film on greenhouse gas emissions.</p> <p>Together with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Urban Complexity Lab of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
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Rajasthan state environment policy 2010
<p>This document details the Environment Policy 2010 for Rajasthan approved recently by the state government. Also includes the environment mission and climate change agenda for this state for 2010-2014 to prepare for adaptation & mitigation.</p>
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Africa
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