Climate Adaptation

State of the Climate in Asia 2024

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …

Progress report on climate change and development

The purpose of this report is to update the 2009 Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development on the progress made in the implementation of the Climate Change and Development (Clim-Dev) Africa programme by …

Commission on Climate Change and Development presents its final report to UN Secretary General

This Press release is on the report "Closing the Gaps" launched by the Commission on Climate Change and Development on May 14 at the United Nations. The report offers recommendations to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable countries and communities.

Closing the gaps: disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in developing countries

The international Commission on Climate Change and Development is launching its final report on the 14th of May at the UN, with participation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The work of the Commission has focused on adaptation to climate change, its links with disaster risk reduction and how the strengthening of …

Climate plan promise

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Deal with UNDP to launch project in coastal areas

The government of Bangladesh and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement for the implementation of the first-ever field-level project in coastal areas on Saturday, says a press release. Titled 'Community-based adaptation to climate change through coastal afforestation in Bangladesh', the new project signed in the city directly targets …

Gender and climate finance: double mainstreaming for sustainable development

Climate change is real, it is happening already, and its impacts on people are not gender-neutral. It is affecting men and women all over the world differently, especially in the world

Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks: methods for investigation at local and national levels

Effective planning for climate change adaptation programming in developing countries requires a finegrained assessment of local vulnerabilities, practices and adaptation options and preferences. While global models can project climate impacts and estimate costs of expected investments, developing country decision-makers also require national assessments that take a bottom-up, pro-poor perspective, integrate …

Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks: methods for investigation at local and national levels

Effective planning for climate change adaptation programming in developing countries requires a finegrained assessment of local vulnerabilities, practices and adaptation options and preferences. While global models can project climate impacts and estimate costs of expected investments, developing country decision-makers also require national assessments that take a bottom-up, pro-poor perspective, integrate …

Climate change the anatomy of a silent crisis: human impact report

This report details the nevertheless silent crisis occurring around the world today as a result of global climate change. It is a comprehensive account of the key impacts of climate change on human society. Long regarded as a distant, environmental or future problem, climate change is already today a major …

Sustainable agriculture and climate change

Agriculture is now recognised as both contributing to and suffering from the negative effects of climate change. Farming accounts for as much as 32% of greenhouse gas emissions, if deforestation is included. On the other hand, climate-driven water scarcity3 and increases in the severity of droughts and floods will affect …

Adaptation to climate change: linking disaster risk reduction and insurance

This paper is an initial attempt to consider the role in adaptation of insurance and related risk sharing and risk transfer methods, in the context of a comprehensive approach to risk reduction and risk management. It is the result of informal conversations at Poznan between members of the United Nations …

Who should pay to tackle climate change in developing countries?

Tackling climate change effectively is going to require serious sums of money. Developing countries, many of whom are on the front-line in the battle against global warming, will require large amounts of external public finance to adapt to climate change, combat deforestation and move to low-carbon pathways out of poverty. …

Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management

Investing in adaptation initiatives that reduce the impact of climate change is absolutely essential for the future viability and sustainability of the economies of the Caribbean. Risk management and by extension the utilisation of risk management tools and mechanisms will be critical in ensuring that effective adaptation measures against climate …

Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management

Investing in adaptation initiatives that reduce the impact of climate change is absolutely essential for the future viability and sustainability of the economies of the Caribbean. Risk management and by extension the utilisation of risk management tools and mechanisms will be critical in ensuring that effective adaptation measures against climate …

Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management

Investing in adaptation initiatives that reduce the impact of climate change is absolutely essential for the future viability and sustainability of the economies of the Caribbean. Risk management and by extension the utilisation of risk management tools and mechanisms will be critical in ensuring that effective adaptation measures against climate …

The future of the Mediterranean: from impacts of climate change to adaptation issues

This report aims to provide a general framework for the implementation of adaptation in the Mediterranean context, based on a number of important clarifications and accompanied by operational recommendations. In the first part the scientific basis of the study will be set, notably from the works of the IPCC. It …

Anchoring agriculture within a Copenhagen agreement

The brief provides an overview over the technical mitigation potential in the agricultural sector, noting that most of this potential is in developing countries. It further lays out options for integrating mitigation in the agricultural sector in nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA) in developing countries, arguing that many mitigation actions …

Oceans and climate change: issues and recommendations for policymakers and for the climate negotiations

The global oceans community is very thankful to the Government of Indonesia for hosting the World Ocean Conference 2009 to put the limelight on the relationship between climate change and oceans, coasts, and small island developing States (SIDS). The political consensus that will be reached by governmental representatives in issuing …

Agriculture and climate change: an agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen

Agriculture is part of the climate change problem, contributing about 13.5 percent of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (with forestry contributing an additional 19 percent), compared with 13.1 percent from transportation. Agriculture is, however, also part of the solution, offering promising opportunities for mitigating GHG emissions through carbon sequestration, soil …

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