Capacity building


Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with the impact of climate change

Activities By strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities, the project aims to increase the resilience of poor people to cope with and...

Floating Gardens (Baira) for Sustainable Livelihoods

Activities A lack of cultivatable space over the long flooding period is a vital concern in the haors of Bangladesh as it restricts the livelihoods of the local communities.

ACCCA experiences: implications of risk communication strategies for adaptation decisions

This material is largely based on the ACCCA project Synthesis Report Next steps

Adaptation Targets

Back to: Sub-Module 1.2 - Institutional policy matrix Adaptation to climate change is not only multidimensional, encompassing various impacts,...

AMCEN Preparations

21 April: Initial team members, contract between UNEP and OSS in progress, outline and writing assignments on wiki 29 April: Key messages from...

Bruce Hewitson

Bruce Hewitson is Climatologist (if you have to give me a label), but with eclectic interests. Resident at University of Cape Town since 1992,...

Centres for Climate Adaptation

The founding organisations in the Centres for Climate Adaptation are: AWhere Inc.:A spatial information and visualisation company that provides...

ClEAR Talking Points

The following talking points were written by Tom Downing on January 23, 2007. 1. The longer term need for adapting to climate change begins with...

Decision Climate Envelopes

Facing the uncertainty inherent in making a decision about a future which is not entirely known or understood will require specific consideration...

Iza Ratajczak

Izabela Juszko, is the office manager of the Oxford Centre, representing the SEI (and Oxford Climate Policy) in publicizing our work and engagement...

Lessons learned from Bolivia NCAP Project

Standardize the applied methodologies. Establish a database to be used as a reference and baseline in the evaluation of the bio-climatic processes...

Pan-African START Secretariat

The Pan-African START Secretariat (PASS) promotes collaboration within the African research community for sound scientific assessments of the...

ENDA Tiers Monde

Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM) is an international non-profit organisation based in Dakar, Senegal.

Building African Capacity for Conserving Biodiversity in a Changing Climate

An advanced education and training program on biodiversity conservation and climate change was implemented at the University of Dar es Salaam,...

Designing Metrics for Adaptation

Metrics to measure progress in achieving targets for adaptation can be designed in different ways. They could be either expressed as financial...

Facing Climate Change in Jomoro

Everyone in someway be affected by climate change because climate change is a global phenomenon experienced locally. Warming temperatures will...

Lessons learned from Vietnam NCAP Project

In recent decades Thua Thien Hue Province has experienced an increase in climate change-related events: significant increases in temperature,...

Lyambai Workshop objectives

1. Creating a stage on which representatives from vulnerable rural communities in case study village clusters can present their experiential...

Methodology of Bolivia NCAP Project

The NCAP-Bolivia followed the principles suggested in UNDP/GEF Adaptation Policy Framework (2003) Note: The NCAP project began in 2003: Adaptation...

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA)

Project Website http://napa-pana.org/ Project Knowledge Base http://napa-pana.org/private/modules/knowledgebox/external/index.

African Centre for Technology Studies

The African Center for Technology and Science is a Nairobi-based international intergovernmental science, technology and environmental policy...

UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok

Activities and Context (Mission) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is positioned to help developing countries better cope with...

Improving Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability and Change for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security in Drought Prone and Coastal Regions of Bangladesh (Phase 2)

This project aims at assessing current vulnerability, risks and local livelihoods. The institutional and technical capacity building for adaptation...

Strengthening the Resilience of the Water Sector in Khulna to Climate Change

ADB assistance focues on city development and water supply in Khulna to address the issue of saline water intrusion in Khulna city.

Strenghthening Climate Network in Nepal

This project is intended to strengthen the institutional capacity of NGOs and to build a climate network at national level for raising awareness and advocacy on climate change.

Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Preparedness and Climate Risk Management in the Nepalese Agricultural Sector

This project is implemented in two hilly districts and two terai districts of Nepal. The expected outcomes of project include technical capacity...

Mitigating the impacts of climate change

Activities The project aims minimize the impact of flooding and drought by strengthening drought and flood mitigation among rural poor in the...

Principles

--Tom Downing 17:00, 20 June 2008 (CEST) Modified by --Ben Smith and --Tahia Devisscher 17:05, 15 October 2009 (CET).

People

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Ben Smith

SEI Oxford admin

Sukaina Bharwani

Jim Noble

Nathan Rixham

Sibel Korhaliller

Tahia Devisscher

Natsuki Ikeda

Nick Daisley

Anna Taylor

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