Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these same elements over periods up to two weeks. The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, terrain, altitude, ice or snow cover, as well as nearby water bodies and their currents. en.wikipedia.org
Climate change is real and happening now. The average global surface temperature has warmed 0.8°C in the past century and 0.
(*Fernanda Zermoglio) One innovative approach to learning-by-doing was implemented at the training of trainers workshop conducted in Cape Town in 2008 as part of the ACCCA project.
Back to Adaptation Targets For an article on the concept of adaptation targets see: Tiempo Bulletin on Climate and Development, Issue 64 – July 2007
Name: Adriaan Tas Organisation: SEI - Oxford (based in Nairobi) Interests: Adaptation: science-policy interface, decision support sysems, institutional...
file= ADx_Circe_online_tutorial.flv|width=600|height=400|path=http://www.wikiadapt.org/filestore/videos/ This is a video about the ADx toolkit...
This short overview of climate change issues in Africa was written by Ben Smith and Anna Taylor as input to an Environment and Climate Change...
We see adaptation a process of socio-institutional learning relevant for specific contexts, and producing adaptation outcomes and processes...
This annex presents an example of a livelihood sensitivity matrix that can be used in several ways: To synthesize existing knowledge on climate...
See the Navigation Guide for an overview of these resources! Ideas and Guidance : Who are vulnerable and Why? Livelihood Sensitivity...
Please add your name and affiliation below if you have contributed to the Frontine Knowledge Explorer article on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
Hi! I'm a Research Associate working for SEI Oxford on issues of climate adaptation. Projects i'm involved in at the moment include writing an...
This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...
The physiology of the study area comprises different altitudinal ecological zones: the head of valleys or high dry valleys located between 2,200...
This article is a stub (short article) - please help us by expanding it. List of all stubs These are methods that move from the realm of exploratory,...
Current Climate and hazards
Below is guidance on how to use the California climate data layer for Google Earth. Clicking on any grid-center, dynamically generates time series...
This interactive user guide is being developed to produce CIRCE project deliverable D13.2.1 Foundatation paper on adaptation options and screening.
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...
The Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation Project hosted a community and local decision makers workshop in Mongu, Zambia on 17-19 October 2007.
1 Report 2 Survey 3 Further Reading Report The objective was to synthesize the wealth of climate information specifically linked to consequences...
The climate messages presented here are based on analysing: observed data collected from 32 weather stations across Mozambique since 1960; the...
The Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town, led by Bruce Hewitson, are the lead weADAPT organisation working on climate modelling and climate science.
Several databases are available for partners to download. These vary in content, but will include long term climate surfaces, cities and towns,...
Facing the uncertainty inherent in making a decision about a future which is not entirely known or understood will require specific consideration...
REDIRECT Decision Climate Envelopes
REDIRECT Climate Adaptation Decision explorer
It is likely to be a participatory module that will coach people through questions related to: 1) the aim of climate adaptation? (e.
In Lesotho, seasonal climate forecasts are produced by Lesotho Meteorological Services and disseminated nationally. These forecasts, that provide...
Kenya has a dipole rainy season in which the long rains are generally from March to May as the ITCZ moves northwards, and the short rains are...
The changing scenarios of climatic events that have been perceived and mentioned by the participants of focus group discussions (FGDs) carried...
The Figure 1 &2 shows the land use patterns for the two watersheds studied. The differing nature of land use patterns systems is largely...
The study on climate change exposure and extreme events further builds on existing climate science work in Mongolia in three respects.
The climate of this region is influenced by its altitude. Given the altitude and the geographic location, this region faces significant climatic...
The Amazonian sub-region is highly vulnerable to temperature rise and changes in precipitation pattern. Records of average monthly temperature...
The main output from our project is the hazard and vulnerability maps for GLOFs along the Puna Tsang Chu from Khuruthang to Lhamoizingkha at the Bhutan-India border.
One conclusion that can be drawn from this experience is that not all policy and decision processes can be informed by climate change considerations.
Follow this link for findings from the Mali NCAP project: Case Study 1, 'The Study of Ultimate Users of Water Resources and Dialogue with Communities|this link.
This is a space for users who are unsure about where to put new articles. It is a temporary space while we decide where best to include the material...
The idea is for Climatic Change Letters to be a rapid publication vehicle for brief articles (about four journal pages), aiming for a submission-to-publication time of 4 months.
REDIRECT Climate Capacity in Africa
weADAPT is a collaboration between leading organisations on climate adaptation and includes new and innovative tools and methods, datasets, experience and guidance.
Niger has a Sahelian climate with rainfall that varies greatly both on an inter-annual basis, and also spatially throughout the country, from...
This is an initial collection of our thoughts on a new vision for weADAPT. Please add your thoughts and ideas to this! The weAdapt group is a...
This guidance sheet provides an approach to identify the key climatic hazards for a specific region and livelihood or economic activity.
Adaptation to climate variability and change is a social process. It requires us to assess and respond to past climatic impacts, to increase...
Read the information on this page Climate science, projections and interpretation and follow the links there for additional resources.
Based on the original Climate Research Laboratory of Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia (START...
Activities and Context (Mission)
Cambodia was chosen as one of the countries under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) as part...
To develop successful adaptation strategies it is necessary to make use of the best available science to assess climatic trends that are currently...
Adaptation to climate change requires understanding of social processes. It means that we need to assess and respond to past climatic impacts,...