Climate risk
Climate risk means a risk resulting from climate change and affecting natural and human systems and regions. In the course of increasing global temperature and extreme weather phenomena the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been founded by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for a better understanding of climate change and meeting concerns of these observations.
(*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.
Climate Change Adaptation from the Bottom Up: Collaboration Between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations to Identify and Implement...
This material is largely based on the ACCCA project Synthesis Report Next steps
Back to: Sub-Module 1.2 - Institutional policy matrix Adaptation to climate change is not only multidimensional, encompassing various impacts,...
Back to Adaptation Targets The Climate Change Adaptation Targets (CCAT) in Mongolia Project is being implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center.
Nepal baseline vulnerability assessment and social indices Climate Change Adaptation from the Bottom Up: Collaboration between Malian Communities...
The AWhere SIS product provides a user-friendly platform to support vulnerability assessment, risk mapping and planning climate adaptation.
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...
Video from fieldwork in Ga-Selala, S. Africa Examples of adaptation in action Adapting to multiple stresses in Sekhukhune, South Africa Effective...
By Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM, Dakar, Senegal Sen (1999) defines development as the creation of choice and lack of development as having no choice or no say in what happens.
Thomson, R., Edwards, A., and Grey, J. (2005) Risk Communication in the Clinical Consultation. Clinical Medicine, 5(5), Sept/Oct 2005, pp.
SEI, as part of the weADAPT Group, coordinated the launch of a new climate change adaptation platform at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007.
IAVS offers courses in the field of climate change which include: A Masters in the management and economics of climate change; A short course...
One way to think about the adaptation issue is to frame it as an issue of targeting development investment and certifying compliance against...
The majority of people involved in this study are chronically vulnerable to a range of stresses including climate risk. 70% of households are...
Risk communication tools, methods, and guidance materials, have to evolve through a two-way participatory dialogue between the communicators (e.
The ACCCA project brings stakeholders and scientific communities of the developing world together to enable and support effective adaptation...
One of the major challenges facing the adaptation community is the paucity of tools and established methodologies to understand a project, country...
Activities and Context (Mission)
Drought Management Considerations for Climate Change Adaptation: Focus on the Mekong Region.
This project aims to develop a community-driven adaptation plan of action, as well as to facilitate the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation...
Differences in background and technical expertise Approaching a diverse range of stakeholders that comprises diversity of disciplines, training...
For a set of wiki articles reviewing the fundamental concepts of risk communication and principles of communicating effectively, both in terms...
Material provided by SEI Oxford through the UNEP support project for the NAPA workshops in Addis, Burkina and Bhutan (2003) NAPA WORKSHOP GROUP...
The following examples are tools and methods used by pilot actions in the ACCCA project to communicate climate risk to different stakeholders.
The Climate Change Explorer is an integral part of weAdapt (http://www.weAdapt.org), a collaborative effort to make climate risk management decisions practical, yet robust.
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One of the major challenges facing the adaptation community is identifying examples of 'good adaptation practice' that can be scaled up and learned from.
By bringing together a variety of technical information and socio-institutional information, stakeholders faced with making climate adaptation...
Water supply is expected to decrease with the decline in annual snow pack associated with a warming trend in temperature.
Activities and Context (Mission)
ADPC is a non-profit organisation supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development,...
Activities and Context (Mission)
START fosters regional networks of collaborating scientists and institutions in developing countries to conduct...
In order to implement adaptation responses it is critical to understand the context within which these responses will be executed.
Context framing modules will offer guidance on identifying the appropriate entry points and gaps in the existing policy framework; help to define...
Climate change poses a significant risk to the sustenance of future generations in many places and a challenge for sustainable development planning everywhere.
weADAPT principles of adaptation For more details please have a look at this summary of weADAPT weADAPT is a loose partnership of organisations...
Let's briefly explore what we might mean by the term 'risk communication' and then we can go on to look at how it might be done in practice.
Opening remarks to welcome participants to the course were given by representatives of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia.
Dissemination of information on climate change and potential extreme events helps creating awareness, preparing measures and building capacity...
This session focused on the fundamental concepts of risk communication and principles of communicating effectively, both in terms of the process and the content.