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Adaptation Decision Making

Adaptation decision-making can be informed by various tools, methods and approaches. These include participatory as well as expert-based approaches. The use of a (computerised) decision support system (DSS) is a means for a policy analyst or planner to compare different possible interventions, although the actual model and many of its parameters/data sets may not necessarily be accessible. Adaptation takes place at different levels (for example local vs. wider-scales) and decision-making may also be situated in different spheres (for example private vs. public adaptation) and typically involves a range of actors.

An important principle is that there is no one method/approach/tool that suits all circumstances of adaptation decision-making. Adaptation methods, in other words, have conditions of applicability. This is often overlooked in practice. For most adaptation problems different knowledges may be valid as well as multiple worldviews and the preferences of stakeholders affected by the decision. The specification of the problem and the available 'inputs' to the decision process should inform the choice of method.

A second important principle is that there is much uncertainty in adaptation decision-making. This challenges the identification of good options and the creation of shared understanding about possible outcomes. For example, scientists seek to account for uncertainty in its different forms; local stakeholders/practitioners may well be aware of uncertainty, they are nevertheless urged by decisions that need to be taken. See this introductory page on the problem of uncertainty in the context of adaptation decision-making. Broad solutions proposed are "no regrets"/staging options that leave open other options, when more information and capacity is available (and uncertainty is reduced). Second, there is a realisation that climate 'knowledge brokers' can play an important bridging role (see below).

Adaptation Decision Making is one of the largest themes on weADAPT and the pages contain a wealth of information on various sub-themes and cross-cutting issues. Closely related weADAPT themes are Using Climate Information and Transforming Governance.

Climate information should be principally viewed from a decision-making perspective. Linking the priorities of the users of this information into the research design and ensuring compatibility of the 'products' of climate science with their decision-making processes is therefore of key importance. There needs to be sufficient guidance at all levels and all stages of decision-making. On the one hand, this can increasingly be observed in availability of online information and new ICTs provided by climate 'knowledge brokers' and through various collaborations. On the other hand, decision-making is as much driven by political priorities as scientific ones. Climate scientists need to engage with decision-makers and find innovative ways to become stakeholders in the decision-makers processes.

Transformative climate adaptation aims for institutions and people working together to achieve improved livelihoods and environmental sustainability. The theme explores how social and institutional learning can best be supported, and it contains a depth of content on inclusive approaches for decision-making, potential stakeholder engagement tools, and understanding planning/policy processes. In doing so, and drawing lessons from many case examples, it addresses questions such as: What types of decision-making processes are required to foster democratic processes of transformation, and what is the role of science in such processes? 

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Projects or Examples About Decision-Making

Examples of adaptation projects or research that provide insights on adaptation planning, case studies, business issues, frameworks, methods, or results about adaptation decision making.

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Just Resilience for Europe: Towards measuring justice in climate change adaptation

Learn about the current state of knowledge on justice and equity concerns for European sectors, the current policy landscape and progress for the EU and in Member States and lastly what means of evaluating, monitoring and measuring progress towards justice in climate adaptation is already available and what needs to be developed.

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Tracking Community Perspectives on Climate Resilience in Bangladesh

In 2022, Ground Truth Solutions partnered with IIED and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), to survey the opinions of more than 2,300 citizen in three areas of Bangladesh particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The aim was to understand how they perceive the quality and impact of adaptation programmes in their communities, and the extent to which they feel their views, opinions and experiences are considered in decision-making.

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New Frontiers Podcast: Project Management for a Changing Climate

Project managers across a range of project types and industries need to be prepared for climate change in their project plans. Climate Change poses new types of project risks that could affect project timelines, budget, and outcomes (e.g., supply chain disruptions due to storms and permafrost melt; infrastructure risks due to unusual weather events causing flood damage; functions and outcome of projects).

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Final Report: Climate Risk Analysis and Assessment Report for Cai Lon - Cai Be Sluice Gate Project Based on the PIEVC Protocol

T his report presents the results of the climate risk assessment conducted for the Cai Lon – Cai Be Sluice Gate project in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, between August 2018 and May 2019. The assessment was conducted using the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) engineering protocol for infrastructure vulnerability assessments (the “Protocol”). 

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The Relationship between Climate Change Adaptation & Coastal Protection Planning in the Mekong Delta: the Role of Climate Services

The Decision Support Tool (DST) for the Coastal Protection for the Mekong Delta (CPMD) provides an analysis of the current geographical, geological and hydrological situation along the Mekong Delta’s coastline. 

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Accelerating adaptation action in Africa - Insights from African experts

In late 2020, CDKN interviewed leading African scientists and climate change adaptation practitioners. This consultation highlighted key areas of investment for unlocking adaptation in Africa and includes a series of videos that explores climate change adaptation entry points and options for Africa. 

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A rights-based perspective on adaptive capacity for aquatic agricultural systems in Timor-Leste

This paper considers how a rights-based approach broadens understanding of adaptive capacity while directing attention towards causes of exclusion and marginalisation.

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Are European decision-makers preparing for high-end climate change?

Are European decision-makers preparing for high-end climate change?​ This paper, delivered by the IMPRESSIONS project, investigates.

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Amélioration des modes de gestion de l’eau dans le périmètre rizicole de la plaine de Douna dans la Région des Cascades au Burkina Faso

Gaspillage de l'eau, baisse de la pluie, mauvaise gestion de la production, rechercher mode de gestion participatif eau et bassin-versant /meilleure résilience des exploitants/communauté.  

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Why popular support tools on climate change adaptation have difficulties in reaching local policymakers: Qualitative insights from the UK and Germany

This paper analyses how relevant regional and local policy makers find adaptation support tools the “Adaptation Wizard” and “Klimalotse”, and illustrates the necessity for a needs-based approach.

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The climate innovation window: bridging the gap between innovators and end-users in resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather

BRIGAID´s Climate Innovation Window aims to be a reference portal for innovations on climate change adaptation connecting several types of stakeholders.

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Scenario-guided policy planning helps cocoa farmers adapt to climate change

Through providing basic climate information and training, cocoa farmers in Central America are now better prepared for climate change. 

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CGIAR Working paper: Climate Change Impacts on Livestock

A new working paper by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) summarizes what we know around climate impacts on livestock systems in Africa.

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Climate Adaptation In Bangladesh - A case study on tracking adaptation funding

How much is spent on country level adaptation projects? What types of projects are funded? And where are these projects?

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Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience - Agua - Chinchina, Colombia

The Chinchina basin analysis is part of the Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience - Agua (PARA-Agua) or "For Water" project in Latin America.

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Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience - Agua - Chira-Piura, Colombia

The project Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience (PARA-Agua) or "For Water" recognizes that climate change is negatively impacting water resources, agriculture and ecosystems in the LAC region

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Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience - Agua - Quilca-Chili, Peru

The Quilca-Chili basin analysis is part of the Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience - Agua (PARA-Agua) or "For Water" project in Latin America.

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Water Resources Planning through Climate Change Capacity Building: Rios del Paramo al Valle, por urbes y campinas

Water Resources Planning through Climate Change Capacity Building: Rios del Paramo al Valle, por urbes y campinas

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Identifying Salient Drivers of Livelihood Decision-Making in the Forest Communities of Cameroon: Adding Value to Social Simulation Models

Using research from southeast Cameroon, this paper describes a participatory and collaborative process for formalising qualitative data  and explains how these results can provide input to a social simulation model. Insights to provide in better understanding decision-making in the region are also explained. 

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Climate Risks Study for Telecommunications & Data Centre Services

This report investigates how climate change will impact the telecommunications and data centres sector.

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How can irrigated agriculture adapt to climate change? Insights from the Guadiana Basin in Spain

This paper illustrates a systematic analysis of climate change adaptation in the Guadiana irrigation farming region.

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Developing a social network map to frame adaptation action in the Guadiana river basin, Spain

Developing a social network map to frame adaptation action in the Guadiana river basin, Spain

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Understanding the decision-making context and elicitation of requirements for decision-support tools

This presentation summarizes the survey and interview responses on decision-making and decision-support tools (DSTs) for health and environmental change in the context of the Healthy Futures project

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Frameworks for Decision-Making

Frameworks on adaptation, as used by intergovernmental organisations, international agencies, and a connected research community. This topic looks at decision-related concepts including risk and uncertainty, iterative risk management, and adaptation pathways and their application.

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Adaptation rationales and benefits: A foundation for understanding adaptation impact

Explore a newly proposed typology of adaptation benefits that aims to facilitate the construction of meaningful, transparent adaptation rationales; that is, the logic of an adaptation action. Discover how these can be applied in practice, using hypothetical and real-world examples of projects.

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Decision Making Options for Managing Risk - Frequently Asked Questions from Chapter 17 of the IPCC's 6th Assessment Report

How do we know whether adaptation is successful? Which guidelines, instruments and resources are available for decision-makers to recognize climate risks and decide on the best course of action? Learn about these and other frequently asked questions from Chapter 17 of the 6th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group 2: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

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A Critical Exploration of Adaptation Heuristics

Explore the validity and relevance of heuristics (rules of thumb used for decision-making) used by climate change adaptation practitioners. 

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Interrogating ‘Effectiveness’ in Climate Change Adaptation: 11 Guiding Principles for Adaptation Research and Practice

What does adaptation look like and how can it be enabled? Learn more in this review which distills its findings into eleven guiding principles of effective adaptation. 

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Adaptation metrics: Perspectives on measuring, aggregating and comparing adaptation results

Climate adaptation initiatives are more important than ever, and globally more and more funds are invested in climate resilience. But how do we measure success? Find out in this UNEP DTU report.

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Mitigation and Adaptation in the UNFCCC Debates

Tracking the topical shifts in the UNFCCC’s discussions between 1995 and 2013

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Planning for an uncertain future: promoting adaptation to climate change through Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making

This report describes ‘flexible and forward-looking decision making’ (FFDM), a decision making approach that is able to adapt to the unexpected.

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New approaches to promoting Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making: Insights from complexity science, climate change adaptation and ‘serious gaming’

Drawing on insights from complexity science, this paper describes what processes are needed to promote Flexible and Forward-looking Decision Making (FFDM).

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Protecting Health from Climate Change: A Seven Country Initiative

This publication presents the results of a seven-country initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Europe aimed to protect health from climate change through addressing adaptation, strengthening health systems and building institutional capacity in Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uzbekistan.

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Synthesis Report of the Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum – Mainstreaming Adaptation in Development: Adaptation in Action

The Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum brought together more than 800 policymakers, scientists, donors, youths and representatives of Asian and Pacific countries. The Forum was organized by the Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP) and the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) along with several other partners.

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Some definitions for adaptation methods

One way which may help in determining which methods to use to support ADM is to consider the multiple possible dimensions of a method that can be used to provide a  classification of methods.

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Distinguishing between coping and adaptation

Knowing the difference between ‘coping’ and ‘adaptation’ forces us to think ‘outside the box’ and identify sustainable solutions to long-term climate change.

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Normative Agency

Normative agency is a concept from social and behavioural sciences helpful to understand (and model) how we make decisions in the context of climate risks.

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Decision uncertainty

Uncertainty, from the point of view of a decision maker, could belong to one of three categories.

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Exploring decision-making options

Discusses different approaches for exploring decision making options

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Adaptation Targets

Adaptation Targets

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Adaptation Metrics

Developing actor-process metrics of adaptation focuses on the competence to achieve reductions in current and future vulnerability.

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Adaptation Decision Tools and Methods

This category includes a large range of tools and methods to describe and guide empirical decision processes. These tools are reviewed for their relevance to climate adaptation decision-making.

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Three Steps to Including Conflict Considerations in the Design of Climate Change Adaptation Projects

How do adaptation projects influence climate–conflict dynamics? Explore a three-step approach to facilitating the consideration of conflict risks in the design of climate change adaptation projects in this policy brief.

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The Connectivity Hub: Next Steps

Get an insight into the workings behind the Connectivity Hub: a unique 'search and discovery' tool which aims to better connect knowledge and resources in the fields of climate change and disaster risk reduction. MAIA is playing an important role in advancing its scope and functionality - learn more!

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TALX: Climate Adaptation Partnership Network

Learn more about the Transboundary Adaptation Learning Exchange (TALX) project and The Climate Adaptation Partnership Framework which supports place-based adaptation across the Ireland and the UK. It provides practical actions to set up and further develop climate adaptation partnerships and includes inspiring case studies and links to a wide variety of tools and resources.

 

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Understanding and Supporting Climate-sensitive Decision Processes in Southern African Cities

Find out about recent research on how climate information is brought to bear on decision-making in southern African cities. Development of sustainable cities needs to be based on robust climate information while also involving local communities. 

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Great Adaptations Podcast

Listen to the Glacier Trust's Great Adaptations podcast featuring interviews with leading figures in the climate change adaptation and climate justice movement. 

 

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Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice

The guide is designed to help conservationists and resource managers incorporate climate change considerations into their work.

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Podcast: Computer models as a tool for sustainable water planning

Listen to this short podcast episode on the importance of technology and planning in current and future water management, and learn more about SEI's WEAP tool and how it can be used in this context.

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A Guidance on How to Interpret Climate Information for the Assessment of Climate Risks: Example of the Cai Lon – Cai Be Climate Risk Assessment (Vietnam)

The main challenge of integrating climate information into risk assessments are opposing approaches for assessing climate risks and adaptation options and its implications for the design of climate information products. This guide breaks down the process using Cai Lon – Cai Be climate risk assessment as an example. 

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Climate Services for the Coastal Protection Infrastructure Sector in Vietnam: Baseline Assessment Report

The assessment report provides an overview of the Climate Service inventory which encompasses currently available Climate Service capacities and specific products. It furthermore reflects the current use and demands of Climate Services from the coastal protection sector.

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The Role of Climate Data in the Planning Processes in Germany for Bridges, Hydropower Dams and Coastal Protection/Dyke Construction

 This report aims to give an overview of the planning processes in Germany for bridges, hydropower dams and coastal protection. An in depth analysis of when and how climate data influences this process, will take place. Diagrams and examples will aid this process in defining key entry points for climate data.

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Evaluación de Riesgo de la Infraestructura ante el Cambio Climático: Puente sobre Rio Tempisque

A continuación, se presentan algunos aspectos de cómo surge el proyecto, cuál es el alcance, la definición del equipo de trabajo, la metodología utilizada y otros detalles de importancia. 

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Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change

A collection of case studies from around the world that look at how communities can respond to climate change at a local and structural level.

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Improving the resilience of UK coastal communities

This article sheds light on the usage of resilience as a quantitative, evidence based framework for management of climatic hazards in coastal areas of the United Kingdom.

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Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience

This book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk, using insights from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process to support decision making on climate change adaptation

This manual supports adaptation decision-makers in government institutions, international agencies, civil society and other development partners to identify and prioritize adaptation solutions.

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Research Methods for Understanding and Supporting Decision Processes in African Cities

This paper explores how several decision-making "process" and "support " methods can lead to better informed climate change adaptation decisions in Southern Africa.

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Advancing disaster policies by integrating dynamic adaptive behaviour in risk assessments using an agent-based modelling approach

Including the dynamic adaptation decisions of governments and households shown to be major determinant of future risk development, which should not be neglected in risk assessments.

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Managing uncertainty under multiple drivers and disruptors

This Multi-Objective Adaptive Planning Framework incorporates responsive and adaptive planning techniques to manage the variety of future uncertainties, while meeting multiple objectives.

 

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Unpacking Transformation: A framework and insights from adaptation mainstreaming

This paper puts forward a conceptual framework for determining the likelihood of an adaptation initiative delivering transformation.

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The PLACARD Connectivity Hub: A ‘search and discovery’ tool for CCA and DRR

The PLACARD Connectivity Hub is a dynamic and interactive online tool for exploring the topic-specific knowledge networks on CCA and DRR, including articles, authors, topics and organisations.

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Moving through uncertainty, toward Research for Impact

Accepting uncertainty must be part of our unfolding research practice. This CARIAA blog post addresses the challenges posed by uncertainty and how these can be overcome.

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Climate Change Adaptation Governance in British Columbia: Workshop Proceedings

This article details key messages and recommendations from an ACT, SFU and Western University co-hosted workshop on climate change adaptation and governance in the context of British Columbia.

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Webinar: Exploring the use of foresight methods in climate resilience

This webinar showcased the potential of foresight methods in increasing climate resilience in the light of "Juncker’s 5 Futures for Europe".

 

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Adaptation Policies and Planning

This topic covers public policies and planning for adaptation, and the decisions shaped by them in government at all levels. It is important to consider the knowledge used in these decisions and their consultation processes/legitimation.

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Policy brief: Participatory planning in Kenya’s drylands: The Ward Development Planning model

This policy brief summarises key learning from the Ward Development Planning model, an innovative approach to local participatory development planning being implemented in Kenya’s drylands.

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A decolonial perspective and methodology: Re-centring people's lived experiences and local realities in climate change adaptation research

Learn about the some of the novel and emerging ideas about decolonial thinking in relation to current practices of climate change adaptation research.

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Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Ethiopia - Lessons from ACCRA

ACCRA helps decision makers and planners to better prepare themselves for the future using the Flexible and Forward-Looking Decision Making (FFDM) approach in Ethiopia.

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Addressing the risk of maladaptation to climate change

This paper reviews the current theoretical scholarship on maladaptation and provides some specific case studies—in the Maldives, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Bangladesh—to advance the field.

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Guidance on How to Plan and Mainstream Community-Based Adaptation at the Local, Sub-National and National Levels

This guidance note illustrates how to mainstream CBA into the upper-scale levels by informing policies and programmes of community-driven adaptation priorities and innovations. 

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PACA - Community Adaptation Plans of Action

Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. This film shows some of the project PACA - Community Adaptation Plans of Action, in nine particularly vulnerable communities.

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Steering local government in Australia towards better informed long-term coastal adaptation decisions

This article presents key findings from two recent studies that guide local governments towards flexible and robust coastal adaptation planning that addresses both social and physical impacts.

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Climate Risk: Getting to Action - Professionals' Perspectives on Climate Change Challenges

This report summarizes key examples of climate change challenges and solutions for selected professions synthesized from discussions conducted with professionals from various sectors.

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The Climate Resilient Green Growth (CRGG) Planning Framework

The CRGG Framework provides a systematic, but flexible approach to combining adaptation and economic development planning to produce climate resilient green growth plans that address multiple goals.

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Using wellbeing indicators and climate information to assess adaptation effectiveness

How can we be sure that adaptation is effective? One option is to use a range of ‘wellbeing indicators’ alongside climate information to monitor and evaluate adaptation.

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Elements of a frame of reference for evaluating adaptation to climate change: The RAC-Québec case

This document proposes a frame of reference for the evaluation of adaptation, and its application in 2 sectors: forestry and the built environment and infrastructure.

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Key barriers to using longer term climate information in decision-making

Recent paper by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) identifies barriers and enablers to use longer term climate information in development plans.

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Lessons learned from the development of the Local Adaptation Plans in Mozambique: It’s about cooperation and integration

In Mozambique, the efforts of the Ministry of Coordination and Environmental Affairs (MICOA) together with civil society actors to put communities at the center of climate change adaptation planning are now paying off, with the first Local Adaptation Plan (LAP) being approved by the government of Mozambique in Guija district.

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Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Uganda - Lessons from ACCRA

ACCRA helps decision makers improve planning and be better prepared for the future using the Flexible and Forward-Looking Decision Making (FFDM) approach.

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Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Mozambique - Lessons from ACCRA

ACCRA helps decision makers and planning better prepared for the future using the Flexible and Forward-Looking Decision Making (FFDM) approach in Mozambique.

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Climate Change and Extreme Weather: Designing Adaptation Policy: Background Report

The report begins by examining climate change and extreme weather in Canada.  A policy framework identifies goals, principles and instruments associated with effective climate adaptation policy. Finally, the report analyzes two sectors that are particularly sensitive to extreme weather events—emergency management and infrastructure—and identifies specific adaptation actions in these areas.

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Adapt or perish: A review of planning approaches for adaptation under deep uncertainty

Adapt or perish: A review of planning approaches for adaptation under deep uncertainty

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Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance

Exploring ways to effect adaptation in the form of planned water policy responses, while complementing actions to reduce emissions in Canada

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Climate Change Adaptation and Extreme Weather

This report aims to contribute to the development of Canadian climate adaptation policies targeted at extreme weather events.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity

This ACT Biodiversity Report provides background for BC's policy and planning towards ecosystem and community resiliency

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Assessment of adaptation needs, policies and priorities: Cases from Indonesian islands

This scoping assessment presents an overview of the needs of small islands in Indonesia in adapting to the impacts of climate change and climate variability. The assessment was conducted in September to October 2011 with the assistance of local NGOs and peoples organizations in Indonesia.

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Leading adaptation practices and support strategies for Australia: An international and Australian review of products and tools

This report addresses the need for a more intentional approach to providing practical support with adaptation planning in Australia.

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Participatory Scenario building

Participants are led through a brainstorming exercise to develop road maps/ adaptation alternatives towards a desired future state 

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Business Adaptation and Investment Decisions

Businesses have a growing need for considering how they should respond to climate risk as well as making the most of new business opportunities linked with the 'green economy'. This category looks at climate change scenarios within economic tools and practices for business. It also includes public investment decisions that use economic or financial analysis approaches.

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Risk Assessment for the Climate Proofing of Infrastructure Investments: PIEVC Protocol

The PIEVC Engineering Vulnerability Assessment Protocol is a climate risk assessment tool developed by Engineers Canada and tailored to the needs of the infrastructure sector. This document briefly describes the seven steps in risk assessment for the climate proofing of infrastructure investments. 

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A Recipe for the Service of Climate Risk Assessment for Infrastructures in Vietnam based on PIEVC Protocol

The recipe was developed based on the successful case of climate risk assessment (CRA) for the Cai Lon – Cai Be sluice gate project. The recipe consists of three main components, including procedure, quantity,  and price. 

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Climate Risk Assessment for Infrastructure: An application for Cai Lon - Cai Be Sluice Gates in the Mekong Delta

 In this study, a step-by-step methodology of climate risk assessment for infrastructure, namely the PIEVC Engineering Protocol (the “Protocol”), was used to assess the climate risk of the Cai Lon - Cai Be sluice gates.

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The Mekong Delta an Emerging Investment Destination in Viet Nam: Sustainable Growth, Improving Infrastructure and an Excellent Investment Climate

This publication highlights the opportunities for investors in the Mekong Delta and presents the challenges that international businesses may still face in the region.

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Climate Services for the Road and Bridges Infrastructure Sector in Costa Rica: Baseline Assessment Report

 The assessment report provides an overview of the Climate Service inventory, which encompasses currently available Climate Service capacities and specific products. It furthermore reflects the current use and demands of Climate Services from the road infrastructure sector. 

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Concept for Climate Service Index Development Case from CSI

CSI aims to empower decision-makers to make greater use of Climate Services when planning infrastructure investments and thus help increase infrastructure resilience. In this way, it is helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.

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Climate Service Action Plan for the Nile Initiative (NBI CSAP)

The primary purpose of the Action Plan is to help NBI position itself as a regional climate service provider for hydrological issues within its mandate. The Action Plan is envisaged to spell out key actions NBI needs to take in order to establish and further enhance its climate services to its member countries.

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Online resources for UK businesses preparing for and responding to flood events

This resource is designed to support business, and those working with business, to identify research to support their projects and decision-making in preparing for and responding to flood events.

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UK private sector resilience and market opportunities for climate products and services

Climate change is presenting UK businesses with opportunities as well as risks, according to this report commissioned by the Environment Agency and produced by Acclimatise.

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Emerging solutions to drive private investment in climate resilience

This paper provides insights from 7 Development Finance Institutions' (DFIs) experiences in driving private investment in climate resilience and suggests strategies that could scale up efforts.

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The Business for Climate Platform (EPC)
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Elaboration of business strategies on adaptation based on the framework and tool developed under Business for Climate Platform (EPC) in Brazil

The private sector is realizing that there are significant risks to their businesses related to climate change impacts. In Brazil, the Business for Climate Platform (EPC) has established a Framework and tool to support the elaboration of corporate strategies for adaptation to climate change.

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European businesses identify climate change resilience as a material issue
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European businesses identify climate change resilience as a material issue

This report aims to help European decision makers understand the vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change poses to the private sector. 

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Business Adaptation to Climate Change: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Despite a growing realization that businesses will need to adapt, most businesses have not undertaken major adaptation measures.

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BACLIAT vulnerability assessment
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UKCIP BACLIAT

UKCIP's BACLIAT climate change risk and vulnerability assessment for corporate or other business operations such as SMEs.

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