United States Agency for International Development
USAID supports activities to help developing countries lessen their vulnerability and adapt to climate variability and change.
Climate Change and Forests in the Congo Basin: Synergies between Adaptation and Mitigation (COBAM)
The COBAM project aims to provide stakeholders with the information, analysis and tools they need to adapt to climate change and reduccarbon emissions in the forests of the Congo Basin
Social vulnerability in California
The Pacific Institute has published a study that investigates social vulnerability by groups to climate change impacts, and combines this information with projected climatic exposure,...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Thailand
The purpose of this summary report is to offer background analysis and suggestions for the design and implementation of a Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform in Thailand. It was...
Mainstreaming Adaptation in Asia
Mainstreaming adaptation into development planning has been promoted as an effective way to respond to climate change. The expected benefits include avoided policy conflicts,...
Synthesis Report of 2012 Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, Bangkok, Thailand
The Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum was held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on March 12 and 13, 2012. It brought together more than 800 policymakers...
Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Bhutan and Nepal
Both Bhutan and Nepal understand the importance of addressing climate impacts. They have strengthened their commitment to managing the impacts of climate through several efforts including the...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Nepal
This report brings together various domains of climate-related knowledge activities by looking at: the institutional landscape policies; laws and regulations; knowledge generation and...
Assessment of adaptation needs - Vietnam
With the Fourth Assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 20071, it has become clear that: (i) climate change is this century’s main threat to...
Acclimatise Ltd.
Acclimatise is a specialist advisory and digital application company providing world-class expertise in climate change adaptation and risk management.
Non-timber Forest Products and the Role of Markets for Community Adaptation
Tropical forests provide many non-timber products (NTFPs) such as, charcoal, wild fruit, bushmeat, mushrooms, roots and fodder, used by numerous communities around the globe for income...
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) / Acclimate / Regional Strategy
July 9, 2012
IOC’s high-level workshop leads to the validation of a regional strategy for adaptation to climate change for the western Indian Ocean islands.
Multi-sectoral...
Method Development for Identifying and Analysing Stakeholders in Climate Change Adaptation Processes
Through a case study approach, based on studies of two Swedish urban regions, Stockholm and Gothenburg, this paper proposes a systematic method to analyze and identify stakeholder...
Governance Key Lessons
Out of work undertaken by SEI and WWF in 2010-2011 with stakeholders in three climate-vulnerable developing countries (Nepal, Belize and Tanzania), a number of broader lessons and reflections have...
Governance Research Methods
From 2010 to 2011, SEI and WWF worked together on a research project looking at how governmental and civil society organisations can collaborate and learn collectively to address issues....
Mainstreaming EbA in Belize
This project looks at the role of ecosystems in meeting the inter-linked challenges of climate change adaptation and development in Belize, and to investigate the governance changes required.
Mainstreaming EbA in Nepal
Nepal is characterised by a range of climatic and ecological zones - from low-lying tropical areas (Tarai region), through temperate hills and mountains, to the alpine Himalayas -...
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Forests and trees for adaptation: the 6 main stories
Research and practice across different forest and tree ecosystems have provided substantial evidence on the importance of these ecosystems for the adaptation of people to climate change.
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Equity and cost-effectiveness of multilateral adaptation finance
A CIS discussion paper, published in Spring 2012 addresses two main questions:
1) Can multilateral adaptation finance both address equity and cost-effectiveness simultaneously? ...
Survey of urban adaptation planning
Based on a survey of 468 cities worldwide conducted in 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has published a report that offers an insight into how cities worldwide are facing the...
Review of perceived policy needs
Adaptation to climate change is a new challenge for existing institutions and decision-making processes. In order to assess what form this challenge takes for decision-makers, we...
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