All articles for the topic: climate change

Remains of abandoned homes in Agorkedzi. Agorkedzi is primarily a fishing village. Most of its inhabitants depend solely of the catch that fishermen bring in for food and survival. The rapid coastal erosion affecting the island has led to many inhabitants migrating to surrounding villages and towns to begin new life.

Addressing Loss and Damage: What can we learn from countries’ NAPs?

Through a systematic review of National Adaptation Plans documents and interviews with key stakeholders, this report showcases the role NAP processes can play in minimizing and addressing loss and damage.

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Human health and climate change - UN CC:e-Learn course

How is human health directly affected by the weather, climate variability and climate change? This UN CC:e-Learn course will explain how mitigation and adaptation policies can benefit human health, and introduce tools to assess and integrate health within climate change strategies and vice versa.

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Cities and climate Change - UN CC:e-Learn course

Discover how cities are being affected by, and contributing to climate change in this online UN CC:e-Learn course. Learn about how climate change adaptation and mitigation can be considered in urban planning, and find links to other UN resources on climate change for more in-depth and specific information.

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Using B.Green to create pollinator highways in Tallinn

As part of the B.Green project this case study used the B.Green handbook to create a pollinator highway

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B.Green Handbook

The B.Green project aims to develop a model for digital and participatory urban planning that promotes the pre-planning of multifunctional green infrastructure solutions in the Baltic Sea region.

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The Aspen Declaration: A New Momentum for Mountains

Read the newly agreed declaration of the Mountain Partnership members, and learn about how they strive to jointly promote sustainable development in mountainous areas.

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Closing the Adaptation Gap in Mountains

This MountainAgenda article introduces a conceptual framework for adaptation gaps. It uses data from 2 major global-scale adaptation reviews to shed light on the nature and true magnitude of the adaptation gap in mountains. It reveals shortcomings in available adaptation options, deficits in the uptake of existing adaptation support, and a general lack of coherence between existing adaptations and keystone global agreements relevant to climate change adaptation.

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Climate Change, Peace and Security UN CC:e-Learn online course

This self-paced, online course unpacks the interlinkages between climate change, peace and security and explores opportunities for promoting inclusive climate action, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. 

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Gender and Environment CC:e-Learn course

Want to better understand the linkages between gender and the environment? This course will provide you with the knowledge and tools to mainstream gender, and to be an effective change-maker for sustainable development. 

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Bush Fires for Natural Resources and Environmental Management in Ghana: A Review

Explore an overview of the research that has been done about the impact of bush fires on vulnerable vegetation in Ghana. 

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 Gokyo Lake, Nepal: a mountain range with a bright turquoise lake in between two peaks

The IPCC’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: What’s in it for South Asia?

This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and the Ocean and Cryosphere, prepared for decision-makers in South Asia by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), ICLEI-South Asia and SouthSouthNorth (SSN). This is not an official IPCC publication.

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The IPCC’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: What’s in it for Latin America?

This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and the Ocean and Cryosphere, prepared for decision-makers in Latin America by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano and SouthSouthNorth (SSN). This is not an official IPCC publication.

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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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AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis

The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from palaeoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.

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Toward a definition of Essential Mountain Climate Variables

This article introduces Essential Mountain Climate Variables (EMCVs) which could be used to increase the utility of mountainous environmental data to both fundamental science and decision making.

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Learning from climate change perceptions in southern African cities

This study provides commentary about climate change risk perceptions in an urban southern African context.  

 

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Mental health and climate change in small island developing states

This paper reviews research about mental health and wellbeing under climate change in small island developing states (SIDS).

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Image: © Ralf Steinberger | Mali women pounding cereals.

The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land: What’s in it for Africa?

This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land prepared for decision-makers in Africa by the CDKN, ODI and SSN. This is not an official IPCC publication.

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IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land: What's in it for South Asia

This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land prepared for decision makers in South Asia by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), ICLEI-South Asia and SouthSouthNorth. This is not an official IPCC publication.

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Step-by-step guide: Using climate information to support adaptation planning and policy-making

Guidance on how to quickly and easily access climate data for many locations across Africa, using an interactive map.

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SENSES Toolkit

The SENSES Toolkit, developed in the EC SENSES project, offers a range of modules for finance, policy and regional decision makers to learn about and explore climate change scenarios.

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The Big Climate Movement

Three experts and eight climate activists dissect the complex interactions between migration and climate change in this 12-episode video series. 

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Home Lands: Island and Archipelagic States’ Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

Island and Archipelagic States’ Policymaking for Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

This report provides an overview of how human mobility in the context of climate change (HMCCC) fits into the policy landscape of nine island and archipelagic countries.

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Health and Migration in the Context of a Changing Climate

This review synthesizes research that has investigated the relationship between climate change, migration, and health since 1990.

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