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.
Climate Adaptation in Africa
This MOOC developed at UCT explores why climate change adaptation is important in the African context.
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.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra is the ministerial department in England responsible for improving and protecting the environment. It aims to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities.
CLIMAP portal: online climate tool to support Senegalese agricultural planning
A new online climate tool, the CLIMAP portal, has been developed to help support agricultural planning in Senegal.
Las Vegas adaptation policies at a glance
This case study provides a short insight into climate issues faced by the city of Las Vegas and its region and the adaptation policies, plans and action to tackle them.
Climate Change Scenario Primer
This interactive primer explains what climate change scenarios are and how they are connected to socioeconomics, energy and land use, emissions, climate change and climate impacts.
10 things IPCC scenarios
This article looks at the meaning and purpose of scenarios in the current IPCC Framework and provides answers to 10 of the most frequently asked questions, written in an accessible style.
Global exposure and vulnerability
This paper aims to support understanding of the interplay between multiple climate change risks and socioeconomic development through investigating exposure to multi-sector climate impacts.
Spotlight on Transformative Scenario Planning
This Spotlight highlights the successes and challenges of a series of Transformative Scenario Planning workshops held by ASSAR in five countries.
Food security and climate change assessment: Sudan
This assessment, published jointly by WFP and the UK Met Office, outlines how climate risks impact household food security and livelihoods in Sudan.
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.
FCFA Pilot: Malawi
Summary
There is growing interest about how climate information can be used to better inform decision-making across a range of sectors and socio-political and environmental settings. To...
Climate analysis for local communities and decision-makers
Climate analysis for local communities and decision-makers in Central Lombok
Adaptación en el Golfo de Fonseca
The Gulf of Fonseca is an important set of terrestrial and coastal marine ecosystems shared by three countries: El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. The Gulf is in the process of being declared a Biosphere Reserve by environmental and natural value.
Impact on Pastures Kyrgyzstan
The report describes the new livestock umbrella programme the Kyrgyz government with the support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) aiming at helping the country to face not only today´s problems and constrains in the livestock sector but also future challenges.
Costs of sea-level rise in Egypt
A boy riding a horse in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza Image: Marko Djurica
Executive SummaryThis report presents the integrated case study for Egypt carried...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
View of Lagos. Image ©http://coastalcare.org/
Impacts of sea-level rise in NigeriaNigeria’s coast is 850km long and comprises (from west to east) a barrier-lagoon...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
Atlantic coast in Morocco. Image: © kerdowney.com/
Impact of sea level rise in MoroccoMorocco’s 3,500km coast crosses temperate, semi-arid and desert climatic zones...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
Kenya: impacts of sea-level rise are likely to be felt beyond the coastal and national boundaries.
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
The coast in Tanga, Tanzania. Image: ©steppestravel.co.uk
Impacts of sea-level rise in TanzaniaTanzania has a coastline of 3,461km and consists of mangrove forests...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
Mahe Island, Seychelles: Image: © zszywka.pl
Impacts of sea-level rise in SeychellesThe Seychelles consist of over 100 islands of granitic and coralline origin...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
Coast of Senegal, south of Saint-Louis. Image: ©panoramio.com
Impacts of sea-level rise in SenegalSenegal has a coast of 2,065km comprising sandy, deltaic (the...
Mainstreaming adaptation into Ghana's national development plans
SEI assisted Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority and its climate change focal point to develop a plan for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The project sought to strengthen Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy by incorporating consideration of climate change impacts. SEI provided training on planning techniques, including a novel approach to multi-sector planning that was developed by SEI and Ghana EPA staff.
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