Community Based Adaptation
This theme aims to support and connect people working to empower communities to adapt to climate change.
Engaging the private sector in financing adaptation to climate change
The ACT learning brief presents a framework of five approaches that policymakers, practitioners and donors can use to motivate the private sector to invest in climate change adaptation.
Do conservancies enhance the adaptive capacity of communities?
Consevancies allow communities to benefit from and mange wildlife resource, however how they are formed and by who affects their livelihoods and resilience of these communities.
Resilience Benefit Investments
To demonstrate the value of resilience benefits to various stakeholders S&P Global Ratings considers that it is important to quantify those benefits based on a robust modeling framework.
From climate risk to climate resilience: How Zambian smallholders are using local knowledge and climate data to adapt their cropping strategies
This case study considers how climate farmer field schools were established in Northern Zambia to make climate resilience an on-the-ground reality for smallholder farmers.
Knowledge Systems Analysis for Climate Knowledge Brokers
This module offers an introduction to a methodology developed by CKB to allow for more focused knowledge brokering interventions in knowledge systems connected to climate-sensitive value chains.
Enhancing resilience using Indigenous Fodder Trees
This policy brief describes how Indigenous Fodder Trees can be used to improve food security and enhance the climate resilience of livestock herders.
Serious Climate Games: An Introduction
Climate games provide a way to facilitate learning in an interesting, engaging and memorable way. This article provides a brief outline of different climate games and resources available.
Climate Change in Informal Settlements
This article summarizes ways in which climate change adaptation and mitigation can be achieved in informal settlements.
Resilience: An Introduction
This article provides a brief overview of and introduction to the concept of resilience, and links to further reading and examples.
Measuring progress on adaptation and climate resilience in Canada
The Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience was asked to recommend a suite of indicators to measure progress on adaptation and climate resilience in Canada.
Climandes project
MeteoSwiss and SENAMHI Peru join forces in the Climandes project for climate-smart agriculture to promote food security and poverty reduction.
Supporting private adaptation in semi-arid lands
This PRISE policy brief argues that to unlock the potential of businesses to drive climate-resilient development, support for private adaptation in semi arid lands needs to be rapidly upscaled.
Climate-Resilient Agriculture in South Asia: An analytical framework and insights from practice
The paper explores entry-points for and examples of climate resilient agriculture (CRA) in South Asia, and the current challenges and knowledge gaps affecting it's implementation.
UK flood research resource
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.
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.
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".
Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within governance systems in South Asia
The paper introduces a general analytical framework for mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within governance systems.
Advancing resilience in cities, towns and villages through knowledge
This blog discusses a new UNFCCC report (February, 2018) that shares key findings on climate change adaptation in human settlements.
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
The Tyndall Centre is a network of universities bringing together researchers from the social and natural sciences and engineering to develop sustainable responses to climate change. We work with l
Namibia Climate Change Adaptation booklets
These two booklets, one in English and the other in Oshiwambo, look at the changing climate in Namibia, and at the measures being taken to adapt.
An integrated response to climate change in the Indian Himalayan Region
This brief emphasizes the need to adopt an EbA approach in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) to enhance the climate resilience of communities dependent on natural resources.
Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: A Review of Madagascar
This report examines the institutional environment, urban management capacity, and financial resources and mechanisms available to address adaptation in Madagascar’s growing cities.
Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: A Review of South Africa
This report examines the institutional environment, urban management capacity, and financial resources and mechanisms available to address adaptation in South Africa's cities.
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