Increasing Community Resilience to Drought
Photo: World Bank photo collection
Drought events associated with climate variability and climate change have become more pronounced in Kenya in recent years,...
Mozambique Climate Analysis
This report uses historical data and climate projections to assess how climate change may affect the operations of Mozambique's Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades...
Adaptation Fund: Reducing GLOF risks
Project approved for funding by the Adaptation Fund Board, June 2010
Project DescriptionAs glaciers retreat due to increasing temperatures glacial lakes start to...
Flooding
Bangladesh is located on a floodplain of three major rivers and their tributaries. One-fifth of the country is flooded every year, with up to two-thirds in extreme years, due to...
Sea Level and Infrastructure
A 1 m rise in sea level would inundate 18% of Bangladesh’s total land, directly threatening 11% of the country’s population. Impacts would be mostly around Dhaka and Khulna region....
Response to impacts of glacial retreats
The project will support five pilot activities in Peru in response to the impacts of the rapid glacial retreat of the tropical Andes. Glacial melt and retreat pose significant threats to water...
Drought vulnerable community
Dry spells lead to drought
ActivitiesThe project aims to enhance the adaptive capacity of the drought vulnerable community in the North West Region of Bangladesh....
Flooding and drought
The project aims minimize the impact of flooding and drought by strengthening drought and flood mitigation among rural poor in the district and reduce the...
RVCC
3 year action learning project in communities in the southwestern region. Approach was to promote and test strategies and technologies to reduce the vulnerability of the poorest to...
ENDA Communities Matam Project
This project is concerned with enhancing food security in the context of the modification of floodplain functionality as a result of hydrological regime due to climate change, and changes in...
ENDA Communities Niger Project
Dry river bed in Maradi District
This ENDA Communities project is working with several communities in Maradi District to develop adaptation actions to support food...
ENDA Communities Banjul project
Beach erosion near Banjul, The Gambia
The main objectives of the project is identifying climate related stresses in the pilot action zone, assessing the vulnerability...
Adapting to Glacial Lake Outburst
A major proportion of Bhutan’s population is settled in fertile valleys along a number of river systems. When Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) occurs the lives and property of many...
WEAP & Google
The Sierra Nevada Mountains, California's "water tower" (Source: Chelys, 2009)
California's vulnerability to climate change is largely related to water supply. This...
Video: Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the Everest region
This programme focuses on the impact of climate change on the glacial ecosystem in the Himalayas and its people.
Strengthening Khulna City water sector
Climate change and the resulting rise in sea level would affect water sector infrastructure, such as surface water supply and urban drainage systems. The climate resilience of...
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