ASSAR Regional Diagnostic Studies
The first phase of ASSAR was to investigate what people in semi-arid regions currently know about climate change, and what they’re doing to adapt to these changes.
Use and Communication of Climate Information to Support Uptake of Adaptation Action in the Semi-Arid Regions of Africa and Asia
Home to hundreds of millions of people, the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia are particularly vulnerable to climate-related impacts and risks.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi-Arid Regions of India
ASSAR is a research project that seeks to understand the factors that have prevented climate change adaptation from being more widespread and successful. This article features ASSAR's work in India.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi-Arid Regions of East Africa
Home to hundreds of millions of people, the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia are particularly vulnerable to climate-related impacts and risks.
Business strategies on Adaptation to Climate Change
Figure from report: Framework - A Path to Elaborate Business Agendas for Adaption to Climate Change
IntroductionThe Business for Climate Platform (EPC) is one of...
Rios del Paramo al Valle
Colombian Landscape. Photo courtesy of Marisa Escobar
Rios del Paramo al ValleColombia's water resources management institutions need to evaluate water supply,...
PARA-Agua - Chira-Piura
The project Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience (PARA-Agua) or "For Water" recognizes that climate change is negatively impacting water resources, agriculture and ecosystems in the LAC region
Synthesis report: FCFA pilot phase
This report provides initial research into the use of long-term (5-40 year) climate information in Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and the coastal cities of Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique.
Evidence of Impact: Climate-smart agriculture in Africa
Africa’s climate is changing. Across the continent rainfall patterns are set to alter. In many areas droughts will become more frequent, more intense, and last longer.
PARA-Agua - Chinchina
Colombia Paramo. Photo curtesy of Marisa Escobar.
Robust Decision Support in the Chinchiná BasinThe project Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience (PARA-Agua) or "...
NCSA and NAPA Afghanistan
Up to 80 percent of Afghan people rely on the country’s natural resource base for their livelihoods. Natural resource management is therefore of paramount importance to...
Djeneba
Families in Senegal typically spend around 30% oftheir monthly income on food, so even small changes in the price of rice impact the monthly food intake of families in Senegal.
The Adaptation without Borders Index of exposure
Applying a new conceptual framework, SEI has developed the Adaptation without Borders Index of Exposure (or AwB Index, for short).
CARIAA
The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) aims to build the resilience of vulnerable populations and their livelihoods in three climate change hot spots.
Building with Nature Indonesia - reaching scale for coastal resilience
Building permeable structures. Photo by Nanang Sujana
Adaptation contextNorthern Java’s deltaic shorelines suffer from land subsidence and severe erosion, in...
A local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique
With an estimated population of 1.1 million, Maputo is the most densely populated city in Mozambique. The city is sharply divided into two areas: ’the cement city’, or the old...
Strengthening climate resilience in African cities - A framework for working with informality
What opportunities and challenges does climate compatible development present in the context of rapidly growing cities across the African continent, where two key features are...
Coigach-Assynt Living Landscape
Photograph by Viv Halcrow
The Coigach-Assynt Living Landscape (CALL) is one of the largest landscape restoration projects in Europe, aiming to benefit the land, the...
Mali NEEDS climate change project
Farmland in Mali © cap.org.za
National Development Plans and Priorities in the context of Climate ChangeMali’s economy is dependent upon the country’s natural...
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
Mahe Island, Seychelles: Image: © zszywka.pl
Impacts of sea-level rise in SeychellesThe Seychelles consist of over 100 islands of granitic and coralline origin with...
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...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
Africa has a large and growing coastal population, including a number of important coastal cities. With sea-level rise, flooding and inundation of coastal areas would be expected...
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...
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