Co-designing climate services to support adaptation to natural hazards: a case study from Karlstad, Sweden
This case study describes how the co-design of climate services helped support adaptation to multiple water hazards in the municipality of Karlstad, Sweden.
Co-designing climate services to support adaptation to natural hazards
Drawing on two Swedish case studies, this brief aims to understand how the co-design of climate services can support adaptation planning and decision-making.
A Story of a flood in East Africa
HyCRISTAL has spent the past four years exploring how to draw together the experiences of people living through typical flood events in East African cities.
Building Happy and Integrated Neighbourhoods in Luanda, Angola
The Nova Vida Housing Development is a large housing development project undertaken for the Angolan government and is a good example of eco-town planning.
Associated Programme on Flood Management
The Associated Programme on Flood Management was jointly founded by the World Meteorological Organization and the
Jinsha River Basin: Integrated Water Resources and Risk Management
This Sino-Swiss project aims to improve integrated water resources management, build capacity for climate change adaptation, and thereby enhance socio-economic development in the Jinsha River Basin.
From slave to community leader in Nepal
Indra kumari sharing her experience during a large public event, Bardiya, Nepal. (Credit: © Hariyo Ban project staff / CARE)
From slave to community leader in Nepal“...
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
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
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...
Working together on Cape Town flooding
Flooding in Cape Town (photo credit: Rodger Bosch)
The City of Cape Town faces many challenges: in-migration, housing and service delivery backlogs, budget...
