Vulnerability
Guidelines and tools for assessing the social and biophysical vulnerability to climate change.
ORCHID
Opportunities and Risks of Climate Change and Disasters (ORCHID)
Developed by IDS, this tool is designed to be a light touch screening process for donors, development organisations and...
Bolivia: Impacts by Sector
This page looks at the impacts of climate change on different sectors in Bolivia. It forms part of a larger report produced by Tahia Devisscher and Ben Smith in November...
Bolivia Climate screening
We were requested by the Sida helpdesk at the University of Gothenburg to prepare a background paper (10-15 pages long) for participants in a Sida meeting in La Paz in...
Step 4: Analyzing the Impacts of Climate Change
Climate related stresses can cause major adverse impacts on several sectors, including food production and agriculture, human health, and water availability, quality and accessibility, among...
Key findings from Mozambique NCAP Project
The majority of people involved in this study are chronically vulnerable to a range of stresses including climate risk. 70% of households are employed in the informal market and therefore have...
Key findings from Ghana NCAP Project
Climate Scenario Modeling
Projected evolution of average annual rainfall
Temperatures are expected to increase in Ghana, and by 2080 changes are expected to be the highest...
Ghana NCAP Project
A Ghanaian girl waits to sell water in the northern city of Tamale. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reill
Project ObjectivesThe NCAP funded project in Ghana was implemented over...
Climate Change and Health
Climate-related diseases are responsible for a large proportion of the global burden of disease. Human health is therefore not surprising predicted to be adversely affected by projected climate...
ACCCA Durban, S. Africa
Photo by Gina Ziervogel
A sufficient quantity of good quality water is essential for the well-being of impoverished, and therefore, vulnerable communities. However,...
Reducing risk and building capacity in Bangkok
People row their belongings through a garbage-strewn flooded market. (Reuters/Sukree Sukplang)
Adaptation contextThailand's long coastline (a total of 2,615 km)...
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