Guidelines for Integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
These guidelines aim to help adaptation practitioners at national and local levels to factor ecosystem functions and services into a country's National Adaptation Plan processes and instruments.
Promoting gender-responsive adaptation in the agriculture sectors
Using the framework of the NAP process, this brief provides an overview of the key gender issues to consider and main entry points for gender mainstreaming in the agriculture sector.
Learning Briefs of the EbA Community of Practice
Mainstreaming CBA to upper levels
This guidance note illustrates how to mainstream CBA into the upper-scale levels by informing policies and programmes of community-driven adaptation priorities and innovations.
Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme
The Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme works to strengthen climate science (especially glaciology and related areas) and capacities for climate change adaptation planning.
Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – A Training Manual
This manual is part of the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (UCCAR) training course and incorporates case studies, tools, methodologies, and guidelines.
Understanding the Green Climate Fund
This paper describes the Green Climate Fund and outlines key considerations to be taken into account to enhance the readiness of NCFs to directly access international climate finance.
Adaptation mainstreaming and M&E training courses
This provides a description of Garama 3C short training courses on adaptation mainstreaming and M&E was offering.
Mainstreaming climate compatible development
This book brings together lessons from the first seven years’ work of CDKN – the Climate and Development Knowledge Network – and invites you to share your experience.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Moldova
The Supporting Moldova’s National Climate Change Adaptation Planning Process project aims to ensure that Moldova has a system in place for medium- to long term adaptation planning and budgeting.
Mainstreaming community-based adaptation into national and local planning
This article was part of the Special Issue in Climate and Development journal.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi-Arid Regions of Southern 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.
Seeing climate adaptation through the eyes of a child
Recent research published in the Climate and Development journal suggests using a child-centered approach to community-based adaptation (CBA) for policy planning.
Swedish development cooperation and climate change
Development cooperation by industrialized countries is an important avenue for helping developing countries to manage the risks of climate change. Thus, it is crucial to...
Overcoming the Barriers
Climate change is a huge threat to all aspects of human development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction. Until recently, donor...
Mainstreaming climate adaptation into development assistance
Fig.1: Sub-national distribution of average annual climate-sensitive ODA (2006) from five main donors (Data source: ODAmoz 2009)
Abstract:In Mozambique, weather extremes threaten...
Policy contexts for mainstreaming climate change in Bhutan and Nepal
This synthesis compares the policy contexts for mainstreaming climate change adaptation in Bhutan and Nepal.
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in Urban Areas
The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped 10 cities in Asia to assess their risks from climate change impacts and build their resilience strategy to...
Mainstreaming Climate Change: Thailand Case Study
Climate change adaptation planning in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia has focused primarily on minimizing the impact of future climate change. The resulting preoccupation...
Mainstreaming Adaptation into Local Development Plans in Vietnam
This report focuses on two adaptation projects in Vietnam: a climate change vulnerability assessment in the Cat Khanh Commune, Binh Dinh province, and efforts to ‘mainstream’ adaptation in the Binh Dinh province’s fishery sector
Mainstreaming Climate and Disaster Risk Management
This project provides assistance to the Government of Madagascar and key stakeholders to mainstream hazard risk management into key economic and social sectors, with special focus on...
Synthesis Report of 2012 Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum, Bangkok, Thailand
The Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum brought together more than 800 policymakers, scientists, donors, youths and representatives of Asian and Pacific countries. The Forum was organized by the Adaptation Knowledge Platform (AKP) and the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) along with several other partners.
Mainstreaming Adaptation in Asia
Mainstreaming adaptation into development planning has been promoted as an effective way to respond to climate change. The expected benefits include avoided policy conflicts, reduced risks and vulnerability, greater efficiency compared with managing adaptation separately, and leveraging the much larger financial flows in sectors affected by climate risks than the amounts available for financing adaptation separately. This report reviews the main approaches proposed and lessons learned from relevant experiences in the Asia-Pacific region
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