All articles for the topic: Policy

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Evaluating Adaptation: An Analysis of Policy Progress in Coastal Cities and Regions

Explore the findings of the CLIC project “Are cities properly preparing for climate change?” and learn more about the European Research Council (ERC) funded project ‘IMAGINE adaptation’ in this policy brief. It highlights the urgent need to evaluate adaptation in urban areas and understand progress across governance levels. 

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The 2022 heatwaves: England’s response and future preparedness for heat risk

Discover how England's 2022 heatwaves were used to evaluate responses to heatwaves, leading to suggested improvements to the UK's extreme heat policies. 

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IPBES Values Assessment - Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis

Explore the key findings of the IPBES Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, and learn about the different ways in which nature has been, and is currently being, perceived and valued. To improve peoples' understanding of this, the report introduces a novel and comprehensive typology of nature’s values.

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weADAPT at 15: How Research, Policy and Practice Community Members Use the Platform

How has weADAPT's community used the platform during the last 15 years? What impacts have been made? Learn about all of this and more in this article. 

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IPCC FAQs - Cities, Settlements & Key Infrastructure

Why and how are cities, settlements, and different types of infrastructure especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? Learn about this and other frequently asked questions from Chapter 6 of the IPCC's AR6 Working Group II report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

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Mapping the Evolution and Current Trends in Climate Change Adaptation Science

This study provides a review of climate change adaptation science literature that spans from the first publication in 1978 to mid-2020. It identifies the underpinning foundations, leading authors, countries and organisations, as well as dominant research themes and priorities, and explores how these have changed over time.

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Policy Dialogue for Managing Groundwater Overpumping in the North China Plain

This policy brief series informs dialogue between scientists and policy makers working on groundwater resources, sustainable agriculture and climate change.

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Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a political foundation in Germany. At home as well as abroad, our civic education programs aim at promoting freedom and liberty, peace, and justice.

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Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) brings together responsibilities for business, industrial strategy, science, innovation, energy and climate change.

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Inovasi Bumi

INOBU developS policy innovations and IT applications that are tested on the ground and then adopted by partners.

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Council of the Baltic Sea States

The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an overall political forum for regional cooperation.

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Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations

IDDRI is an independent research institute and a multi-stakeholder dialogue platform who identifies the conditions and proposes tools to put sustainable development at the heart of international re

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Yale University

Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.

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JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH is a leading international research organisation that develops solutions and technologies for businesses and industry covering a wide r

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Tufts University

Tufts University is home to more than 45 interdisciplinary centers and institutes focused on a broad range of topics, from medicine, science and technology to animals and the environment.

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Kings College London

King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious university institutions: a multi-faculty research-led university college based in the heart of London.

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GIP – Public Interest Management

Public Interest Management (Gestão de Interesse Público - GIP) works in a mosaic of socio-environmental initiatives and projects with the aim of convening actors,

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Ministry of Environment, Moldova

The Ministry of Environment develops and promotes Moldova's state policy on environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, oriented toward creating conditions beneficial for life,

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Zambia Land Alliance

Zambia Land Alliance is a network of NGOs working for just land policies and laws that take into account the interests of the poor.

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Open Universiteit Nederland

The Open Universiteit Nederland (OU) is an institution for distance education at university level (both professional and scientific).

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Bonn International Center for Conversion

Our mission is to conduct critical, problem-oriented, policy relevant research in response to the problems posed by organized violence.

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Migration as adaptation?

The issue discusses possible adaptation policies and current CC and development policy structures on human mobility in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kenya, Mauritius, PNG and Vietnam.

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What does it take to mainstream disaster risk management in key sectors?

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Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and negatively impacting development progress across the world. People are already experiencing the impacts of climate...

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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.

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