Water Security for Climate Resilience Report
This report explores the relationship between water security, climate and climate adaptation decisions, drawing on research from the REACH Programme (2015-2025), conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Urban heat in South Asia: Integrating people and place in adapting to rising temperatures
Learn about the current state of knowledge of and plans to manage urban heat in South Asia in this World Bank policy brief. It examines heat in South Asian cities through the different layers of the urban environment, explores different population groups that are vulnerable to urban heat, and provides 3 key recommendations.
The IPCC’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: What’s in it for South Asia?
This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and the Ocean and Cryosphere, prepared for decision-makers in South Asia by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), ICLEI-South Asia and SouthSouthNorth (SSN). This is not an official IPCC publication.
SDC Climate change foresight analysis (2021)
This 2021 foresight report provides information about short- and medium-term climate-related risks and analyses these risks with regard to water, food, health and regional stability.
IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land: What's in it for South Asia
This publication offers a guide to the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land prepared for decision makers in South Asia by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), ICLEI-South Asia and SouthSouthNorth. This is not an official IPCC publication.
Foresight analysis: Global and regional risks and hotspots (2020)
This foresight report provides information about short- and medium-term climate-related risks and analyses these risks with regard to water, food, health and regional stability.
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region.
Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change in India
This report describes how gender has been mainstreamed in the CCA-RAI project through a gender analysis and the implementation of a gender strategy.
Bringing adaptive management to life: Insights from practice
The paper sets out a framework for an adaptive programme, including a set of essential core principles, to assist in integrating climate change adaptation into development planning.
Unpacking Transformation: A framework and insights from adaptation mainstreaming
This paper puts forward a conceptual framework for determining the likelihood of an adaptation initiative delivering transformation.
Recent research on gender, social norms, and women's economic empowerment
Commissioned by IDRC through the GrOW program, this paper reviews and contextualises recent research on social norms and the interaction with women’s economic empowerment.
Even half a degree of warming matters for South Asia’s urban poor
Aditi Paul of CDKN Asia reflects on the revelations in the IPCC’s 1.5°C Special Report and its implications, including key messages for cities.
Mapping the stories of climate change
This article shows how the online platform Story Maps communicates climate change impacts and relevant adaptation measures in the Hindu Kush Himalaya to a wider audience to support action.
Climate-Resilient Agriculture in South Asia: An analytical framework and insights from practice
The paper explores entry-points for and examples of climate resilient agriculture (CRA) in South Asia, and the current challenges and knowledge gaps affecting it's implementation.
Sri Lankan Youth Climate Action Network (SLYCAN) Trust
SLYCAN Trust works to contribute to collective local and global efforts to address impacts of climate change, sustainable development, and social and economic issues hindering social justice.
Safer lives and livelihoods in mountains
This publication highlights 15 cases of good practice in development and applied research from mountain regions, and illustrates how the Sendai Framework’s four priorities can be put into practice.
Global exposure and vulnerability
This paper aims to support understanding of the interplay between multiple climate change risks and socioeconomic development through investigating exposure to multi-sector climate impacts.
Climate-Resilient Water Management: An operational framework from South Asia
The paper presents a conceptual framework for Climate-Resilient Water Management (CRWM) and provides examples of CRWM interventions developed and deployed by the ACT programme across SE Asia.
Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within governance systems in South Asia
The paper introduces a general analytical framework for mainstreaming adaptation to climate change within governance systems.
Equitable Resilience in Local Institutions
ERLI looks at how resilience practice plays out ‘on-the-ground’ through in-depth and qualitative case studies of nine local institutions in Bangladesh.
Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters
BRACED is helping people become more resilient to climate extremes in South and Southeast Asia and in the African Sahel and its neighbouring countries.
Webinar: Accelerating Climate Resilient Development in Cities
This webinar focuses on the SDC funded CapaCITIES project in India, which is advancing climate action planning to accelerate transformation of cities to low carbon, climate resilient cities.
Janathakshan (GTE) Limited
Janathakshan (GTE) Limited is a not for profit company established in 2011 to promote sustainable and green solutions in development to Sri Lanka and beyond.
American University School of International Service
American University’s School of International Service (SIS) produces cutting edge research and prepares the ne
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