Climate change poses threat to food security in the Mekong
Climate change is posing a real threat to food security in the Mekong. SEI and UNEP launch a free online course on sustainable food systems in Southeast Asia to highlight the issues.
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
UNEP-WCMC is the specialist biodiversity assessment arm of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) based in Cambridge, UK.
FCFA Pilot: Malawi
There is growing interest about how climate information can be used to better inform decision-making across a range of sectors and socio-political and environmental settings. To...
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Small Island Developing States
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced the most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever. The Fifth Assessment Report, which the IPCC is releasing...
Supporting NAP development with the PROVIA Guidance
This brochure explains how the PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change can be used to better understand key concepts and available methods and...
IPCC FAQ 3.2
IPCC FAQ 1.3
IPCC FAQ 1.2
This material is extracted from the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of the Fourth Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group 1 (see full...
IPCC FAQ 1.1
IPCC FAQ 11.1
IPCC FAQ 11.1 - This material is extracted from the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section of the Fourth Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group 1
IPCC FAQ 6.1
IPCC FAQ 4.1
IPCC FAQ 3.3
Early Warning Builds Resilience
“Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas,” is a...
International Environmental Technology Centre
The International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) is a branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE).
Nepal Understanding Trends
Impacts of rising temperature
While the magnitude of change is uncertain, it is clear that the climate of Nepal will warm significantly in the coming century. The impact of this warming...
AdaptCost
Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change, yet economic assessments of the costs of adaptiation are few. The AdaptCost project attempted to address this gap.
CIRCE Foundation Paper Introduction
Foundatation paper on adaptation options and screening. Suggested approach views adaptation as a socio-institutional process of learning and change that needs to be supported in innovative ways
Financing Adaptation
An overview of some of the principles for effective adaptation funding, and gives a short overview of the Least Developed Countries Fund (LCDF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).
Climate Change and Migration
There is a growing recognition that environmental degradation and climate change hold the potential to result in significant population displacement, which the world is presently ill- equipped to...
Climate Change: Humanitarian Consequences
The objective was to synthesize the wealth of climate information specifically linked to consequences across the globe that requires the attention of the humanitarian community....
Short course training: Climate Change, models and uncertainty
Short course training: Climate Change, models and uncertainty
AdaptCost
The AdaptCost Africa project, funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Norway Partnership, is producing a range of estimates of the financial needs for climate...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
City of Alexandria coastline: Image ©Blueskyline.com
Impact of sea level rise in EgyptEgypt has a coastal zone of more than 3,500 km long and contains 40% of the...
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