The value of mountains for European citizens
Why are mountain value chains so crucial? How resilient are they to climate change? Learn about the significance of mountain value chains, their role in driving Europe’s sustainable transition and their vulnerability to climatic changes.
Listen to "Small Islands, Big Picture": a podcast on resilience in small islands
The "Small Islands, Big Picture" podcast shines a spotlight on the unique challenges and remarkable resilience of Small Island Developing States around the world.
The high Andean basins face climate change: Results from seven case studies on vulnerability
Explore an analysis of available information on the vulnerability of hydrographic basins to climate change at the Andean continental level. The study analyzes seven basins, one for each Andean country, an includes a situational diagnosis and recommendations for reducing climate vulnerability in the Andes, as well as the identification of knowledge gaps and priority work issues for adaptation in the region.
Is public funding of adaptation going to the mountain regions most in need?
Discover the geographic distribution and drivers of financial aid for climate change adaptation in mountain environments in this Adaptation at Altitude synthesis brief. The brief provides recommendations on how to optimise future programmes and funding streams.
Three Steps to Including Conflict Considerations in the Design of Climate Change Adaptation Projects
How do adaptation projects influence climate–conflict dynamics? Explore a three-step approach to facilitating the consideration of conflict risks in the design of climate change adaptation projects in this policy brief.
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.
Reflections on the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report: adaptation, loss and damage
Join three SEI researchers, who have assumed various roles in past IPCC reports, as they reflect on the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report’s critical messages on adaptation and loss and damage.
A combined cognitive and spatial model to map and understand climate-induced migration
What is the relationship between climate change impacts and migration? The SEI team analyzes this connection developing a spatial multi-criteria model that establish people’s motivations to migrate, including climate change factors.
Q&A: Francis X. Johnson on the IPCC Synthesis Report
Read this Q&A on the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – its significance, highlights and next steps, by Francis X. Johnson, SEI Senior Research Fellow and member of the Extended Writing Team.
Climate Change Impacts on Forest Sector in Québec
FACoP Webinar February 16, 2021 | Impacts des changements climatiques sur la forêt et le secteur forestier au Québec
Handbook System for the Design and Implementation of EbA
This handbook system guides you through the process of designing, setting up, implementing, monitoring and up-scaling EbA interventions under the global Programme “Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: building evidence, replicating success, and informing policy."
CRAN Türkiye
The Climate Resilient Agriculture Network (CRAN) brings together non-governmental organizations, farmers' unions, public institutions and organizations, the private sector, academia, and working groups to work on sharing, implementing, and disseminating adaptation methods and experiences.
Impacts of climate change on global food trade networks
Learn about the potential cross-border impacts of climate change on global food trade, through the lens of three crops: wheat, rice and maize. Using a simple network model, this journal article projects changes to trade communities and network structures, as well as the effects that this will have on global food security.
Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples
Discover the extent of progress in integrating gender considerations in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, through this systematic review of NAP documents and series of practical examples that illustrate how countries are taking a gender-responsive approach to their NAP processes.
Using WASH Flows in the in the development of the Tupiza watershed plan, Bolivia
Learn about how WASH Flows was used in Tupiza watershed, Bolivia; an area with limited access to water and sanitation services. Explore how the outputs allowed an evaluation the impact of potential WASH solutions.
Operationalizing Finance for Loss and Damage: from Principles to Modalities
Explore this report providing information for crucial negotiations and discussions on loss and damage finance by exploring different options for how it can be operationalized.
Sixth Global Meeting of Mountain Partnership: South America and the Andes participate as an active block
On Tuesday, September 26th, 2022, Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) hosted a side event at the Mountain Partnership’s Sixth Global Meeting in Aspen, Colorado, USA. The side event was aimed at showing regional information collected for the sustainable management of mountains in the South America and Andres region.
Locally Led Adaptation: From Principles to Practice
Explore 21 global examples of approaches and mechanisms to advance locally led adaptation, which positions local actors as key decision-makers in climate adaptation. Learn about how these approaches can be successfully implemented in practice.
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.
Climate Change Management Support in Peru
Discover how GestionCC has supported the national Government of Peru as well as its regional governments in the context of their climate change policy and NDC commitments.
COPE Books for Children: Earthquakes
Learn about disaster risk reduction and earthquakes with this illustrated book for children by COPE.
COPE Books for Children: Floods
Learn about disaster risk reduction and floods with this illustrated book for children from COPE.
COPE Books for Children: Cyclones
Learn about disaster risk reduction and cyclones with this illustrated book for children from COPE. This time, the squad travels to Australia.
Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Yields in Mexico
This report summarises the findings of the consultancy project "Estimación de rendimientos potenciales con escenarios de cambio climático para diversos cultivos agrícolas en México", funded by the government of Canada under the UNDP-INECC partnership.
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