climate change adaptation policy
- Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2013 - From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2013
- The 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13) makes the business case for investing in disaster risk management (DRM) and highlights potential opportunities for creating shared value. The report is a...
- Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models
- W. Guoqing; R. Calow / Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting t...
- Climate change and its impact on population health in southern China: implication for adaptation policy
- Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change has become an increasingly important public health concern in China. This policy brief is part of the Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project's Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (GDC...
- Understanding past and future impacts of climate change in agriculture: implications for adaptation planning
- Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change poses a serious risk to food security and agriculture in China. Agriculture is of critical importance to China, because 54 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas. This policy brief outlines the ...
- Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC)
- The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project is designed to develop and share internationally China’s experience of integrating climate change adaptation into the development process, in order to reduce China and other countries’ vulnerability to climate change. ACCC aims to improve global knowledge on the assessment of climate impacts and risks, develop practical...
- Climate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review
- J-E. Parry; D. Echeverria; J. Dekens; J. Maitima / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- This report was commissioned under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), a joint initiative of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Na...
- Climate risk management for the health sector in Nicaragua
- M. Keller / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- Commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP BCPR), under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), this report addresses climate r...
- Publication outlining the importance of population dynamics and its role in anticipatory adaption
- G. Martine (ed); D. Schensul (ed) / United Nations Population Fund, 2013
- In 2010, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and El Colegio de Mexico hosted an expert group meeting in Mexico to discuss aspects of population dynamics with p...
- Resilience of outdoor spaces in an era of climate change: the problem of developing countries
- T. Hatuka; H. Saaroni / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- This paper suggests a framework for integrating climate change into the design of public spaces in developing countries. The aim is to explain the urgent need for public-space design codes in developing countries that factor in global...
- Report on two climate change adaptation pilot studies in Vietnam
- B. T. Sinh; V. C. Toan / AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific, 2012
- This report focuses on two adaptation projects in Vietnam: an assessment of climate change vulnerability in the Cat Khanh commune; and adaptation mainstreaming efforts in Binh Dinh province's fishing sector. Vietnam is taking steps to...
- Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2013 - From shared risk to shared value: the business case for disaster risk reduction
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2013
- The 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13) makes the business case for investing in disaster risk management (DRM) and highlights potential opportunities for creating shared value. The report is a...
- Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models
- W. Guoqing; R. Calow / Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting t...
- Climate change and its impact on population health in southern China: implication for adaptation policy
- Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change has become an increasingly important public health concern in China. This policy brief is part of the Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project's Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (GDC...
- Understanding past and future impacts of climate change in agriculture: implications for adaptation planning
- Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change poses a serious risk to food security and agriculture in China. Agriculture is of critical importance to China, because 54 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas. This policy brief outlines the ...
- Climate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review
- J-E. Parry; D. Echeverria; J. Dekens; J. Maitima / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- This report was commissioned under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), a joint initiative of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Na...
- Climate risk management for the health sector in Nicaragua
- M. Keller / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- Commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP BCPR), under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), this report addresses climate r...
- Publication outlining the importance of population dynamics and its role in anticipatory adaption
- G. Martine (ed); D. Schensul (ed) / United Nations Population Fund, 2013
- In 2010, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and El Colegio de Mexico hosted an expert group meeting in Mexico to discuss aspects of population dynamics with p...
- Resilience of outdoor spaces in an era of climate change: the problem of developing countries
- T. Hatuka; H. Saaroni / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- This paper suggests a framework for integrating climate change into the design of public spaces in developing countries. The aim is to explain the urgent need for public-space design codes in developing countries that factor in global...
- Report on two climate change adaptation pilot studies in Vietnam
- B. T. Sinh; V. C. Toan / AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific, 2012
- This report focuses on two adaptation projects in Vietnam: an assessment of climate change vulnerability in the Cat Khanh commune; and adaptation mainstreaming efforts in Binh Dinh province's fishing sector. Vietnam is taking steps to...
- Breaking down the response to extreme temperature rise
- M. Stafford Smith; L. Horrocks; A. Harvey; C. Hamilton / Royal Society Publishing, 2011
- With weakening prospects of prompt mitigation, it is increasingly likely that the world will experience a four degrees Celsius, or more, global temperature rise. Typically, long-term adaptation planning for extreme climate change face...
- Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC)
- The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project is designed to develop and share internationally China’s experience of integrating climate change adaptation into the development process, in order to reduce China and other countries’ vulnerability to climate change. ACCC aims to improve global knowledge on the assessment of climate impacts and risks, develop practical...
