Climate change adaptation
- Identifying factors which enable South Asian communities to adapt to floods, droughts and climatic variability
- M. Moench; A. Dixit / Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2004
- This ‘Adaptive Strategies Project’ is the result of collaboration between local organisations, regional NGOs, international organisations and academic institutions; it attempts to understand and define factors enabling commu...
- Reviewing the evolution of conceptual ideas of vulnerability and approaches to climate vulnerability assessments
- H.-M. Fussel; R.J.T. Klein / Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 2002
- Climate change vulnerability assessments are performed for numerous purposes, with each purpose having particular information needs, and so this requires a particular assessment method to provide this information. There is a long hist...
- Investigating methodologies for vulnerability assessments and their links with the sustainable livelihoods approach
- T. Cannon; J. Twigg; J. Rowell / Benfield Hazard Research Centre, 2004
- In 1997 the UK Department for International Development (DFID) adopted the priorities of the White Paper on International Development recognising the significance of socio-economic factors in making individuals vulnerable to disaster....
- Identifying trends in the definition of three concepts within global environmental change
- M. Schoon / Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005
- This short working paper identifies trends and historical meaning behind three concepts of resilience, adaptation and vulnerability used extensively within the field of global environmental change, and it's associated human dimensions...
- Assessing vulnerability and adapting appropriately to produce a timely response to climate change
- Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005
- Potential effects of climate change on Australia have been identified through climate models, and these include more frequent ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) events, more heatwaves and fewer frosts, reductions in average rainfall ...
- Analysis and synthesis of current applications of methods and tools in climate change adaptation
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2004
- The purpose of this paper was to facilitate discussion at a workshop on adaptation in December 2004 but it presents an appropriate and current summary of approaches to methodologies, tools and vulnerability studies. The paper c...
- How do social networks contribute to climate adaptation processes?
- L. Sygna / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of climate change adaptation in the context of social networks, and asks why some people are better able to cope than others. It examines recent economic and social developments in Cu...
- Assessing climate change impacts on poor fishing communities
- E.H. Allison / Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004
- Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities...
- Ecosystem approaches and community-level management are key to reducing climate vulnerabilities
- H. Reid / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
- This publication considers the linkages between climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and biodiversity, and then relates these linkages to livelihoods, poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It concludes w...
- How do Sudanese communities adapt to climate impacts?: a new research methodology
- E. Spanger-Siegfried; B. Dougherty; N. Goutbi; B. Osman / Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2005
- This paper details a project research methodology for assessing existing resilience-building strategies in Sudan to current climate change vulnerabilities. This is built on a hypothesis that sustainable livelihoods (SL) can fill the p...
- Identifying trends in the definition of three concepts within global environmental change
- M. Schoon / Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005
- This short working paper identifies trends and historical meaning behind three concepts of resilience, adaptation and vulnerability used extensively within the field of global environmental change, and it's associated human dimensions...
- Assessing vulnerability and adapting appropriately to produce a timely response to climate change
- Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005
- Potential effects of climate change on Australia have been identified through climate models, and these include more frequent ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) events, more heatwaves and fewer frosts, reductions in average rainfall ...
- Analysis and synthesis of current applications of methods and tools in climate change adaptation
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2004
- The purpose of this paper was to facilitate discussion at a workshop on adaptation in December 2004 but it presents an appropriate and current summary of approaches to methodologies, tools and vulnerability studies. The paper c...
- How do social networks contribute to climate adaptation processes?
- L. Sygna / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of climate change adaptation in the context of social networks, and asks why some people are better able to cope than others. It examines recent economic and social developments in Cu...
- Assessing climate change impacts on poor fishing communities
- E.H. Allison / Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004
- Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities...
- Ecosystem approaches and community-level management are key to reducing climate vulnerabilities
- H. Reid / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
- This publication considers the linkages between climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and biodiversity, and then relates these linkages to livelihoods, poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It concludes w...
- How do Sudanese communities adapt to climate impacts?: a new research methodology
- E. Spanger-Siegfried; B. Dougherty; N. Goutbi; B. Osman / Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2005
- This paper details a project research methodology for assessing existing resilience-building strategies in Sudan to current climate change vulnerabilities. This is built on a hypothesis that sustainable livelihoods (SL) can fill the p...
- Effects of conflict on livelihoods of Darfur and recommendations for protection, support and rehabilitation
- H. Young; A.M. Osman; Y. Aklilu; R. Dale; B. Badri / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2005
- This draft report presents findings of a study to investigate the effects of the current conflict and humanitarian crisis on the livelihoods of selected communities in Darfur, in order to refine strategic humanitarian interventions. ...
- Sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2004
- This paper reports on the first phase of a project examining issues of sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation. Achievements include: the establishment of an institutional platform for bringing together th...
- Issues surrounding climate change and livelihoods
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003
- This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change. Highlights of the paper include: while climate change is not the only threat to natural resources and livelihoods, climate-ind...
- Integrated Development Society
- Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal is a non-for-profit, non-government development organisation working in the field of sustainable development, policy research and knowledge mobilisation.
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- micle
- micle is a research project focused on investigating the social-ecological conditions under which population movements take place.
