Climate change adaptation
- Latest developments on food security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- C. Abu Sa'ada; J. Frize; C. Galluzzi / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- How can food security be ensured in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS)? Given the ever-fluctuating political and economic situation, up-to-date information is essential for policy development and programme planning as it re...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Building community capacity to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability
- South South North, 2006
- The goal of the project is to build the capacity of the community to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability, as well as to facilitate poverty reduction. The specific objectives of the project are: ...
- Assisting project planners and managers to integrate risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level projects.
- A. Hammill / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007
- CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods) is a tool designed to assist project planner and managers with integrating risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level projects. D...
- Breaking down the complexity of vulnerability into manageable components with communities to reduce their exposure to hazards and shocks
- E. Chiwaka; R. Yates / ActionAid International, 2004
- This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disast...
- The need for development projects to be incorporated into climate change adaptation strategies
- R.J.T. Klein; S.E.H. Eriksen; L.O. Naess / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2007
- Over six development agencies are screening their portfolios with the aim of ascertaining the extent to which exisiting development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability; and identifyi...
- The impact of climate change on pastoral livelihood systems
- C. Hesse; L. Cotula / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate change, the authors of this article ...
- Literature review on climate change adaptations for sustainable livelihoods
- N. Pandey / Winrock International India, New Delhi, 2005
- Historical adaptations to climate change are widely recognised, but adaptations by contemporary society living in regions with a fluctuating climate are not. This paper explores the literature on monsoon climate variability and conseq...
- How does conflict shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stress?
- S. Eriksen; B. Owuor; E. Nyukuri; V. Orindi / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research ...
- Establishing rural community resilience to climate variability in Sudan
- B Elasha; N Elhassan; H. Ahmed; S. Zakieldin / Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2005
- Community based sustainable livelihood (SL) and environmental management (EM) measures have already been implemented in rural communities of Sudan. These measures aim to build resilience to the stresses of drought and climate variabil...
- Assisting project planners and managers to integrate risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level projects.
- A. Hammill / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007
- CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods) is a tool designed to assist project planner and managers with integrating risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level projects. D...
- Breaking down the complexity of vulnerability into manageable components with communities to reduce their exposure to hazards and shocks
- E. Chiwaka; R. Yates / ActionAid International, 2004
- This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disast...
- The need for development projects to be incorporated into climate change adaptation strategies
- R.J.T. Klein; S.E.H. Eriksen; L.O. Naess / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2007
- Over six development agencies are screening their portfolios with the aim of ascertaining the extent to which exisiting development projects already consider climate risks or address vulnerability to climate variability; and identifyi...
- The impact of climate change on pastoral livelihood systems
- C. Hesse; L. Cotula / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate change, the authors of this article ...
- Literature review on climate change adaptations for sustainable livelihoods
- N. Pandey / Winrock International India, New Delhi, 2005
- Historical adaptations to climate change are widely recognised, but adaptations by contemporary society living in regions with a fluctuating climate are not. This paper explores the literature on monsoon climate variability and conseq...
- How does conflict shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stress?
- S. Eriksen; B. Owuor; E. Nyukuri; V. Orindi / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research ...
- Establishing rural community resilience to climate variability in Sudan
- B Elasha; N Elhassan; H. Ahmed; S. Zakieldin / Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2005
- Community based sustainable livelihood (SL) and environmental management (EM) measures have already been implemented in rural communities of Sudan. These measures aim to build resilience to the stresses of drought and climate variabil...
- 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....
- 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.
