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Reconfiguring urban adaptation finance
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014This paper examines international, national and municipal mechanisms for financing adaptation, and reveals the systemic barriers that prevent money being channelled into the hands of low-income and highly vulnerable urban residents in low- and middle-income countries, and hinder effective urban adaptation.DocumentThe indirect effects of adaptation: Pathways for vulnerability redistribution in the Colombian coffee sector
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2013This paper examines the possibility that measures taken to bolster livelihoods and adapt to climate change in one place could increase vulnerability elsewhere.DocumentDare to prepare: taking risk seriously
Overseas Development Institute, 2013The key messages of this report are:DocumentImpact of climate change on life & livelihood of Dalits: An exploratory study from disaster risk reduction lens
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, 2013Dalit people are a highly vulnerable group, especially with regard to climate change, given both their high dependence on natural resources, and social, political, and economic exclusion inhibiting their adaptive capacity.DocumentRio de Janeiro City’s early warning system for heavy rain
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013The city of Rio de Janeiro has developed a highly efficient early warning system (EWS) that is having an impressive impact after just three years in operation. The measures employed are innovative, inclusive and non-resource intensive, and are thus highly applicable to cities in other developing regions.DocumentDisaster risk governance in volcanic areas
Overseas Development Institute, 2013This paper develops an approach under Work Package 4 (WP4) of the Strengthening Resilience in Volcanic Areas (STREVA) programme for analysing the institutional factors that shape collective action to reduce disaster risk. The key messages include:DocumentThe Plumbing of Adaptation Finance: Accountability, Transparency, and Accessibility at the Local Level
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013World Resources Institute working paper examining phase one of the Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative.DocumentWeaving the net: climate change, complex crises and household resilience
World Resources Institute [ES], 2013The 2008 global food crisis caught everyone by surprise, since it emerged from a complex web of factors in a way that is exceedingly difficult to predict. This issue brief by the World Resources Institute reviews the myriad of influences that brought about the food crisis, and how climate variability acted as an important trigger.DocumentClimate Change Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity in Garissa County, Kenya
CARE International, 2013In Garissa County, the impacts of climate change are already being felt by communities, who are seeking ways to adapt to the changes and to build resilient livelihoods. These changes are combined with other environmental, economic and political factors to create a situation of increasing vulnerability for poor and marginalized households.DocumentBest practices & available tools for the use of indigenous & traditional knowledge & practices for adaptation, & the application of gender-sensitive approaches & tools for understanding & assessing impacts, vulnerability & adaptation to climate change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2013This technical paper provides a literature review and analysis of best practices and available tools for: the use of indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices for adaptation; and the application of gender-sensitive approaches and tools for understanding and assessing impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. (Adapted from source)Pages