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Segunda comunicación nacional ante la Covención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climatico
Programa de Naciones Unidas de Desarrollo, 2010Colombia as a country belonging to the Parties not included in Annex I, presents its Second National Communication (SCN). One of the most relevant results that showed the analysis is that Colombia accounts for 0.37% of global CO2 emissions in 2004, very small share in global emissions but does not exclude the effects of climate change. The Second National Communication, is discussed in seven chaDocumentEstrategia nacional de educación, formación y sensibilización de publicos sobre cambio climático
2010This strategy was carried out under the Second National Communication under the leadership of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies IDEAM and the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.DocumentProposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
UNFCCC National Adaptation Programme of Action, 2011This document published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlines proposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change from countries including Colombia, El Salvador and Pakistan. It is part of the provisional agenda for Durban, 28th November to 3rd December 2011.OrganisationPacific Disaster Net
The Pacific Disaster Net (http://www.pacificdisaster.net/) is the - Virtual Centre of Excellence - for Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific Region.DocumentClimate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe: A Review of Risk Governance
UN, 2011In the last decade, a growing number of national programmes and community-based projects have been developed in the European region.DocumentVulnerability, risk management and adaptation: responding to climate change challenges in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Commonwealth Association of Planners, 2008This report seeks to address the dilemma facing stakeholders in the Caribbean region of how to create more liveable, economically and ecologically sustainable human settlements in highly climatic hazard prone areas given the existing financial constraints, coupled with the inadequate legal, institutional and technical capacity within the region.DocumentSustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
United Nations Development Programme, 2011This Human Development Report 2011 explores the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity, and shows that these are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generations to come.DocumentPaving the Way for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Guidance for Practitioners and Planners
United Nations Development Programme, 2011In many developing countries, evolving infrastructure can be particularly climate-sensitive and therefore highly vulnerable to the destruction that occurs due to natural disasters.DocumentClimate Economics: The State of the Art
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011Economic analysis has become increasingly central to the climate policy debate, but the models and assumptions of climate economics often lag far behind the latest developments in this fast-moving field. This report aims to correct this problem and identify areas where substantially more research must be done.DocumentAdaptation to Climate Change for Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: Community-Based Perspectives from Five Districts
AfricaAdapt, 2010This study is part of a project on Adaptation to Climate Change of Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya which aims to support policymakers’ efforts to promote adaptation to climate change by determining where major hotspots of vulnerability are located, identifying farm- and community-level adaptation strategies, assessing the factors which influence adoption of adaptation practices, as well as farmerPages