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  Climate information requirements for community-level risk management and adaptation

  Climate Research, 2011

  Climate information is an important prerequisite for informed decision-making in risk management and adaptation to help prevent climate extremes from becoming disasters.
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  Early warning systems: a state of the art analysis and future directions

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012

  Early warning technologies have greatly benefited from recent advances in communication and information technologies and an improved knowledge on natural hazards. Nevertheless, gaps remain in early warning technologies and capacities, especially in the developing world, and a lot has to be done for the development of a global multi-hazard system.
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  Coastal fishers’ livelihood in peril: sea surface temperature and tropical cyclones in Bangladesh

  Center for Participatory Research and Development, 2012

  Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, where more than 3.5 million coastal peoples’ livelihoods depend directly or indirectly on fishing and related activities under extremely difficult conditions. Economic hardship is likely to be aggravated by climate change and its various effects.
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  Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in Asia: Lessons from the SREX Report

  2012

  This document, produced by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), summarizes key lessons from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). This is done with an explicit focus on Asia. It begins by outlining ten key messages from the SREX report.
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  Safer Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction (SC-DRR) in Development

  2012

  The issue of climate change is set to increase the frequency of extreme weather events. Countries, therefore, are required to undertake adaptive measures to ameliorate the impact of such events; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is an important element of such measures.
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  Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

  World Bank, 2012

  This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited countries, as well as the OECD.
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  HCVA in Quy Nhon

  Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network: Indore Initiative, 2009

  This report describes the findings of a Hazard, Capacity & Vulnerability Assessment (HCVA) of Quy Nhon, Vietnam. It has been produced by Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCN).
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  Summary: Climate Change Resilience Action Plan for Quy Nhon City

  2010

  This report, published by the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCN), summarizes climate resilience plans for Quy Nhon City, Vietnam. The report is comprised of three parts. The first section examines potential climate change impacts and areas of vulnerability within Quy Nhon.
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  Informing Decisions on Ecosystem-Based Approaches for the Adaptation of People in Asia and the Pacific Region

  2011

  This brief discusses research into awareness and information needs related to Ecosystem-Based Approaches (EBA) to climate change adaptation in the Asia and Pacific region. EBA refers to approaches that recognize the potential of ecosystem services to reduce the impact of climate change on people.
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  A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters: Adapting Experiences from Vietnam’s Cities to Other Cities

  World Bank, 2012

  This comprehensive work book provides tips on urban adaptation drawn from efforts to boost climate resilience in cities in Vietnam. It has been produced by the World Bank Group and is intended to assist policymakers in developing countries plan for anticipated impacts of climate change.

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