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Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: The Caribbean - Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2011A review of adaptation action in the Caribbean was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership between October 2010 and April 2011.DocumentAdaptation Framework: Adaptation of Food Supply Chains to the Impacts of Progressively Changing Climate
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2011This report presents a framework for supply chain-inclusive adaptation to climate change impacts on agriculture. The objective of the concepts introduced here is to help build climate-proof agricultural production systems and to reduce small farmer’s susceptibility to the adverse affects of global climate change (GCC) by lifting adaptation strategies to the supply chain level.DocumentSalinity-induced loss and damage to farming households in coastal Bangladesh
2013Salinity intrusion in soil caused by climate-induced hazards, especially cyclones and sea level rise, is adversely affecting rice production - a key staple food - in coastal Bangladesh. The southwest coastal district of Satkhira is one of the most vulnerable areas because of its high exposure to salinity intrusion and widespread poverty.DocumentThe costs of adaptation in Punakha, Bhutan: Loss and damage associated with changing monsoon patterns
Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative, 2013Report examining the coping and adaptation measures used in Bhutan to address changing monsoon patterns and the risk of glacial lake outburst floods.DocumentCoping measures not enough to avoid loss and damage from drought in the North Bank Region of The Gambia
2013Paper examining the impact of the 2011 drought in Gambia, including coping and adaptation measures used and residual loss and damage.DocumentAre preventive and coping measures enough to avoid loss and damage from flooding in Udayapur district, Nepal?
2013Results from a case study in Nepal on climate change related coping and adaptation strategies, and residual loss and damage mitigation.DocumentLoss and damage from climate change: local-level evidence from nine vulnerable countries
2013Loss and damage is already a significant consequence of inadequate ability to adapt to changes in climate patterns. This paper, published in the International Journal of Global Warming, reports on the first ever multi-country, evidence-based study on loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in least developed and other vulnerable countries.DocumentLoss and damage from climate change: the cost for poor people in developing countries
ActionAid International, 2011This paper highlights the looming financial issue of loss and damage in developing countries. It calls for increased interest and engagement on the issue from countries negotiating through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as climate advocates in general.DocumentLoss and damage FAQs
International Centre for Climate Change and Development, 2014This special edition newsletter from the International Centre for Climate Change and Development presents some answers to frequently asked questions concerning loss and damage. The newsletter draws from and complements the Loss and Damage Forum, a space for discussion and dissemination of knowledge on loss and damage research in the Asia Pacific region.DocumentLoss and damage: a guide for the confused
Responding to Climate Change, 2014What is climate-related loss and damage? How does it work? And why do poor countries care so much about the issue? These are the questions explored in this article by Saleemul Huq, who aims to dispel some of the uncertainties for those newly introduced to the topic.Pages