Nepal Day Highlights Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and its Nepal partners organized a Nepal Day knowledge-sharing event on March 11 for enhancing climate resilience and adaptive capacity in Nepal. Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD, called for a long-term perspective when addressing climate...

10.06.2014

Technical Assistance on Climate Resilience and Green Growth in Critical Watersheds Project May 5, 2014 – October 31, 2016

The technical assistance will create plans for green growth and resilience in three critical watersheds in the Philippines by considering five dimensions: (1) economic development; (2) resilience to climate change; (3) biodiversity, ecosystems, and social development; (4) greenhouse gas emissions; and (5) poverty alleviation. Through...

On the business community front lines of climate adaptation

The business community is still struggling to understand how the impacts of climate change will affect their bottom line. It is nearly impossible to predict how changes in certain climates will affect weather patterns, growing seasons, crops, production, supply routes, labor, and even consumer demands....

21.03.2013

GWP Workshop Discusses Climate Resilience in Bangladeshi Coastal Deltas

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) held a workshop on “Building Climate Resilience in the Bangladesh Delta: Managing for Effective Water Solutions,” which considered Bangladesh’s present vulnerabilities to climate change and discussed long-term adaptation strategies for the coastal delta areas of Bangladesh. According to GWP, Bangladesh’s...