The latest ‘Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development’ from CDKN describes how the Philippines is seeking to build climate resilience at the local level. To increase its resilience to climate change, the Philippines has recently implemented a strong, coordinated strategy to mainstream climate compatible development...
Keyword: climate resilience
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...
Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015: The 1st Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation
Click here for List of Participants and Presentation files Recognizing the need to maximize the interaction and synergies across the water, food, and energy sectors and the potential for an integrated resource management approach to enhance resilience-building, the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) and ICLEI...
Building the Analytical Base: A Summary of Results from Phase 1 of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience in Tajikistan
The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is a global initiative to help put countries on a climate-resilient development path that is consistent with poverty reduction and sustainable development goals. In Tajikistan, it is being implemented in two phases and covers six priority investment areas....
Urban Vulnerability in Southeast Asia Summary of Vulnerability Assessments in Mekong-Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE)
This report documents the process and findings of a series of participatory Vulnerability Assessments (VAs) undertaken as part of the Mekong Building Climate Resilience in Asian Cities (M-BRACE) program. M-BRACE is a four-year collaboration to strengthen the capacity of city stakeholders to assess changing patterns...
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...
Urban Climate Resilience: A review of the methodologies adopted under the ACCCRN initiative in Indian cities
This paper aims to document and analyze the several methodologies and processes for addressing urban climate resilience that are adopted in the seven Indian Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) cities: Surat, Indore, Gorakhpur, Shimla, Bhubaneswar, Mysore, Guwahati. The paper brings out the inherent...
A framework for mainstreaming climate resilience into development planning
In this unique report, a group of government officials from Asia and Africa put forward an approach to mainstreaming which is based on the reality of what can be achieved. In most cases it is external ‘experts’ which research and develop recommendations for how to...
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...