The report details how climate financing for adaptation can be mobilized, leveraged and innovated at a local level. Read more: http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/ : http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/
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Following three major disasters in 2007, Bangladesh intensified its efforts to tackle climate change through development of the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). This report illustrates how major national initiatives around international problems must be understood in terms of the interplay of...
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11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
Mainstreaming of climate adaptation into sectoral policies is now a political priority. A new report by SEI shows how local climate adaptation lessons can inform public policy based on analysis from climate adaptation expertise in three countries. Read more: http://www. sei-international.org/publications?pid=1882 : http://www.sei-international.org/publications?pid=1882
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11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
This desktop study was a joint effort between the Southeast Asia Network of Climate Change Focal Points (SEA-CC Net) and the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform) to meet the key ASEAN member countries’ needs to review and analyze existing...
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11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
The impacts of climate change on water resources will have wide-reaching implications for agricultural systems and food security around the globe. This is especially true for Nepal, a poorly developed country where a high percentage of the population is dependent on agriculture for its livelihood....
11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
The report examines the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on the South Alligator River system in Kakadu National Park, Australia. It uses modeling to assess the risk of saltwater intrusion and extreme rainfall events on low-lying coastal wetlands, under climate change...
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11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
The report describes a project undertaken in two Pacific atoll countries, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. The key project objectives were: (1) build research skills in atoll countries to undertake rapid vulnerability assessments at the local scale; (2) identify local scale variances...
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11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
The report presents data on the exposure of commercial buildings (e.g. retail precincts), light industrial buildings, and transport infrastructure (road, rail, tramways), in Australia’s coastal areas. It complements the first national assessment of climate change risks to Australia’s coastal assets. The report is intended to...
11.01.2013 | Report / Paper
The paper develops a systematic mixed-methods review methodology to examine if and how climate change adaptation is taking place in developed nations. It finds limited evidence of adaptation action. However, the paper argues that the methodology presented in this paper offers important insights for meta-analyses...
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