24.12.2016 | Factsheet / Brochure Briefing Note: Capacity Building Program on Economics of Climate Change Adaptation ADAPT Asia-Pacific and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are strengthening the capacities of professionals from Asian Ministries of Finance, Planning, Agriculture, Water, and Environment, helping them to integrate climate change adaptation into development planning and design bankable adaptation projects. This briefing note outlines this... THEMES: Financing Adaptation
24.12.2016 | Factsheet / Brochure USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific Fact Sheet Fact sheet for the USAID's Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific (Adapt Asia-Pacific) Project. Helping nations in Asia and the Pacific obtain financing from international climate change adaptation funds is the purpose of the USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific program. Funded through... THEMES: Financing Adaptation
24.12.2016 | Factsheet / Brochure Climate Change Research Strategy for Thailand: Program Brochure The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), together with the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and the Royal Institute (RI), have requested assistance from ADAPT Asia-Pacific to formulate a strategic plan that will identify, support, monitor and assess a national strategy for... THEMES: Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation NexusFinancing Adaptation
24.12.2016 | Report / Paper Understanding the Green Climate Fund: Implications for the Evolving Architecture of Direct Access to Climate Finance This discussion paper was prepared for the Regional Clinic on the Design and Management of National Climate Funds (NCFs) on 6-8 September 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Regional Clinic is jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United States Agency for... THEMES: Financing Adaptation
08.11.2016 | Report / Paper Role of various sectors in demonstrating resilience during Chennai flood 2015 History repeated itself in the city of Chennai on November- December 2015, when the devastating flood claimed more than 470 lives and resulted in enormous economic loss. The city and its suburb recorded several days between November 2015 to December 2015 of torrential rainfall, which... THEMES: Natural Resources and Agriculture India
03.11.2016 | Report / Paper Urban Service Monitoring System UrSMS Surat is India’s 12th largest city with a population of 4.4 million (2011 Census). The city has been growing fast: it has almost doubled in size between 2001 and 2011. The high density, the lack of safe water supply and its location on a river... THEMES: Communication and Awareness India
03.11.2016 | Report / Paper Case study: Promote cool roof and passive ventilation concepts for indoor temperature comfort A TARU Leading edge case study to promote cool roof and passive ventilation technologies in state and central government poor housing schemes through advocacy and support. The expansion of the cities resulting in increasing heat island effects as well as climate change has caused these... THEMES: Urban Areas and Infrastructure India
03.11.2016 | Announcement City vulnerability analysis report: Indore and Surat The Rockefeller Foundation’s Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network initiative is a collective experiment with a range of activities that will together improve the ability of the cities to withstand, prepare for, and recover from the projectedimpacts of climate change. The interventions in the city... THEMES: Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus India
03.11.2016 | Report / Paper Surat City Resilience Strategy This document is prepared with the aim of providing a framework for the development of a Climate resilience strategy for the city of Surat. It has been developed through continued interactions with city stakeholders, sector studies conducted to understand different dimensions of current situation and... THEMES: Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation NexusUrban Areas and Infrastructure India
24.10.2016 | Report / Paper Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy... THEMES: Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation NexusDisaster Risk ReductionNatural Resources and Agriculture India