Adaptive Capacity

Report / Paper | October 17, 2011

Concept Note for the pilot project on Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Rural Development

The overall goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods and adaptive capacities of the vulnerable rural communities to the adverse impacts of climate variability andchange.The project has two objectives:i. The public investm...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness

India, South Asia

Event Proceedings | May 25, 2011

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 Sc...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts

Nepal, South Asia

Guideline / Manual / Toolkit | May 24, 2011

Investigating how Development Interventions Increase Community-level Adaptive Capacity in Ethiopia

The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has developed a “Local Adaptive Capacity Framework” (LACF) which lays out five distinct yet interrelated characteristics of adaptive capacity, with the underlying assumption th...

THEMES : Community Based Adaptation

Ethiopia, Rest of the World

Report / Paper | May 11, 2012

Strengthening local resilience to climate change

The challenge of climate change calls for action to assist vulnerable communities to cope and adapt. In keen awareness of this, numerous international CCA initiatives have emerged. Most of them involve large-scale, 'high-tech' inf...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Community Based Adaptation / Gender and Social Impacts

All Countries, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific

Report / Paper | January 11, 2013

Vulnerability Assessment of People, Livelihoods and Ecosystems in the Ganga Basin

The report is published as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership WWF-India’s living Ganga Programme. It presents an analysis of a macro-level vulnerability assessment based on secondary data used to identify vulnerable districts fo...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts / Natural Resources and Agriculture

India, South Asia

Policy Brief / Strategy Brief | May 23, 2011

Climate change resilience in coastal Cambodia: Adaptive Capacity & Human Development

This policy brief is based on the findings of a participatory research effort: Climate Change Adaptation - Factors of choice, effectiveness, and supporting systems conducted in the provinces of Koh Kong and Sihanoukville, Cambodia...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Gender and Social Impacts / Gender and Social Impacts

Cambodia, Southeast Asia

Report / Paper | March 19, 2012