11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Indonesia Environmental and Climate Change Policy Brief The Policy Brief summarises the key issues related to environment and climate change facing Indonesia, poverty reduction and economic development. The Policy Brief suggests the selective cooperation strategy process for Indonesia. THEMES: Gender and Social Impacts Indonesia
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief 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 in late 2010 and in January of 2011. This study is... THEMES: Communication and AwarenessGender and Social Impacts Cambodia
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Making Adaptation Count: Concepts and Options for Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Executive Summary Adaptation, Development, and Monitoring and Evaluation The impacts of climate change increasingly threaten the achievement of poverty reduction and other development objectives, including the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Research suggests that impacts over the course of the 21st century, if unaddressed, could... THEMES: Communication and Awareness All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Policy Brief on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation Climate change is expected to have significant negative impacts on forest ecosystems in Asia. Unless addressed, these impacts will have knock-on effects on forest-dependent people and wider society. • Climate change is one of many pressures on forests in Asia, including demand for timber and expansion of agriculture and... THEMES: Communication and Awareness All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Policy brief on Forests and Landslides: The Role of Forests and Forestry in the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Landslides in Asia. Trees and forests play important roles in reducing landslide risk through various mechanisms. Tree roots reinforce soil layers, anchor the soil to bedrock and form buttresses against soil movement. Trees also reduce landslide risk by lowering soil moisture levels – interception, evaporation and transpiration are the primary mechanisms. These mechanisms, and... THEMES: Natural Resources and Agriculture All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia This issue focuses on how local communities in six countries in south-east Asia are managing risk; how they are coping with and preparing for possible disaster in their villages; how people living on the flood plains of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river in Bangladesh are coping with... THEMES: Communication and AwarenessCommunity Based AdaptationDisaster Risk Reduction All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Migration in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) Migration can play an important role in building adaptive capacity to climate change in low-income countries, for example by diversifying household income sources and leading to positive development impacts. However, there is relatively little research on how climate change adaptation policies account for migration. The Migration RPC’s... THEMES: Coastal Zone ManagementCommunity Based AdaptationGender and Social Impacts All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Climate Change in Indonesia: Implications for Humans and Nature summary observed climate change (Hulme and Sheard, 1999; Boer and Faqih, 2004) • Mean annual temperature has increased by about 0.3°C in Indonesia • Overall annual precipitation has decreased by 2 to 3% in Indonesia • Precipitation patterns have changed; there has been a... THEMES: Coastal Zone ManagementCommunication and AwarenessEcosystems Based AdaptationNatural Resources and AgriculturePrivate Sector Indonesia
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Policy Research Brief No. 3: Governance of Adaptation The Policy Brief argues that the quality of governance is an important determinant of successful adaptation. The legitimacy of adaptation projects, plans, and institutions depends on how the decisions made by them are perceived by the affected stakeholders. It is important that the stakeholders should... THEMES: Communication and Awareness All Countries
11.01.2013 | Policy Brief / Strategy Brief Policy Research Brief No 4: Institutional Responses to Local-Level Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal This Policy Research Brief is part of the outputs from the pilot exercise, “Knowledge packaging for building the resilience of mountain people and local governments in Ramechhap, a vulnerable mid-hill district in central Nepal” that the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP)... THEMES: Communication and Awareness Nepal