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Climate change suggested reading list
 Climate risk insurance for poverty reduction and developmentSource(s): IRI Publication date: Unknown Number of pages: 2 p. Climate and society no. 2 This is a brochure advertising the next issue of Climate and Society that will critically examine the use of index insurance, uncovering the challenges and opportunities t... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8084 |
 Briefing note 01: climate change and disaster risk reductionSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 11 p. This paper outlines the nature and significance of climate change for disaster risk, as well as the main perspectives and approaches of disaster risk reduction and how they can support adaptation stra... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/4146 |
 Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in China, final report to IDRC and DFIDSource(s): CCAP; CAS; ISET; IGSNRR Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 40 p. Full report of the China team This is a summary of a report on climate change adaptation research knowledge and capacity gaps in China, commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada) to consider suppo... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8127 |
 Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in South AsiaSource(s): ISET Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 46 p. Full report of the South Asia team This report presents South Asia-wide review of climate change adaptation research, intended to identify present knowledge, gaps on adaptation and application incl... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8125 |
 Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in South East AsiaSource(s): ISET Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 76 p. Full report of the South East Asia team: This study embraces an understanding of adaptation that builds on the IPCC definition of actions that people take in response to, or in anticipation of, pro... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8126 |
 Climate change and displacementSource(s): RSC Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 78 p. Forced migration review, issue 31, October 2008: This issue of FMR debates the numbers, the definitions and the modalities of people's movement and communities adaptation in response to growing pre... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/4159 |
 Climate resilient cities 2008 primer: reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster management in East Asian citiesSource(s): UNISDR AP; WB Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 150 p. This primer is a tool for city governments in the East Asia Region to better understand how to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural disasters through sound urban planning to reduce vu... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3483 |
 Disaster preparedness for effective response: guidance and indicator package for implementing priority five of the Hyogo FrameworkSource(s): UNISDR; OCHA Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 51 p. In Priority Five of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), strengthening preparedness for response at all levels, the HFA highlighted the essential role that disaster preparedness can play in saving li... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/2909 |
 Environmental management: multiple disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation benefits for vulnerable communitiesSource(s): Gaia Group Oy; Min of Environment, Finland - gov; ProAct; UNISDR Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 16 p. This brochure is based on resources from the report “The Role of Environmental Management and Eco-engineering in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation” Environmental management ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/4149 |
 Flood disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operationsSource(s): ALNAP; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 16 p. This briefing paper provides a synthesis of and introduction to key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia and the Ame... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/2650 |
 From research to capacity, policy and action: enabling adaptation to climate change for poor populations in Asia through research, capacity building and innovationSource(s): ISET Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 122 p. Report From the adaptation study team to IDRC The purpose of this report is to present the results from a strategic gap analysis the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) and oth... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8128 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 1: the cost-benefit analysis methodologySource(s): ISET; IIASA; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 32 p. This working paper discusses key methodological aspects and findings from cost-benefit analysis of disaster risk management strategies in a detailed case study in Uttar Pradesh, India. It also provide... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8088 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 4: evaluating costs and benefits of flood reduction under changing climatic conditions, case of the Rohini river basin, IndiaSource(s): GEAG; ISET; IIASA; ProVention Consortium; WII Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 32 p. In this case study, the costs and benefits under potential climate change of different flood risk reduction approaches in northern India were analyzed and compared. In addition, the utility, applicabi... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8118 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 5: Uttar Pradesh drought cost-benefit analysis, IndiaSource(s): GEAG; ISET; IIASA; ProVention Consortium; WII Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 32 p. The case study presented here analyzes the costs and benefits of alternative strategies for mitigating the impact of drought on rural livelihoods in Uttar Pradesh, India. The case study explores both ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8117 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 6: costs and benefits of flood mitigation in the lower Bagmati basin, case of Nepal Tarai and North BiharSource(s): ISET; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 34 p. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a systematic qualitative analysis of the costs and benefits of constructing embankments in the lower Bagmati River basin, which stretches across ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8116 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 7: evaluating the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climatic conditions, a Pakistan case studySource(s): ISET; IIASA; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 24 p. This case study is designed to use both social and natural science tools to answer a set of basic questions on proactive risk reduction. The primary question is to determine whether and/or in what cas... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8115 |
 From risk to resilience, working paper 9: understanding the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climatic conditionsSource(s): ISET; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 38 p. The purpose of this project on Risk to Resilience is to evaluate the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction across a series of case areas in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The case studies on which... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8114 |
 Gender perspectives: integrating disaster risk reduction into climate change adaptationSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 76 p. This publication points out the vital nexus between women’s experiences of natural resource management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and how they can come together to make ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3391 |
 Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: good practices and lessons learned from experiences in the Asia-Pacific regionSource(s): EU; Kyoto Univ; UNISDR AP Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 84 p. This publication aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural hazard-related disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge a... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3646 |
 La gestión del riesgo de desastres hoy: contextos globales, herramientas localesSource(s): IDRC; UNISDR AM Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 206 p. In Spanish: En esta nueva publicación se presenta el estado del arte sobre algunos aspectos selectos de la reducción del riesgo (de desastres) en América Latina y el Caribe. L... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/2280 |
 Linking disaster risk reduction and poverty reduction: good practices and lessons learnedSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 75 p. This publication seeks to highlight initiatives that have successfully linked poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in various parts of the world. It features several projects and initiatives ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3293 |
 South Eastern Europe disaster risk mitigation and adaptation programmeSource(s): UNISDR EUR; WB Publication date: 2008 Number of pages: 45 p. South Eastern Europe disaster risk mitigation and adaptation programme outlines a disaster risk reduction and adaptation framework for South Eastern Europe, after an analysis of the region's vulnerabi... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/2214 |
 Building disaster resilient communities: good practices and lessons learnedSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 67 p. Good practices and lessons learned, a publication of the “Global network of NGOs” for disaster risk reduction. This publication is a joint effort of the Global Network of NGOs for Disaster Risk... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/596 |
 Climate risk management in Africa: learning from practice, climate and society no. 1Publisher(s): IRI Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 104 p. The inaugural issue, called Climate Risk Management in Africa: Learning from practice, describes current efforts that are helping societies better adapt, and shows that when climate information succes... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/1835 |
 Drought risk reduction framework and practices: contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (preliminary version)Source(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 97 p. With the aim of guiding the implementation of the HFA in respect to drought, the ISDR secretariat in cooperation with the National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska, USA) and other par... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3608 |
 Environment and disaster risk: emerging perspectivesSource(s): UNEP; UNISDR Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 34 p. This discussion paper aims to address the complexity of risk in this ‘two-way system’ between environment and human societies. http://www.preventionweb.net/go/624 |
 Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters - full textSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 25 p. Extract from the final report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (A/CONF.206/6): The WCDR was held from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present Framework for A... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/1037 |
 Index insurance for climate risk management and poverty reduction: Topics for debateSource(s): IRI Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 8 p. Index-based financial risk-transfer mechanisms can reduce conditions of chronic vulnerability and underdevelopment by both enabling investment and reducing the impact of shocks on rural livelihoods. T... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8077 |
 Poverty traps and climate risk: Limitations and opportunities of index-based risk financing - working paperSource(s): IRI Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 84 p. IRI Technical Report 07-03 This paper examines the linkage between climate and weather risks and shocks and poverty traps by integrating diverse literatures on a wide range of related topics that e... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8079 |
 Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity - learning from previous relief and recovery responsesSource(s): ALNAP; ProVention Consortium Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 19 p. This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learnt from evaluations of relief and recovery responses to past slow-onset disasters – particularly drought, and food and livelihoods ins... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/2911 |
 Words into action: a guide to implementing the Hyogo FrameworkSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2007 Number of pages: 165 p. This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It ... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/594 |
 Global survey of early warning systemsSource(s): UNISDR - PPEW Publication date: 2006 Number of pages: 46 p. An assessment of capacities, gaps and opportunities towards building a comprehensive global early warning system for all natural hazards: The present report synthesises the findings of a global sur... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3612 |
 On better terms: a glance at key climate change and disaster risk reduction conceptsSource(s): UNISDR Publication date: 2006 Number of pages: 22 p. Consultation version 2006 The booklet explains a few key concepts on the basis of an apriori understanding of how climate change and disaster risk reduction knowledge and practices have evolved and... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/3854 |
 Reducing disaster vulnerability through science and technologySource(s): NSTC, United States of America - gov; SDR, NSTC Publication date: 2003 Number of pages: 36 p. This report's purpose is to provide an overview of the hazard risks facing the nation, identify the common links between technological and natural hazard risk reduction, review the U.S. Government’s... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8239 |
 Guidelines for reducing flood lossesSource(s): UNISDR Publisher(s): UN Publication date: 2002 Number of pages: 79 p. These guidelines are oriented to the needs of the decision-maker and provide a description of the range of mitigation options that need to be considered when making efforts to reduce losses from floo... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/558 |
 Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World: guidelines for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigationSource(s): IDNDR Publisher(s): UN Publication date: 1994 Number of pages: 19 p. This document is the output of the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, held in Yokohama, Japan, from 23 May to 27 May 1994. It provides guidelines for natural disaster prevention, prepared... http://www.preventionweb.net/go/8241 |