Climate change

Climate adaptation for disaster resilience and climate change as a risk driver.

Latest Climate change additions in the Knowledge Base

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This brief examines solutions on the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal that have been implemented either across borders or in multiple countries with shared borders.
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As developing countries transition from planning to implementation in their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, a critical step is securing financing to implement priority adaptation actions articulated through the NAP process.
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
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In this study, authors use recent empirical findings from more than 1,600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years to project sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation, including daily variability and extremes.
Sand storm hitting the city of Basra in Iraq, 2022
Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the Middle East—into a more frequent and widespread threat to health and economies throughout the region, a new study shows.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
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This note explains how the Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility (CRF) Program has been key to ensuring the resilience of infrastructure investments in Grenada.
To support national guidelines, experts say adaptation measures must be tailored to local conditions, and basic research enhanced.
Dialogue Earth
People crossing road with umbrella in rain at Matunga in Mumbai Maharashtra India
Western disturbances are hanging out over India for longer, adversely affecting water security in the country.
Eos - AGU
Green roof at the WIPO headquarters building
Different types of green roofs, green facades, permeable paving and ventilation systems have been tested in a school building of Spain to address increasing temperatures and water scarcity.
Climate-ADAPT

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