Critical infrastructure

This report focuses on water and water-related issues and investments, with a particular focus on reducing the vulnerability of water sector investments to the impacts of climate change. It provides a first version of a tool that can be used to assess

This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk

This report on new environmental science and recent developments in our changing environment looks at issues covering: environment-related disasters and conflicts; impacts on the atmosphere leading to continuing climate change; progress in environmental

This report analyses the Arab response to the urgent need for adaptation measures, and uses the latest research findings to describe the vulnerabilities of natural and human systems in the Arab world to climate change and the impacts on different sectors

This document reports on GFDRR interventions in 2009 and its achievement in maturing into a leading global player in disaster risk reduction and sustainable recovery, a reference for knowledge sharing and capacity building in vulnerable countries, a

This book illuminates the way adaptation to climate change is tackled in water management, ecology, coastal defence, the urban environment and energy. The question posed is how each sector can anticipate climate change by creating spatial designs and

This document addresses development projects' impact on the environment, which may be harmful to communities and ultimately increases poverty and makes people more vulnerable to disasters. It contains an environmental assessment template (page 48) and

This report provides an update of the evidence on health risks caused by climate change, describes which populations are most vulnerable, and outlines the actions that will be necessary to protect health from climate change. It presents effective