Documents and publications

This report concentrates on the impacts of sea-level rise on coastal infrastructure, ecosystem and land in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It aims to highlight the financial implications of sea-level rise on existing and proposed infrastructure along the

This publication reports on a community-based cost benefit analysis of a disaster risk reduction (DRR) and food security programme in a Malawian agricultural community. The aim of this study is to assess programme activities for their cost-effectiveness

A report to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP):

This study examines whether the establishment of a regional fund would be a cost effective and efficient approach for Pacific Island countries to address adaptation to

Selected articles on the humanitarian implications of climate change

IRIN has been following climate-change policy developments since the countries last met in Copenhagen,
Denmark in 2009. In this collection of reports, IRIN attempts to provide a

The purpose of this briefing note is to show that climate change adaptation relies on the reduction and management of climate-related disaster risks and why both need to become central to development planning and investment. It builds on empirical

This paper calls on the negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun and beyond to hold themselves accountable for hearing the voices of children in order: (i) for the climate change negotiations to be accountable to children’s rights, needs

This paper presents the concerted action taken by the UN system to assist people and communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change through: (i) risks, impacts and vulnerability assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an

This position paper has been prepared to support National Hydrological and Meteorological Services (NMHSs) for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP 16). It presents the role that the weather