Documents and publications

A climate policy report by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) and Oxfam, July 2010

As the world reels from the devastating impacts of climate change, financing sources for climate resilient development are proliferating at a rate and

This paper reports on the achievements of a UNDP project which envisions technical assistance and policy advice to the Georgian government for the adoption of relevant policies, in the priority areas identified in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015

This report describes the use of cost benefit analysis (CBA), an economic tool used to compare the benefits against the costs of a given project or activity. It highlights the use of CBA, which the author emphasizes, can prove particularly beneficial in a

This paper describes a project undertaken in Samoa to address climate change and other hazards, the method from which could provide a useful model for other small island developing states (SIDS).

Working paper:

Africa may be the continent most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The challenges are not uniformly distributed across Africa, with different regions exhibiting susceptibility to different types of problems. In a paper presented

This paper aims to discuss the provision of ‘Direct Access’ (DA) to climate finance. While there appears to be increasing momentum behind DA, there has been little opportunity to explore the modality within the United Nations Framework Convention on

This informational brochure highlights the preliminary results of the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Study, which provides an overview of the preliminary results of a study on the potential economic impact of climate change in eight Caribbean

This report reviews child-focused and child-led disaster risk reduction approaches and techniques. It documents a number of case studies across a range of interventions, dividing these into three main areas: Knowledge, Voice and Action. It makes some