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Women and grassroots community leaders need to be engaged as active agents of resilience building rather than passive recipients of adaptation support, writes Margaret Arnold in the World Bank's 'Development in a Changing Climate' blog, highlighting experiences from Indonesia, Peru and Sri Lanka...

In Tyrol, Austria, a poster showing a green valley with snow-capped mountains in the distance greeted delegates to a conference on climate change – a beautiful summer scene which hides a potential nightmare scenario for winter tourism in the alps.

Margareta Wahlstrom,, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General of Disaster Risk Reduction, stated that the Arab region and the North Africa could witness extreme weather events due to the rapid urbanization and climate change, reports Kuwait Times...

'This is a very significant event in the histories of our cities since we will be sharing the best practices we have with each other, in our quest for better solutions, programs and action plans that will strengthen our defenses.' The organizers of the event envision Makati, Kathmandu, and Quito to 'serve as champions and international and regional resource centers for other cities which will share the knowledge learned from the exercise.'... ...

“Since Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries with regard to climate change, we are committed to give financial, technical and technological assistance services," said Vicente Selles, coordinator general of the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion International Para El Desarollo (AECID)...

A 530-page report by Australian scientists about climate change impacts will be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 17), currently happening in Durban, South Africa...

'You need to focus on making Bangkok more resilient, or Manila or Jakarta, and I think we really have to be very clear - that’s a major challenge from a financial urban planning perspective'...

A climate change adaptation programme was implemented by the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation on Friday with support from the Netherlands' Rotterdam City...