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Displaying 15 of about 517 resultsThis declaration was made by the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation and signed by the Governments of Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands at the 11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea on 18 March 2010.
A declaration made by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) including heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the First Summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Hua Hin, Thailand, on the occasion of its 15th Anniversary.
This document reports on the network's successes in disaster preparedness, response and recovery; health promotion; food security; development; gender equality; promotion of humanitarian principles and values; and its efforts to reduce stigma and discrimination suffered by vulnerable groups across the world. It recalls the prioritization of disaster pre…
Practical experience and learning from a community-based adaptation project in Bangladesh:
This report communicates the local, practical experiences and learning from an action research project on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR), aimed at facilitating local people's analysis of their own vulnerability towards climate ch…
Special edition for the COP 16/CMP 6, Mexico:
This document aims to show, in a clear and articulate way, through charts, maps and detailed analyses, the status of climate change and its implications for Latin America and the Caribbean, including the effects on ecosystem services, human health and the region's vulnerability to extreme events. In additi…
Community, environment and disaster risk management, volume 5:
Following on from volume 4 in this series, which looked at issues and challenges with regard to climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), this volume has a specific focus on Asia. It provides 19 case studies from 13 countries and regions in Asia, highlighting diffe…
This report outlines status and trends of high mountain glaciers in relation to climate change, identifies challenges and knowledge gaps, and finally makes recommendations for adaptation, research and policy. It calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modelling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies; and highlights the vulnerability…
This paper presents IOM’s efforts to support vulnerable and mobile communities affected by environmental hazards through disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) activities conducive to sustainable development. The paper advocates for further strengthening DRR and CCA mechanisms at the global, regional, national and local levels…
Arab Climate Resilience Initiative (ACRI) working paper:
This report aims to identify and assess some of the main vulnerable areas to sea level rise in the Arab world. A survey of a country by country case studies, based on initial national communications and second national communication as well as recent published literature is also presented. The m…
This book addresses a wide range of environmental concerns within the context of sustainability and their influence on the future of Hawaii. It traces land-use practices before and after the arrival of Westerners and the increased tempo of destruction following the latter. It also discusses volcanoes and the risk of placing homes in locations vulnerable…
This document addresses the increasing vulnerability in the Arctic Ocean, the growing stress of climate change for environment and peoples, and the further pressures created by industrial infrastructure and shipping, as well as the risks threatening them such as extreme weather events and mobile free-floating ice. It points out to the lack of knowledge…
This document seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It brings together expertise and ongoing work in diverse areas ranging from science and technology to agriculture, transport, forestry and disaster risk reduction, to address both m…
This document assesses the progress made since the environment and health process began 20 years ago. It discusses how to move the environment and health process forward in Europe, and sums up some intents with the Parma Declaration, which included a commitments to not only preventing environmental risks and diseases but also tackling emerging issues su…
This report offers an assessment of the extent to which the EU-Budget is currently contributing to tackling the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and resource overconsumption. It considers resilience to fire and floods and other natural hazards as well as ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change as part of the most important publ…
This document is the World Bank’s operational response to climate variability and change on the continent. It is based on the premise that increased climate variability threatens the development gains of African countries, and that these effects need to be anticipated so that development efforts can be made more resilient to climate change. It identifie…