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Displaying 15 of about 196 resultsThe Pakistan National Adaptation Plan (NAP) envisions a climate-resilient Pakistan made up of communities with socioeconomic and environmental adaptive capacities—collaborating to pursue prosperity, promote personal and national wellbeing, and protect their ecosystems through inclusive sustainable approaches.Its goal is to enhance the sustainable develo…
Enhancing urban resilience to climate change is a complex problem. Top-down, linear design, implementation and monitoring programmes are not sufficient. Instead, interventions that work with civil society organisations, policymakers and academics in the co-production of more inclusive representations of urban risk and resilience priorities can more effe…
This report examines how well-prepared the country is for future extreme weather events. Given the cross-cutting nature of these risks and their impacts they require coordinated action to be taken across government and beyond. The report sets out how central government coordinates, leads, supports and assures local activity, but does not cover…
Nambia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) outlines the country's targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions, target areas for the implementation of the global goal of adaptation to climate change, voluntary support for developing countries to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, and information on the implemented climate policies. In line wi…
This document presents the outcomes of a pre-feasibility study on the use of a range of Naturebased Solutions (NbS) for flood risk reduction, water quality and quantity improvements, and other co-benefits in the western part of the region of Thessaly in Greece. The region is constantly challenged by severe flood events, despite the fact it has already i…
This report outlines the progress that has been made under the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative. It seeks to highlight good practices through case studies and examples of both global and regional initiatives which are contributing to the achievement of the goal set by the UN Secretary-General.Based on a set of data gathered from the Sendai Fra…
This Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023: Europe and Central Asia proposes that three broad, interconnected risk drivers characterize the complexity of managing risk in the region: climate change and environmental degradation; interconnected and complex economies, societies and infrastructure; and changing demographics. These…
This pilot builds on existing disaster risk management capacity of Fiji for tropical cyclones, including well established climate and disaster risk governance, early warning systems and coordination structures. The need for enhanced early warning and response to a range of hazards, including tropical cyclones, has been identified as priority in national…
This policy brief examines the physical and socioeconomic factors that make Bangladesh so vulnerable to flooding, particularly in a changing climate, before reviewing how the country has addressed this challenge to date and how it might respond better in the future.The following are some of the takeaways from the policy brief:Bangladesh is highly prone…
The guidelines represent a powerful tool for national administrations to make climate adaptation a top political priority. The Commission seeks to support Member States to adopt a whole-government approach to climate adaptation policy-making by way of multilevel coordination and mainstreaming, both horizontally, between different departments and vertica…
This report issues recommendations to guide the implementation and operation of a new international Loss and Damage fund from the perspective of the intended recipients and beneficiaries who are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This report highlights the insights that emerged from a series of focus groups held with those representing and wor…
This is the outcome document of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group that convened in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in July 2023.The G20 DRR Working Group aims to integrate risk reduction measures into public and private sector investment decisions and policy making to reduce existing risk, prevent the creation of new risk and, ultimately, build re…
This Resilient Urban Infrastructure Guidelines forms one of a suite of reports developed by AECOM for the World Bank Group under the ‘Enhancement of Resilient Urban Planning and Infrastructure Investments in Urban Areas in Kenya’ assignment and constitutes Deliverable 2. This guidance note is based on a diagnostic assessment (Urban Resilient Infrastruct…
The purpose of this paper is to identify the main challenges to poverty reduction in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)region due to climate change, and the potential role of social protection in this context. This paper focuses on the role of non-contributive cash transfers to support poor and vulnerable households exposed to new climate t…
This paper summarizes the outcomes of the first national consultation on the 'Early Warnings for All' (EW4All) initiative in Maldives that took place in July 2023 and was hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, in cooperation with the United Nations.As a call to scale up national action, EW4All can play a crucial role in ac…