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Displaying 15 of about 59 resultsThe policy brief proposes an agenda for action that identifies political, legal, economic, and other possible ways of addressing the predicament of the SIDS. It focuses on climate change related challenges that are most urgent for SIDS in the context of security and global justice. As part of the challenges and possible responses for adaptation and deve…
This paper assesses tropical storms or hurricanes as potentially important and additional complicating factors that could exacerbate the management of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as the North Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1. It addresses the possible interactions between oil at sea and hurricanes, as well as indications of…
The Weather Risk Management Facility, a joint undertaking of IFAD and WFP, reviewed a range of recent experiences with index insurance programmes around the world, analysing the key actors, features of the products, and their successes and challenges. These pilot programmes have demonstrated the great potential of index insurance as a risk-management to…
This publication aims to pinpoint commonalities between disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change. It describes the experience gathered from German development cooperation’s work in seven countries, which we see as a stimulus to aim for more effective and efficient interaction between the two fields and to work towards a significant redu…
This report describes the Zurich Foundation's mission which is to help individuals and communities understand and manage risk, leveraging Zurich’s core strengths as an insurer. It explains the long-term partnerships with select non-profit organizations like Practical Action, the Rainforest Alliance, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…
This second volume presents case studies covering a diverse range of chemical and technological innovations, and highlighting a number of systemic problems. It contains five parts: (i) lessons from health hazards and the value of independent scientific research and risk assessments; (ii) emerging lessons from ecosystems and their wider impacts such as c…
The UNEP Frontiers report highlights emerging issues of global concern and solutions for effective and timely response. Issues reported are ones that emerge as a result of new scientific findings or others that are persistent and for which new approaches and technologies have appeared.
This publication emphasises the critical relationship between…
Recommended actions in support of a national climate change adaptation strategy:
This report presents the Task Force’s initial findings and recommendations. In this report, the Task Force has outlined a set of guiding principles, strategic priorities, and near-term actions that are intended to: (i) further focus and strengthen the Federal Government’s…
New horizons in environmental economics series:
This book addresses the differential vulnerability of people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and global scales.
The chapters in the first section set the stage by focusing on the relationship between climate change and d…
This book gives a comprehensive overview of the state of research on the complex issues surrounding ´climate change and drylands`. It reveals systematically the various interrelations and feedback mechanisms, with detailed information about the contribution of drylands to climate change, recent and projected climatic changes and their impacts on dryland…
This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local lev…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This Guide has been created to provide advice on useful strategies for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). It represents a distillation of the wealth of experience that exists throughout the world on how to manage and reduce disaster risks. The Guide can help state…
This report focuses on forestry insurance and includes a comparative analysis of South Africa, China, Chile, Sweden and France. It explains how the re/insurance industry can help to close the protection gap and ensure that planted forests are managed in an ecologically sound and economically viable way, by addressing the related risks and collaborating…
This document is the final report of a Senate inquiry by the Environment and Communications References Committee looking at Australia’s extreme weather and asking if the country is ready. It looks at any emerging trends on the frequency of extreme weather events. Based on evidence on future projections of such events and on global warming scenarios of b…