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Displaying 90 of about 268 resultsThis booklet contains 55 'adaptation steps' that are designed to provide Pacific Islanders with ideas and, in some cases, practical measures that can be used and adapted to help maintain and strengthen food security in the face of climate change, which already impacts some Pacific nations with rising ocean levels and increased intensity and possibly fre…
This short note provides a brief extract from WMO's annual report on the Status of the Global Climate and a summary for 2010. It summarises significant events observed during the past year, including El Niño/La Niña episodes which have an important impact on temperatures and precipitation, and comparing them with historical records. It is based on the a…
Arab human development report research paper series:
This report aims to present a comprehensive desk review and mapping exercise for an overview of the impact of climate change on the Arab region. It presents an assessment of projected impacts, vulnerability and adaptation of the Arab region in terms of change of (i) temperature and precipitation pat…
OCHA occasional policy briefing series, no. 4:
This paper highlights the dominant trends affecting water scarcity and offers an initial analysis of its potential implications for humanitarian action in terms of the: (i) impact on vulnerability and humanitarian caseloads; and (ii) impact on operational environments. Among other recommendations, it call…
This paper identifies the main underlying causes of food insecurity as well as the complex factors specific to the region and considers their impact on national food production. It points at floods--and climate change threat--and droughts--and the lack of resilience to it--as the two principal recurrent hazards in the Horn of Africa and warns against t…
A report to the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Kenya:
This report reviews the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the effects of the 2008-2009 drought on the livestock production systems that sustain livestock owning communities in the drylands of Kenya, suggests a number of improvements to the currently employed drought management…
Synthesis report:
This publication presents a summary of the findings of a preliminary assessment of the impacts and vulnerability of the Eastern Himalayas region to climate change and related hazards such as glacial run-off lake outburst, floods, mud-flows, avalanches, as well as droughts, landslides, wildfires from lightning, thunderstorms, and clou…
This study addresses the vulnerability context of drought in Chile and identifies local coping strategies. It presents a cartographic vulnerability assessment proposal and an agricultural dependence index, in addition to survey and focus group outputs from rural communities where the study’s methodology was applied.
It presents two cases chosen in drou…
This publication presents a summary of Practical Action's experience in Peru in the development of alternative climate change adaptation technologies using appropriate practices. It synthesises learning and outcomes of experiences looking at fostering adaptive capacity and building resilience, as well as reducing vulnerability to a wide range of hazards…
This paper gives an insight into the World Food Programme's work in addressing weather-related hunger by helping communities prepare for and recover from major climate- and weather-related natural disasters, especially those that are already vulnerable and suffering from hunger, undernutrition and food insecurity. It describes actions that can be taken…
This pocket-sized book aims to inform and stimulate discussion at the family and community level in regard of the human consequences of climate change. It provides information on fundamental subjects like the difference between climate and weather, how climate patterns are measured and importantly, how society is affected by climate changes in terms of…
This research paper synthesizes the current developments regarding environmentally-driven human migration –and more specifically, migration caused by the environmental manifestations of anthropogenic climate change– seeking to expose its potential harmful effects in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.
The first section introduces the c…
This book sets out a compelling argument for including ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation as a third essential pillar in national strategies to address climate change, as such ecosystem-based strategies can offer cost-effective, proven and sustainable solutions contributing to, and complementing, other national and regional adaptati…
This report presents five case studies carried out to document adaptation strategies at local or community level to constraints and hazards related to water and induced by climate change in the Himalayan region. It highlights people’s efforts to respond, cope, and adapt to the current rapid changes, focusing in particular on the impact of climate-induce…
This report aims to synthesize the wealth of climate information specifically linked to consequences across the globe that require the attention of the humanitarian community. The paper begins with a description of the state of climate information, an inventory of some of the main actors engaged and the products they produce, and an exploration of the m…