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Displaying 135 of about 2170 resultsClimate and weather-related damage have been increasing globally in recent decades. Due to climate change and socio-economic developments, a further increase in climate-related risks is expected. Numerous countries have a long and successful history in disaster risk management (DRM) to avoid, minimize and manage damage caused by extreme weather events.…
The food security and nutrition–conflict nexus: building resilience for food security, nutrition and peace
This report provides an overview of food security and nutrition across the African region, including trends, challenges and progress against key indicators. In particular, this report highlights the reversal in progress in the fight against hunger…
This policy brief provides an overview of the impact of climate change and natural hazards on fishing communities in Bangladesh. It estimates loss and damage and ways of addressing them through insurance risk transfer, and describes ways to proactively manage coastal risk. This policy brief paper was an outcome of a research initiated by Climate Change…
En 2015, la Caisse Centrale de Réassurance a mené, en partenariat avec Météo France, des travaux de modélisation détaillés visant à évaluer l’impact financier du changement climatique sur le régime français d’indemnisation des catastrophes naturelles, sur la base d’un scénario médian du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du c…
The reports finds that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could hinder economic growth, spur migration, and spark conflict. Yet, the negative impacts of climate change on water could be neutralized with better policy decisions, with some regions standing to improve their growth rates by up to 6% with better water resource management.
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This report discusses the integration of TAMD in Kenya at national, county and ward levels. It discusses the TAMD approach, which focuses on specific activities planned in the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Strategic Plan such as strengthening information systems, disaster risk reduction, strengthening coordination and planning amongst oth…
This book provides a great overview of practical and early examples of actual adaptive actions already taking place across Europe. It provides detailed information on each identified measure: to which sector it belongs, (i.e. water safety, agriculture, cities), specific climate effects adapted to, length of the project and costs and benefits, including…
This report summarizes a scoping study assessing: (i) the impacts and economic costs of climate change in Tanzania; (ii) the costs and benefits of adaptation; and (iii) the potential for low carbon growth. It presents the key messages from the study and reviews the existing climate variability as well as the future projections of climate change for Tanz…
Climate and society no.3:
This issue highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to manage risks and improve livelihoods, such as new partnerships and user-designed information platforms. It draws together and analyses experiences from 17 case studies that capture the current state of knowledge. It also highlights research innovations…
This document describes FAO-Adapt, an organization-wide framework programme that provides general guidance and introduces principles as well as priority themes, actions and implementation support to FAO’s activities for climate change adaptation. The document consists of five main sections. Chapter 1 introduces the background and context of FAO-Adapt. C…
This publication is part of an effort to raise awareness of the economic aspects of desertification, land degradation and drought, and of the costs and benefits of sustainable land management (SLM). It contains a summary of the discussions and recommendations from the partnership meeting on the assessment of the 'Economics of Desertification, Land Degra…
Series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, Vol. 1
In this volume security specialists, peace researchers, environmental scholars, demographers as well as climate, desertification, water, food and urbanisation specialists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America review security and conflict prevention in…
This publication looks at water resources in Mexico which, according to the authors, are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption has doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team has analyzed hydrological processes in basins and their…
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…
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…