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Changing climate, changing disasters: Pathways to integration
Posted on: 3 February 2012
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This guide is designed to assist policy makers and those involved in the planning and implementation of disaster management strategies and mechanisms. It takes a flexible approach to the incorporation of climate change and disaster risk management into all steps of project development and execution. It also encourages innovation and collaboration with other organisations with similar objectives.
Changing focus? How to start taking adaptive capacity seriously
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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Drawing on evidence from the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project, a research and advocacy consortium in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda, this Briefing Paper aims to understand better how different kinds of development interventions affect the characteristics of adaptive capacity.
Natural England’s climate change risk assessment and adaptation plan
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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This report has been produced to meet requirements of the Climate Change Act (2008). It follows an interim report Natural England produced in 2010 and presents Natural England’s completed assessment of the risks that climate change poses to its objectives, under the present reporting round. It then presents natural England’s plans to address them in the form of an Adaptation plan.
Did Durban deliver? The 2011 climate conference and its implications for land transport
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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This paper presents a summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa in 2011, and their significance for the land transport sector. The paper also provides recommendations and suggests opportunities for the land transport community.
Public attitudes to climate change and the impact of transport in 2011
Posted on: 27 January 2012
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This report summarises people attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport in Great Britain.
Changing climate, changing business: Tourism business adapting to climate change
Posted on: 13 January 2012
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SW Tourism has produced a video which investigates the impacts of climate change on the tourist sector in the region. It highlights some of the changes that small businesses have seen in recent years and some of the measures that they have taken to adapt.
Effective measures to build resilience in Africa to adapt to climate change
Posted on: 6 January 2012
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A briefing paper from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction presents examples of efforts by African countries to address risk of natural hazards in their national and local planning and budgeting.
Sustainable mobility: The Sixth Regional EST Forum in Asia. New Delhi, 4-6 December 2011
Posted on: 15 December 2011
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At the Fifth Regional EST Forum in Asia held in August 2010 in Bangkok, twenty-two participating countries from Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia as well as a number of regional and international transport stakeholders unanimously agreed on the Bangkok 2020 Declaration in order to demonstrate renewed commitment to realizing a promising decade of actions and measures for achieving sustainable transport in Asia. It was the first time that Asian governments and other transport stakeholders endorsed a joint declaration which incorporates a comprehensive set of goals (20 EST goals) under different strategies within a clear time frame (2010-2020). This Sixth Regional EST Forum in Asia provided an opportunity to not only discuss and share the progress made by countries towards achieving the goals under the Bangkok 2020 Declaration, but also to further discuss the effective implementation of the Declaration. Presentations are available online.
Time to tackle the transport sector. Durban, 6 December 2011
Posted on: 15 December 2011
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Bridging the Gap organised and held a side event in collaboration with the South African Ministry of Transport at the UN Conference on Climate Change. Experts from multilateral development banks joined governmental to discuss climate mitigation strategies at the transport sector from various countries. Presentations are available online.
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
Posted on: 9 December 2011
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Research from the UK Met Office includes detailed studies of the risks faced by 24 different countries all over the world. Noting that all countries have experienced temperature rises since the 1960s, the report warns that future temperature rise is likely to hold significant risks such as changes in rainfall patterns, increased pressure on crop production, water stress and flood risk.
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