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Economic impact assessment of climate change in key sectors in Nepal
Posted on: 6 May 2014
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This report on the economic impacts of climate change on Nepal’s water, energy and agriculture sectors aims to encourage action on resilience and echoes messages from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report.
Climate-proofing the populations of the poorest cities is currently impossible
Posted on: 2 May 2014
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This blog considers what can be done to protect cities in developing countries from the ravages of climate change.
Climate resilience in development planning: Experiences in Colombia and Ethiopia
Posted on: 1 May 2014
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This report discusses the current state of knowledge on how to build climate resilience in developing countries. This report discusses the current state of knowledge on how to build climate resilience in developing countries. It argues that climate-resilient development requires moving beyond the climate-proofing of existing development pathways, to consider economic development objectives and resilience priorities in parallel.
Marine biodiversity conservation in coastal cities: Tales from Singapore
Posted on: 30 April 2014
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This article focuses on what the different residents of coastal cities can do to conserve their biodiversity and to prepare themselves for climate change effects by adaptation and mitigation.
Close to home: Subnational strategies for climate compatible development
Posted on: 30 April 2014
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The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability have published a paper which outlines successful strategies for climate resilience and low carbon development pursued by communities and leaders in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Climate change 2014: Mitigation of climate change
Posted on: 16 April 2014
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In March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the second part of its new assessment on the state of knowledge on climate change. This report focuses on what is known about the impacts of climate change and the opportunities for effective action to reduce risks. The second part of the assessment identifies the three key risks for Europe but does not provide information at the scale of the UK. The third part of the IPCC’s assessment was published on 14 April 2014 and focused on mitigation.
Built Infrastructure for Older People’s Care in Conditions of Climate Change (BIOPICCC) Toolkit
Posted on: 8 April 2014
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The BIOPICCC Toolkit provides a series of resources to assist local authorities, partner organisations, and neighbourhood and community groups with local level resilience planning. Specifically, the resources are designed to support users to develop plans to make health and social care services for older people (aged 65 years and older) more resilient to the effects of extreme weather.
Sustainable development: climate change and energy
Posted on: 4 April 2014
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This article provides an overview of statistical data on sustainable development in the areas of climate change and energy. They are based on the set of sustainable development indicators the European Union agreed upon for monitoring its sustainable development strategy.
Building a resilient environment: Sector tools and resources
Posted on: 3 April 2014
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Climate UK (in partnership with the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready service) has launched a new suite of adaptation to climate change training materials aimed at local authority officers, elected members and communities involved in the Town and Country Planning process. The new resources cover six principal topics: Statutory drivers for adaptation; Making the business case for adaptation; Green Infrastructure as an adaptation response; How developments and buildings can be adapted; Neighbourhood planning; Achieving resilience through planning policy. The resources comprise PowerPoint Presentation slide packs with detailed speaker’s notes that can be downloaded and used to provide local presentations and training in your organisation or community.
How to win the argument on climate change: a five-point plan
Posted on: 3 April 2014
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The Climate and Development Knowledge Network has produced an opinion paper on how to develop a convincing argument in favour of action on climate change. Taking five simple steps, it extends these with examples from around the world to create a thoughtful discussion on developing successful adaptation strategies.
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