Urban adaptation to climate changeThis initiative seeks to present an urban perspective on the adaptation challenge. Looking at cities is important when thinking about climate...
National Adaptation PlanningRobust, flexible adaptation strategies that build institutional capacity and recognise the uncertainties of climate change for different sectors and geographical regions with differential social vulnerability are essential in designing national adaptation plans.
VulnerabilityVulnerability definitions, frameworks and guidelines and tools for assessing the social and biophysical vulnerability to climate change.
Climate Adaptation TrainingTraining modules on climate analysis, vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning.
CEDARECenter For Environment and Development for Arab Region and Europe, CEDARE, led by its Executive Director, Dr. Nadia Makram Ebeid, Egypt's former...
Stockholm Environment InstituteSEI is an independent international research institute engaged in environment and development issues at local, national, regional and global...
Informing Community Based Participatory Action Research on Gender and Adaptation to Climate VariabilityClimate change affects men and women differently with regards to responses to the impacts of climate change. There has been very little research...
Comparing Adaptation and Development StudyThere is a confusion regarding the relation between adaptation and development not only among the general public but also sometimes among the...
Implementing Climate Adaptation Strategies in the World's Most Outstanding Natural PlacesThis experience is an innovative effort on the comprehension of the potential benefits of a risk management approach in the Climate Change Adaptation...
Capitalizing on lessons learned from local CBA initiatives for upscaling and mainstreaming CBA in national strategies and policies - The experience of MoroccoMorocco is very vulnerable to Climate Change. Infact, its major socio economical sectors and main ecosystems are extremely sensitive to Climate...
Driving the Interface through Renewed Climate Change Adaptation Research: Youths and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in MalawiLaunched in 2006, the Malawi National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) prioritizes climate variability adaptation options in Malawi. However,...
Linking weADAPT with the Climate Information Portal (CIP) with AfricaADAPTThis project is designed around a structured and intensive set of face-to-face engagements between portal users, developers and content providers....
Climate Change Capacity and DevelopmentIn recent years, SEI Oxford and CSAG have been working on the development of two complementary web-based portals designed to support decision-making...
Mapping vulnerability of the elderly to climate change in Northern EuropeThe elderly population is growing rapidly across the Nordic region. Within this group many individuals are potentially vulnerable to the impacts...
Participatory multi-level vulnerability assessment in northern Mali: Understanding socio-ecological complexity Under the EU funded Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation project (TroFCCA), CIFOR researchers explored the differential vulnerability...
Network Rail: Increasing resilience to floodingNetwork Rail have implemented a range of flood resilience measures on vulnerable lines in the South West. Network Rail's asset portfolio includes...
Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region
Community-based adaptation to climate change in Mazabuka District of Zambia People in the Mazabuka District have experienced drought and flood episodes in recent years. They are solely dependent on mixed crop-livestock...
Community Based Adaptation in Miekhaia village, western Sudan The dominant livelihoods are herding, rain-fed farming, forestry and gum collection. People are mainly vulnerable to drought cycles and...
Increased resilience through network of locally based advisers Gloucestershire is a rural county with a dispersed population and a higher than average proportion of people aged 50+. Desire for forward planning...
CRiSTAL: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in ZambiaThe vulnerability assessment was undertaken in four ongoing field projects in Zambia, using CRiSTAL, with the purpose to get an indication of...
ADAM: Macro-economic Analysis and Adaptation Catalogue for EuropeThe Digital Compendium of the ADAM project includes: a macro-economic analysis, a meta-analysis of climate change impacts; vulnerability and...
ORCHID: Screening Climate Risks to Development Cooperation in IndiaORCHID is a risk management approach to portfolio screening that stresses both the risks and opportunities of climate change. It identifies how...
Enhancing Local Community's Adaptive Capacity to Respond to Flood Risk in the Kano Plains of Western KenyaThe changing climatic scenarios in the Lake Victoria basin, extreme climatic events including floods ravage the livelihoods of communities in...
Costing and Planning Agriculture's Adaptation to Climate Change: Pastoralism in TanzaniaThe dryland areas of Tanzania are characterised by an extensive livestock system, where pastoral communities use cattle to meet many of their...
Mediation ProjectAssessment of climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation requires a combination of generic and context-specific knowledge. Currently,...
Rwanda: Reducing the Vulnerability of Rwanda's Energy Sector to the Impacts of Climate ChangeThe Ntaruka and Mukungwa hydropower stations are Rwanda’s main source of electricity. Located in Northern Province and supplied by Lake Burera...
Community-Based Fire Management in Central MozambiqueThe incidence of bush fires in Mozambique has become an issue of growing concern at the district and national level in recent years. These fires...
Climate change modelling and analyses for Mozambique This report uses historical data and climate projections to assess how climate change may affect the operations of Mozambique's Instituto Nacional...
Mitigating the impacts of climate changeThe project aims minimize the impact of flooding and drought by strengthening drought and flood mitigation among rural poor in the district and...
Enhancement of Adaptive Capacity of Drought Vulnerable Community The project aims to enhance the adaptive capacity of the drought vulnerable community in the North West Region of Bangladesh. The main objective...
START-Oceania SecretariatSmall island states, such as those found in the region of Oceania, have a number of features that serve to increase their vulnerability to impacts...
Adaptive Capacity of Rural Poor to Water Scarcity in Kenya’s DrylandsIn dryland communities droughts are a significant cause of decreased crop production and herd size. Dryland communities, however, have gained...
Building capacity to adapt to climate variability, extreme climatic events and climate change in urban and peri-urban Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoThe ACCCA project in Ougadougou is looking at adaptation in urban and peri-urban areas. Climate change has the potential to destroy the socio-economic...
Community Led Climate Adaptation Programme for Sustainable Livelihoods in Coastal AreasThe Nigerian coast is one of the low lying lagoonal Western African coasts, which is likely to experience severe impacts from flooding as a result...
Climate vulnerability and adaptation in the Upper Zambezi Valley – ‘Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation’ (LYVA) projectENDA is working with local partners, including the Barotse Royal Establishment and local NGO Barotseland.com, to identify and assess the effect...
Sea-level rise and other climate related hazards in Banjul, The GambiaThe main objectives of the project is identifying climate related stresses in the pilot action zone, assessing the vulnerability of lives livelihoods...
Improving Small-holder response to drought in N. EthiopiaThis ACCCA project brings together poor communities in drought-hit regions of northern Ethiopia with technical and scientific communities in...
Building Capacity in the Colombian coastal area NCAP Colombia evaluates the vulnerability of key economic sectors to climate change effects in the coastal area and identifies strategies to...
Study of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh The coastline of Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the sea level rise. The tropical cyclones, which strike the coastal areas periodically,...
The Tanzanian Adaptation ProgramAs part of the NCAP project, resilience and vulnerability in the Rufiji valley of Tanzania are assessed in relation to locally defined poverty...
Linking Water Scarcity with Climate ChangeThe main goal of the Yemen NCAP project was to mainstream priority adaptation activities that would build resilience against increasing water...
Potential Transformations In Risk And Avoiding Humanitarian CrisesMultiple stresses may result in humanitarian crises and forced migration. Research in the northern drylands of Kenya addresses the continuum...
Drought Management Considerations for Climate Change Adaptation - Oxfam CambodiaWith a focus on the Mekong Region, this project aims to understand the factors contributing to climate vulnerability and to improve resilience...
International Union Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Asia Regional OfficeIUCN is working to include biodiversity concerns in adaptation and mitigation polices and practice. IUCN is also furthering natural resource...
Asian Dvelopment Bank (ADB)ADB is helping its Developing Member Countries (DMCs) adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change by providing support at three levels,...
Practical Action, NepalPractical action has been working with the poor to enhance their livelihoods since 1966. Practical action, Nepal, has the partnerships with Government...
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal AfforestationThis project aims at addressing issues of coastal problems and reducing vulnerability of coastal communitie in 5 coastal districts through community...
Improving Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability and Change for Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security in Drought Prone and Coastal Regions of Bangladesh (Phase 2)This project aims at assessing current vulnerability, risks and local livelihoods. The institutional and technical capacity building for adaptation...
AdaptCap IndiaIndia has a 7,500 km long, densely populated coast line, which is vulnerable to coastal floods, erosion and cyclones. The coastal states of India...
Developing quantitative indices for NepalIn the next steps quantitative indicators of vulnerability are developed by linking to the qualitative concerns revealed in the exposure matrix....
Tools and Methods for vulnerabilityIt is important to distinguish between tools aimed at climate impact assessments, for example crop models or water planning models, and methods...
Newater results with matrices and profiles These results were produced for the Newater project using the Rapid vulnerability appraisal protocol by the Newater partners at the IUCN, the...
Vulnerability indicesThe recently released IPCC special report ‘Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation...
Sample of existing vulnerability indicesDue to the broad range of definitions of the term 'vulnerability' and the different angles and disciplines from which it is operationalised,...
Adaptation – just a fancy new name?The term adaptation can refer to many different activities (including technical, institutional, legal and educational measures), implemented...
Rufiji FindingsOver 90% of households indicated that they relied upon means other than agriculture to survive flood and drought. All households interviewed...
Draft Principles and Guidelines for EbAEcosystem-based approaches to reduce social vulnerability are a promising option for sustainable and efficient adaptation to climate change....
CIP LandingWe gather you’ve been browsing around the Climate Information Portal (CIP) looking at climate data that’s available for the areas...
Guidance for assessing vulnerabilityIf you are looking for guidance on how to go about assessing vulnerability, specifically vulnerability to shocks and stresses associated with...
ADM DefinitionsOne way which may help in determining which method or methods to use to support adaptation decision-making is to consider the multiple possible...
MCAMCA is a well-known method (or more accurately, family of methods) for evaluation of alternatives according to multiple decision criteria. An...
Colombia Vulnerability Assessment 2Natural Susceptibility of San Andres de Tumaco Mangrove ecosystems in Tumaco face major pressures that make them susceptible, diminishing their...
Colombia Vulnerability Assessment 1The ecosystems in Cartagena face several pressures that make them highly vulnerable, diminishing their capacity to cope with the effects of...
Multi-stressor vulnerabilityVulnerability is broadly used to convey being susceptible to negative impacts (i.e. damage or harm) induced by some external stimuli –...
Share VA infoIf/when you and your colleagues have conducted a vulnerability assessment in the area(s) you are working, it would be great to share it with...
NCAP MethodologiesThe NCAP projects used a variety of different methodologies to explore vulnerability and adaptation, from hydrological modelling to social learning...
Vulnerability assessmentThis module explores first a series of frameworks used to assess vulnerability, showing how the definition and interpretation of vulnerability...
Nepal: Adaptation OptionsThe major impact from floods and landslides on the victims' livelihoods are reduction in income source and in availability of agricultural...
Nepal Identifying HazardsSpatial dynamics Translating indicators of vulnerability for exposure units/stresses as described above for populations at risk into vulnerability...
Nepal Conditions and Trends Highlighting the location of specific hotspots in the country where climate-related hazards are experienced or likely to be felt is a...
Nepal Vulnerability AssessmentThe process begins with vulnerability exposure analysis. This links to a participatory exercise on defining scenarios of the reference vulnerability...
Bangladesh: Policy RecommendationsThis work forms part of a Policy Briefing on Climate Change in Bangladesh produced by Practical Action in 2008. Other sections of the report...
Nepal: Policy RecommendationsThis work is part of a Policy Brief on Climate Change in Nepal produced by Practical Action in 2008 Policy makers from all sectors urgently need...
Sri Lanka: Adaptation Adaptation must focus on the needs of the people most affected by climate change impacts and aim to secure their livelihoods and reduce the...
Economics adaptation TanzaniaThe development partners group, with support from UK (DFID) Government, are funding this study on the ‘Economics of Climate Change...
Economics of adaptation RwandaWelcome ... This is the page for the Rwanda National Advisory Committee for the DFID funded study on the Economic Impacts of Climate Change...
ADx Tool CompendiumThis page lists a selection of tools documented in earlier projects and meetings, which are highly related to the concepts of climate change...
Economics of adaptation Burundi Welcome ... This is the website for the Burundi National Advisory Committee for the DFID funded study on the Economic Impacts of Climate Change...
MediationUntil recently, climate change policy in Europe focused on reduction of greenhouse gases. After the turn of the century, decision...
CIRCE Foundation Paper ProtoypesAs examples of cases in which the information within wikiadapt can be used, prototypes have been developed for several countries which are at...
CIRCE Foundation Paper PrinciplesHere are 10 general principles of adaptation distilled from our current thinking, as outlined above, that form the basis for developing and...
CIRCE Foundation Paper ProcessAs is evident in the literature review above, adaptation is being approached in a number of different ways. Climate change adaptation is often...
CIRCE Foundation Paper LiteraturePeople are writing on adaptation from a number of different starting points. Here we try to provide a brief overview to introduce these different...
CitationsIf you use material from weADAPT, we ask you and your networks to acknowledge the source in the following style: Author(s), Page/Placemark Title....
Case studies goalsORCHID: Mainstreaming Adaptation In Development Investments In the Water Sector In China
Lessons learned from NCAPLessons learned from the NCAP project Some of the main lessons learned from the NCAP project are: Climate change is not the sole challenge that...
CRiSTALCommunity-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) Developed by IISD, IUCN, SEI and Intercooperation this is a...
Bottom-up toolsThis review builds on several reviews of adaptation tools conducted in recent years (UNDP 2005, Basic 2007, Dickinson 2007, Garg et al. 2007,...
Adaptation tools reviewSeveral tools have been developed to support climate adaptation decision-making over the past decade. Tools target different points of the adaptation...
Key Conclusions on Climate Change AdaptationDecades of development theory and practice prove that a holistic, people-centred approach is the best path to effective and sustained poverty...
Gender Roles and Vulnerability to Climate ChangeIn every society, women and men have different roles inside and outside the household, and different resources to deliver them. In the rural...
Oxfam's View of Effective Climate Change AdaptationEffective Climate Change Adaptation; •Manages and reduces risks associated with changes in the climate. •Involves planning for the...
An Approach That Works at Multiple LevelsClimate change is rapidly moving communities beyond their capacity to cope, and so while working at a community level is necessary, on its own...
Oxfam Key Terms for Climate Change AdaptationAdaptive capacity The potential of individuals, communities, and societies to be actively involved in the processes of change, in order to minimise...
Yemen NCAP ProjectLinking Water Scarcity with Climate Change Introduction This project explored the linkages between water scarcity and climate change. While there...
What weADAPT Offers The idea for this page is that these paragraphs are in effect mini-guides through weADAPT for these different groups of users. ....
Vulnerability FrameworksThis page shows an exercise developed for a short course on adaptation for the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Network for Asia. It compiles a series...
Vulnerability definitionsThe ordinary use of the word ‘vulnerability’ refers to the capacity to be wounded, i.e., the degree to which a system is likely to...
Technology and Adaptation Briefing Paper: Technology for adapting to climate change Climate change is currently threatening the livelihoods of millions of people...
Tanzania NCAP Project Mushi region with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim Introduction The Tanzanian NCAP report explains vulnerability...
Sub-Module 2.2 - Mapping vulnerability Overview Translating indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.g populations at risk of drought) into vulnerability...
Sub-Module 1.3 - Stakeholder analysis and engagementIntroduction Identification of stakeholders, and developing a plan for their participation throughout the screening process will be based on...
Step 5: Understanding trendsA first step in assessing these potential impacts is to highlight or estimate the major current and expected trends (direction, magnitude, and...
Step 3: Identifying HazardsSpatial Dynamics Developing a seasonal calendar in Mali Further details of the climatic hazards should be investigated to include: A narrative...
Step 2: Assessing Conditions and TrendsGuiding question: What are the major climate variables of concern currently? How do there vary spatially? In a national study, highlighting the...
Step 1: Identify Climate Vulnerability ExposureGuiding question: Who is vulnerable? What are the present and future stresses and threats? Vulnerability is the foundation of the analysis of...
Summary methods to identifying climate vulnerability and exposureI: Focus on key hazards or opportunities through a livelihood-exposure sensitivity matrix A livelihood sensitivity matrix provides a starting...
Steps for Prototype developmentKey questions Identify the user of this process, who will be involved in conducting it, who will access the results, how will the vulnerable...
Social protectionClimate Change and Social Protection Briefing Note April 2008: Gina Ziervogel, Anna Taylor and Ruth Butterfield Overview The current focus on...
Short course training: Vulnerability-exposure exerciseThe Exercise For this session participants of stream 1 and 2 were distributed into groups. Each group focused on a case study. The following...
Short course training: Robust decision making and uncertaintyIntroduction Having talked a lot during the week about the uncertainties associated with both climatic and socio-economic projections of the...
Short course training: Plenary discussion of vulnerability frameworksGo to Vulnerability Frameworks to learn about the objectives and steps of this exercise, as well as the key issues that came out when we assessed...
Short course training: Introduction to the Climate Change ExplorerNote: The Climate Change Explorer has now been superceded by the CSAG Climate Information Portal (CIP). The principles are the same and CIP builds...
Short course training: Identification of key questions for the CCE based on V-E exerciseNote: The Climate Change Explorer (CCE) has now been superceded by the CSAG Climate Information Portal (CIP). The principles are the same and...
Short course training: Exploring decision-making knowledge and methods Here we move from exploring baseline vulnerability and impacts to exploring types of adaptation options, given the context and the exposure...
Short course training: Exploring decision-making analysis methods In this session, we move from identifying baseline, current vulnerability, to combining this with options for adaptation, in a scenario-based...
Short course training: Climate risk communication exerciseIntroduction to the exercise Dissemination of information on climate change and potential extreme events helps creating awareness, preparing...
SekhukhuneCommunity based video - Adapting to multiple stressors in Limpopo - This video was made by drawing on fieldwork we did in Limpopo Province,...
Risk communication in the context of climate changeAuthors: Anna Taylor (SEI Oxford); Tahia Devisscher (SEI Oxford); Fernanda Zermoglio (SEI Oxford); Jon Padgham (START International)
ResilienceIn seeking to situate the vulnerability of local communities in Lesotho within the wider framing of dynamic vulnerability and adaptive management...
Participatory tools to aid adaptationThe table below is a summary by Kathleen Dietrich of Penn State University of the some of the many different tools used by practitioners in their...
Oxfam Entry PageWelcome to your Oxfam entry point into the online learning and sharing resources that weADAPT provides! You are one of the participants taking...
NeWater ProjectFor more than four years, NeWater studied and fostered Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM) as a concept guiding theory and practice....
Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)The question of whether climate change will happen has been replaced with even more sobering questions: how great will the change be, and how...
Nepal baseline vulnerability assessment and social indicesProject Information This pilot action is part of the larger ACCCA project to increase capacity to adapt to climate change, which is managed by...
Narratives of adaptation signaturesNational land use and development planning The actors: National government: previous exercises in national planning on climate change included...
Multiple pathwaysThere have been many different experiences of NeWater Project partners in uncovering answers to our research questions. Depending on the goal,...
Mozambique NCAP ProjectIntroduction Adaptation efforts in Mozambique, organized through the climate department in the Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental...
Methodology of Yemen NCAP ProjectMethodology Sadah Basin, Sana'a Basin, and the urban/peri-urban area including and surrounding Aden City were selected as representative case...
Methodology of Mongolia NCAP ProjectIn the context of the NCAP project, four interrelated studies were carried out to further develop the understanding of climate change vulnerabilities...
Methodology of Ghana NCAP ProjectPhase One At the operational level, the Ghana NCAP project was divided into two, eighteen-month phases. Mainstreaming climate change into the...
Methodology of Colombia NCAP Project Methodology The methodological framework used in the project (see Figure 1) combines the adaptation framework proposed by Klein and Nicholls...
Methodology of Bolivia NCAP Project Methodology Social learning approach used in the project The NCAP-Bolivia followed the principles suggested in UNDP/GEF Adaptation Policy Framework...
Methodology of Bangladesh NCAP ProjectMethodology The activities of the Netherlands Climate Change Assistance Program (NCAP) have been designed in order to explain the three common...
Mapping vulnerabilityOverview Translating indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.g populations at risk of drought) into vulnerability...
Mali - an assessment of vulnerability and climate hazards The following analyses highlights an approach to assessing vulnerability and climate hazards which supported the ACCCA project: Climate Change...
Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation Project WorkshopContext Oxen ploughing rice field in Limulunga (identified by the community as an adaptation option). Photo M. Monde Mongu is one seven districts...
Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation Project (LYVA) This is a description of the project, please see the page on the workshop report for the most recent details on the project, and the adaptation...
Living on the MarginsIn fall 2008, a group of five undergraduate students and three graduate students participated in a seminar led by two faculty members from AESEDA...
Lessons learned from Tanzania NCAP ProjectConclusion When considering adaptation options it is important to differentiate between genuine adaptive measures and an expansion in coping...
Lessons learned from Mozambique NCAP ProjectDiscussion and Conclusions The majority of the people within all the study areas are vulnerable to a range of climate risks. Chronic poverty...
Lessons learned from Ghana NCAP ProjectLessons Learned and Strategic Recommendations Ample evidence is now available that climate variability and climate change are having profound...
Lessons learned from Bolivia NCAP ProjectBuilding Adaptive Capacity Implement a positive approach. A positive approach entails focusing mainly on the capacities rather than on the vulnerabilities...
Lessons learned from Bhutan NCAP Project Recommendations The main output from our project is the hazard and vulnerability maps for GLOFs along the Puna Tsang Chu from Khuruthang...
Key findings from Tanzania NCAP ProjectA great deal of information was gained through the Tanzania NCAP programme. Detailed results from the two different programmes are given below: Results...
Key findings from Ghana NCAP ProjectClimate Scenario Modeling Projected evolution of average annual rainfall Temperatures are expected to increase in Ghana, and by 2080...
Key findings from Colombia NCAP ProjectThis page describes the key findings of the Colombia NCAP project including: 1) system description of the project sites, 2) vulnerability assessments...
Key findings from Bolivia NCAP ProjectThis page describes the key findings from the NCAP Bolivia project. Because of the wealth of findings, the specific results for the Lake Titicaca...
Introduction In order to assess how climate change might impact certain livelihood groups, it is necessary to establish the degree and range of exposures...
Introducing Agency into Water Resource Simulation ModelsMaking WEAP actor-oriented Human-environment interactions and feedback are essential to consider in IWRM research particularly where we are concerned...
Guatemala NCAP ProjectIntroduction The impression of Guatemala as viewed from space is that it, along with its neighbors in Central America, is relatively green and...
Ghana NCAP ProjectProject Objectives The NCAP funded project in Ghana was implemented over the course of three years in two separate phases. The aim of the program’s...
Gender and Climate Change Woman carrying goods through the flood waters in Malawi (photo: Gina Ziervogel) Recent work done by SEI Oxford on climate adaptation and DRR...
Framework for developing a municipal adaptation planThis article originally appeared in Tiempo Issue 87 April 2008 A framework for the development of a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) By Pierre...
Examples of vulnerability assessment Various examples of methods of vulnerability assessment are given in the documents below. Most are participatory in nature and arise from...
ENDA Community Adaptation Pilot Action ProgrammeENDA has been developing a network of pilot action projects across different ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa. These began in 2007 in the Upper...
Economics of adaptationPeople in Africa have a long tradition of adapting to climatic threats, to disasters and to changing resources. This experience--linking climate...
Dynamic vulnerabilityVulnerability is a complex and by definition it encompasses many attributes or multiple stresses (social, economic, environmental) which change...
Defining the Community's Role in Disaster MitigationCommunity members play a vital role in reducing the impact of a disaster. People at this level are often the most vulnerable to disaster and...
Information for Country ScreeningThis page provides an overview of available data sources for use in vulnerability and adaptation assessments. Most of these links pertain to...
Conceptualising adaptationBy Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM, Dakar, Senegal Sen (1999) defines development as the creation of choice and lack of development as having no choice...
Colombia NCAP Project Case study regions for the NCAP Colombia project: Cartagena de Indias and San Andres de Tumaco Introduction The first phase of the Netherlands...
Climate adaptation in southern Africa: Addressing the needs of vulnerable communitiesSouthern Africa is faced by a number of weather and climate-related hazards, particularly cyclones, floods and droughts. The impacts and losses...
Circe foundation paper Rationale This interactive user guide is being developed to produce CIRCE project deliverable D13.2.1 Foundatation paper on adaptation options...
CIRCEClimate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE) is an Integrated Project, funded under the European Commission's Sixth...
CAVESCAVES (Complexity, Agents, Volatility, Evidence and Scale) The purpose of the CAVES project is to couple policy concerns for complex human-environmental...
Bolivia NCAP ProjectClimatic hazards in Bolivia have become an additional challenge to achieving poverty reduction objectives. The costs of the ‘El Niño...
Bangladesh NCAP ProjectIntroduction The coastline of Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the sea level rise in the Bay of Bengal on account of the low-lying deltaic...
Appendix A: Developing a livelihood-sensitivity matrixThis page shows how to develop a livelihood sensitivity matrix that can be used in several ways: - To synthesize existing knowledge on climate...
An introduction to adaptation Welcome! This page brings together some of the basic information that you should know about adaptation, the way the weADAPT group sees adaptation,...
Adding locational specificity to the Tanzania NAPA document As part of the support to the NAPA process we translated indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.g populations...
Adapting to multiple stresses in Sekhukhune, South Africa Feeling Stressed: Integrating Climate Adaptation with Other Priorities in South Africa, Gina Ziervogel and Anna Taylor This is an extract from...
Adaptation wheelAdaptation as a social process: spinning wheels? A conceptual model of the socio-institutional interactions that produce climate adaptation would...
Adaptation to climate change seen from a southern NGO perspectiveBy Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM, 2007 ENDA is one of the few truly international African NGOs whose constituency comprises African populations in...
Adaptation TargetsAdaptation to climate change is not only multidimensional, encompassing various impacts, sectors, actions and governance levels, but is also...
Adaptation signaturesSignatures: seeing adaptation in an integrated way One approach to understanding climate change adaptation is to focus on a typology of adaptation...
Actor-network mappingRepresenting vulnerability as the relationships between human, institutional and geophysical actors draws upon Actor Network Theory in political...
