Climate Services and Tools
To plan for and adapt to the impacts of climate change requires high quality data, information and knowledge on what climatic changes will occur, where and when these are likely to occur, and how they will impact the local environment, society and economy. The SDC is actively involved in the provision of climate services, tools, training and platforms that support communities, students, researchers, practitioners, government planners and policy-makers to increase their capacity and make informed decisions.
Climate Change Management Support in Peru
Discover how GestionCC has supported the national Government of Peru as well as its regional governments in the context of their climate change policy and NDC commitments.
Evidence-based Decisions to Improve Air Quality in Cúcuta, Colombia
Explore the evidence and scientific findings for the Air Quality Management Plan of the city of Cúcuta, Colombia.
The Importance of Equitable and Fair Access to Climate Finance as a Theme at COP26
Local communities in the global south face the greatest impacts of climate change. They provide climate solutions based on their local knowledge without being targeted by climate finance funds.
Climate Ledger Initiative
Watch a video from Climate Ledger Initiative co-founder Nick Beglinger on this international, multi-stakeholder platform at the intersection of climate change and blockchain technology, or more generally distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Applying the IPCC 2014 framework for hazard-specific vulnerability assessment under climate change
This paper compares the framework of the IPCC AR4 (2007) to that outlined in IPCC AR5 (2014) and describes how the AR5 framework provides a more contextualised and operationalisable approach.
Glaciology Curriculum
The Glaciology Curriculum provides access to 19 modules covering various aspects of glaciology, including the impacts of changing climate on glacier behavior and glacier hazards.
Educomunicación del tiempo meteorológico y el clima en los Andes
En los Andes al sur de Perú (Cusco y Puno), el proyecto Climandes, impulsó el diálogo intercultural e intercambio de información climática entre agricultores y meteorólogos.
Walk the extra mile: How to make climate services more inclusive?
This publication outlines the Climandes project approach to systematically integrate small-scale farmers in the Andean highlands into the design and delivery of climate services.
Searching for the optimal drought index and timescale combination to detect drought: a case study from the lower Jinsha River basin, China
This study proposes an innovative approach for a catchment-wide drought detection. Two drought indicators have been defined and calibrated with real events, and applied to a study case in China.
Sustainable development publications, tools and approaches
This page brings together key knowledge resources that have been produced by SDC and/or its partners, and which may be of interest to sustainable development practitioners.