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Coastal climate impact analysis and sanitation hazard assesment framework
This handbook provides stepwise guidance for facilitating authorities responsible for citywide sanitation services to develop an adaptive action plan for ensuring the resilience of their city’s sanitation services to the impacts of sea level rise.
COPE Books for Children: Storm Surges
Learn about risk reduction for storm surges in this illustrated book for children from COPE. This time the COPE squad travels to Hong Kong and the traditional fishing village of Tai O.
Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related?
The Marshall Islands experience severe climate impacts and high emigration rates. However, we do not know to what extent people migrate because of climate change. This paper addresses this gap.
Tanzania: Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Two projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam and the following coastal districts: Pangani, Rufiji, Bagamoyo, and Zanzibar.
HazardSupport: Risk-based decision support for adaptation to future natural hazards
Hazard Support aims to develop new methods for decision-makers and climate experts to tailor information about the impacts of climate change on natural hazards for adaptation decisions.
Climate Impacts on Food Security and Livelihoods in Asia
This report presents a summary of the latest available evidence of how climate change and food security interact, with specific examples from the Asia region.
Nigg Bay Nature Reserve
In response to sea-level rise, managed coastal realignment was undertaken in Nigg Bay, Scotland, allowing the saltmarsh to re-establish naturally.
Tanzania: Sea-Level Rise and Impacts in Africa, 2000 to 2100. Application of the DIVA model to Africa.
The coast in Tanga, Tanzania. Image: ©steppestravel.co.uk Impacts of sea-level rise in Tanzania Tanzania has a coastline of 3,461km and...
Seychelles: Sea-Level Rise and Impacts in Africa, 2000 to 2100. Application of the DIVA model to Africa.
Mahe Island, Seychelles: Image: © zszywka.pl Impacts of sea-level rise in Seychelles The Seychelles consist of over 100 islands of...
New York post-Sandy home buyout program: transformative adaptation?
In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast of the United States of America, damaging or destroying an estimated...