synergies between adaptation and mitigation

This paper points to the co-benefits and synergies we can achieve if we take a 'low carbon resilience' approach and consider climate change adaptation and mitigation simultaneously.

This report presents the progress of projects and initiatives that promote adaptation and REDD+ in the Congo Basin region and analyses opportunities for synergies or trade-offs between the two strategies.

The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate was set up to examine whether it is possible to achieve lasting...

Abstract In order to develop climate resilient urban areas and reduce emissions, several opportunities exist starting from conscious planning and...

This article describes how a social enterprise is helping to eradicate the malaise of open defecation by providing eco-friendly bio-toilets (or bioloos).

Between 2011 and 2012, a regional baseline assessment to analyse vulnerability was conducted in five landscapes of the Congo Basin as part of the ‘Climate Change and Forests in the Congo Basin: Synergies between Adaptation and Mitigation (COBAM)’ project. This briefing note summarises the results for the Virunga landscape around Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda along the borders of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Between 2011 and 2012, a regional baseline assessment to analyse vulnerability was conducted in five landscapes of the Congo Basin as part of the ‘Climate Change and Forests in the Congo Basin: Synergies between Adaptation and Mitigation (COBAM)’ project. This briefing note summarises the results for the Monte Alén–Monts de Cristal landscape.

This case study investigates sustainable tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Summary Hue is a small but rapidly growing city in central Vietnam where tourism plays a key role in the...

Cooking facilities before introduction of smokeless chullahs The coastal community of Govupeta in Andhra Pradesh with its 345 inhabitants lacked...