Five lessons for communicating climate risk
We share five lessons on communicating climate risk from our work with local scientists, media, policy-makers and practitioners in India, Kenya and Ethiopia through the Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project
Transport Toolkit to help plan and implement low emission transport systems
The newly updated Transport Toolkit helps decision-makers, practitioners and stakeholders involved in the transport sector identify the most effective tools to build and implement transport low emission development strategies (LEDS).
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24th July 2017
Attributing extreme weather events (Amharic version)
What if we could better prepare for hazards like flooding and heat waves by understanding the changing risks of extreme weather events? This short film, presented in Amharic, explains the process behind attribution science and its importance in preparing for the future.
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19th July 2017
REPORT: Road map - Actions for setting a green bond market in Colombia
This Road Map is the second of a series of three documents prepared by E3–Economía, Ecología y Ética, and METRIX–Finanzas, in association with PwC UK and Climate Bonds Initiative, on the development of a green bond market in Colombia
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19th July 2017
Droughts in East Africa
Friederike Otto and Maarten van Aalst of the Raising Risk Awareness initiative explain the science around uncovering whether the recent drought in East Africa has been impacted by the presence of human-induced climate change.
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19th July 2017
ESSENTIAL: Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas
This CDKN Essentials summarises recommendations on the appropriateness of, and best practices for, urban resettlement and relocation as a response to disaster risk, taking into consideration multi-dimensional poverty and inequality indicators.