Asia

Region: Asia

Asia:

Projects
87
Resources
175
Stories
377
Feature
14th October 2012
Assessing the impacts of disasters on children On the International Day for Disaster Reduction - Mudasser Siddiqui, South Asia DRM Specialist from Plan International explains the unique vulnerabilities of young people when impacted by climate-related disasters.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the water sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to water resources and water management. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the health sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to health. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for the agricultural sector This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to the agricultural sector. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
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12th October 2012
SREX: Lessons for ecosystems This thematic brief summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to ecosystems. It includes an assessment of the science and the implications for society and sustainable development.
Feature
10th October 2012
Updated version of climate planning users' guide launches this week The updated website www.climateplanning.org assists decision makers in determining which tools are most appropriate to their work and local circumstances.
Feature
9th October 2012
Holistic approach vital for managing issues of food, wealth and the environment Exploring the growing need for policy makers to be balance trade-offs among food security, poverty, climate change and sustainable development within Vietnam.
Feature
27th September 2012
A new perspective on adaptation prioritisation and costing in the Mekong region Caitlin Peterson, Martin Ross, and Caitlin Corner-Dolloff from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) discuss how a CDKN research project in the Greater Mekong sub-region is finding new ways to connect local priorities, to Government plans and resources.
Feature
21st September 2012
LEDS Asia is shaping up Ari Huhtala, CDKN’s Director of Policy and Programmes, reports from the first Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Forum in Bangkok
Resource
20th September 2012
INSIDE STORY: Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development - Lessons from China From an initial slow start, China grew to dominate the market for carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism. This CDKN 'Inside Story' explores China's lessons from the experience, and how China is likely to apply these lessons to a future domestic scheme.
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Completed
Project : Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Koshi River Basin, Nepal

The objective of this research is to assess the impacts of climate change on current and future development in the Koshi River Basin, due to increased variation of extreme climate and hydrological events, and to propose adaptation measures and policy innovations for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptations.

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Completed
Project : Disaster and Climate Resilience Across the Eastern Himalayas

The projects aims to provide a regional model for the integration of climate change information into risk reduction and rural development planning at the landscape scale that takes stakeholder perceptions, aspiration, and constraints more fully into account while bringing DRR and CCA processes into closer interaction within institutional and policy spaces.